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Before Jim had time to offer his unexpected guests anything to eat or drink, Filippo bustled hospitably down the beach to the larger group. "Will you have caffè? It is hot and eccellente." They stared at him without replying. By the light from the open door Jim could see that they were dressed like landsmen and that their clothes did not fit well.
Gonzaga writes to the Marchioness on March 11, 1831 : "Ho subito mandate a Venezia e scritto a Titiano, quale è forse il piu eccellente in quell' arte che a nostri tempi si ritrovi, ed è tutto mio, ricercandolo con grande instantia a volerne fare una bella lagrimosa piu che si so puo, e farmela haver presto."
The elegance of Clement VI. had diffused an air of literary refinement over the grosser pleasures of the place, and the spirit of Petrarch still continued to work its way through the councils of faction and the orgies of debauch. He is reported, however, by other authorities, cited by Zefirino Re, to have been "eccellente canonista."
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