Strozzi

[ strawt-tsee ]

/ ˈstrɔt tsi /

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Ber·nar·do

[ber-nahr-daw], /bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/, "Il Cappuccino", 1581–1644, Italian painter and engraver.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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[strawt-tsah]. /ˈstrɔt tsɑ/.

The Pope had such good cause to blush for his own conduct that he received Strozzi extremely ill.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
He tells a story of Strozzi himself, from which it appears that his jests lay a good deal in the line of the cuisine.
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott
Over four hundred royalists were left dead upon the field, and Strozzi himself was taken prisoner.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Milan furnished the finest engraved and most elegant corselets for hommes de pieds “tant de M. de Strozzi que de Brissac.”
Armour in England|J. Starkie Gardner

In one of these fights the Spanish admiral ordered the brave Strozzi, wounded and a prisoner, to be flung into the sea.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur