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They Will Come to Town: ferma il riscaldamento globale.
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La camera, ferma, ci mostra degli oggetti in una stanza: una sedia, una lampadina, un termosifone.
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Terra ferma, and the five Savii da mar; a body of twenty-six persons in all, forming the College.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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Only the Doge, his councillors, the Savii Grandi and the Savii di Terra ferma had the right to move the Senate; and their propositions related to peace, war, foreign affairs, instructions to ambassadors, and representatives of foreign Courts, to commercial treaties, finance, and home legislation.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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Grandi and the Savii di Terra ferma, and the Admiral of the Fleet.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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The six Savii Grandi, who came above the Savii di Terra ferma, superintended the actions of the two boards below them, and, if necessary, issued orders which would override those of the other ministers.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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Insulana vero, sive montana, ferma gens est et indomita, rudis et immorigerata, raptu capax, otium diligens, ingenio docilis et callida; forma spectabilis, sed amictu deformis; populo quidem
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait
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Next in order above the Savii agli ordini came the Savii di Terra ferma.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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Aristotle would say, -- an idea, by the way, stolen by Dante in his 'sta come torre ferma.'
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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These Savii di Terra ferma, like the Savii agli ordini, held office for six months only.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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