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Falieri

American  
[fah-lye-ree] / fɑˈlyɛ ri /
Italian Faliero

noun

  1. Maríno 1278?–1355, Venetian army commander: doge of Venice 1354–55.


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Old Falieri burst into a violent fit of passion, and swore that the severest punishment should overtake the man who had been guilty of this audacious offence.

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Old Falieri started up in glowing anger, and swore that the direst punishment should be the lot of the person who committed this insulting outrage.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

And this embittered Falieri afresh, and more strongly against a Signoria which not only did not take his side, but punished repeated outrages upon him as offences of the most trivial kind.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

Bodoeri took his niece's part, and soundly rated old Falieri; but he would not hear of any change in his conduct.

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

But she strongly advised him against this, inasmuch as old Falieri went to see her almost hourly.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

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