reverso
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Such is the character of the inhabitants of this place in general, ‘ma ogni medaglio ha il suo reverso.’
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
Tunc enim se ipse principatu exuit atque in privatis constituit liber: hoc modo populus & superior efficitur, reverso ad eum sc. jure illo quod ante regem inauguratum in interregno habuit.
From Second Treatise of Government by Locke, John
Donatus, ‘Georgica reverso post Actiacam victoriam Augusto atque Atellae ... commoranti per continuum quadriduum legit.’
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Punto is a direct hit, reverso a backward blow, and so on.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
And I would teach these nineteen the special rules, as your punto,* your reverso, your stoccata, your imbroccata, your passada, your montanto; till they could all play very near, or altogether, as well as myself.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
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