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manners i xxi old
Plays, value of old, for information on manners, i. xxi .; old, no actors' names given, i. xxv .
— from An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement by Colley Cibber

Morla is Xicotencal of
"That," said De Morla, "is Xicotencal, of the tribe of the White-Bird, the most famous general of the Tlascalans, and, in fact, the captain-in-chief of all their armies.
— from Calavar; or, The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird

method in Ximena or
His method of adaptation here is more like that in his alteration of Shakspere than his method in Ximena or Cinna’s Conspiracy .
— from Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1 by Pearl Hogrefe

made in Xenophon of
We find mention made in Xenophon of accusatory grounds similar to those in the “Clouds;” similar also to those which modern authors usually advance against the sophists.
— from History of Greece, Volume 08 (of 12) by George Grote

mistakes i xxxi on
di Pesaro e Urbino , i, 54 note Marcone, iii, 442 Marcucci, ii, 292 , note — Francesco Maria I. , ii, 313 note Maremma, the, i, 98 , 103 — campaign in, i, 103-6 Margaret of Austria, marriage of, iii, 93 — her influence with Paul III., iii, 93 Margaretta of Bavaria, i, 311 Margaritone, style of, ii, 186 Maricourt, Le Procès des Borgia , ii, 19 note Mariello, ii, 44 note Marignano, ii, 439 — battle of, ii, 363 Marino, i, 330 ; iii, 291 note Marini, ii, 14 , 204 note — Benedetto, iii, 380 — Saggio di ragioni della città di S. Leo , i, 78 note; iii, 184 Mariotti, Signor, his Italy , i, xxxi , 21 note; ii, 277 note; iii, 25 note, 48 note, 253 note — his mistakes, i, xxxi — on republicanism, i, 20 — on Malatesta, i, 191 Marliani, ii, 51 note, 470 Marryat, History of Pottery and Porcelain , iii, 404 note — on majolica, iii, 411 , 415 , 416 , 421 , 423 Marsciano, Nardo da, i, 126 Marseilles, i, 124 , 348 , 373 Marso, Paola, i, 228 Martin IV., i, 26 ; iii, 181 Martin V., i, 40 ; ii, 291 — creates countship of Castel Durante, i, 23 — arrives in Italy, i, 44 — his difficulties, i, 44 , 45 — death of, i, 46 — legitimises Duke Federigo, i, 62 — letter to, i, 428 Martinate, ii, 51 note Martinengo, ii, 425 ; iii, 77 Martini, Simone, ii, 185 note, 188 note; iii,
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630 by James Dennistoun


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