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Updated: June 14, 2025
And the old families are very proud still, in these democratic days. They have a great opinion of themselves, I am told." "Well," said Mr. French. "Perhaps you know the rhyme: "'Veneziano gran' Signore Padovano buon' dotore. Vicenzese mangia il gatto Veronese tutto matto " "How very amusing!" said Miss Wade. "Veneziana gran' Signore. The Venetian is a great gentleman!
She burst into tears and answered between her sobs: 'Oh, no! they are all very good to me; but I long for news from home, and I pine to see my mother and my sister. Old Gatto, being a sensible old cat, understood the little servant's feelings. 'You shall go home, he said, 'and you shall not come back here unless you please.
One of the best ones is DOV' `E IL GATTO. It nearly always produces a pleasant surprise, therefore I save it up for places where I want to express applause or admiration. The fourth word has a French sound, and I think the phrase means "that takes the cake."
Quickly she turned her head towards it, and at the same time put her hand up to her forehead, where, waving like a plume, was a donkey's tail. She ran home to her mother at the top of her speed, yelling with rage and despair; and it took Lizina two hours with a big basin of hot water and two cakes of soap to get rid of the layer of ashes with which Father Gatto had adorned her.
For mountaineering feats they often use scarpe da gatto, or cat shoes, made of string soles with felt uppers, which are more lasting than the Pyrenean straw sandals. The Gavetta, or mess tin of the Alpini, is very practical. It is of the same shape as ours, but a little deeper, and has a reserve of spirit at the base and a spirit lamp, enabling the Alpini to make coffee or heat their wine.
On the morning of the day when the contract was to be signed and the fete given, one of these flashes of the soul illuminated the mind of Madame Evangelista during the semi-somnolence of her waking hour. The words that she herself had uttered at the moment when Mathias acceded to Solonet's conditions, "Questa coda non e di questo gatto," were cried aloud in her mind by that voice of memory.
He too was much taken with Lizina, and inquired, on first seeing her: 'Are you well served by this nice, black-eyed little person? and the cats answered with one voice: 'Oh, yes, Father Gatto, we have never had so good a servant!
'Come here, said Father Gatto, in his most severe tones to Peppina. And he took her down into the cellar and showed her the same two great jars that he had showed Lizina. 'In which of these shall I dip you? he asked; and she made haste to answer: 'In the liquid gold, for she was no more modest than she was good and kind. Father Gatto's yellow eyes darted fire.
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