stretto
noun
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
stretti
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pluralof stretto.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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‘Signor Arrigo mio,’ says he, ‘I pensieri stretti ed il viso sciolto will go safely over the whole world.’
From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton
The Italians have a proverb, which I hope you have not forgot poor Pierrotti's lessons so far as not to comprehend—'Volto sciolto e pensieri stretti.'
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
I see it in his eye, I hear it in the tread of his foot; /volto sciolto/ he has not; /i pensieri stretti/ he has.
From My Novel — Volume 06 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Certainly no one ever more fully grasped the sense of the famous sentence given by Wotton to Milton, when the latter was starting on his travels: “I pensieri stretti ed il viso sciolto.”
From Andrew Marvell by John Morley
Milton had not acted on Sir Henry Wootton's advice to him, il volto sciolto, i pensieri stretti.
From Life of John Milton by Richard Garnett
