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Prince Andrew looked Anna Pavlovna straight in the face with a sarcastic smile. "'Dieu me la donne, gare a qui la touche! * They say he was very fine when he said that," he remarked, repeating the words in Italian: "'Dio mi l'ha dato. Guai a chi la tocchi!" * God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware!
The Peach in Brandy. A Milesian Tale. Fitz Scanlan Mac Giolla l'ha druig, king of Kilkenny, the thousand and fifty-seventh descendant in a direct line from Milesius king of Spain, had an only daughter called Great A, and by corruption Grata; who being arrived at years of discretion, and perfectly initiated by her royal parents in the arts of government, the fond monarch determined to resign his crown to her: having accordingly assembled the senate, he declared his resolution to them, and having delivered his sceptre into the princess's hand, he obliged her to ascend the throne; and to set the example, was the first to kiss her hand, and vow eternal obedience to her.
"Giovanottin, che te ne vai di fuora, Stattene allegro, e così vo' far io. Se ti trovassi qualche dama nuova, L'ha da saper che tua dama son io." So sang she, innocently enough, whose sweethearting went no farther than her artless lips. There was not a spice of mischief in the girl.
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