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A long time ago; from Gaius Lucilius, Satires VI, 284 a falsis principiis proficisci: to set forth from false principles: Legal phrase. From Cicero, De Finibus IV.53. a fortiori: from the stronger: i.e., "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. a maiore ad minus
Italian has three degrees of comparison: comparative, relative superlative and absolute superlative. [clarification needed] The comparative and relative superlative are formed with più ('more', 'most'); for instance: sono più alto di te ("I am taller than you") sono il più alto fra gli uomini ("I am the tallest of men")
I had a wonderful time exploring Italy with my family. Jenna DeLaurentis At the end of the day, a slightly subpar rental or missed visit to the Trevi Fountain didn't ruin our trip.
A paraprosdokian (/ p ær ə p r ɒ s ˈ d oʊ k i ə n /), or par'hyponoian, is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.
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Bernardino Corio wrote the history of Milan in Italian. [2] [91] Leonardo da Vinci wrote a treatise on painting, Leone Battista Alberti one on sculpture and architecture. [2] [92] Piero Capponi, author of the Commentari deli acquisto di Pisa and of the narration of the Tumulto dei Ciompi, belonged to both the 14th and the 15th centuries. [65]
It's a Wonderful Life had a big budget for the time ($3.7 million), so it's no wonder that the crew put a lot of time and effort into constructing the town of Bedford Falls. The set took two ...
Deborah Parker (1996). "Women in the Book Trade in Italy, 1475-1620". Renaissance Quarterly. 49 (3): 509–541. doi:10.2307/2863365. JSTOR 2863365. S2CID 164039060. Paul F. Gehl (2000), Printing History and Book Arts: Recent Trends in the History of the Italian Book, archived from the original on 2017-12-01 – via Newberry Library