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a demonstration at Leghorn, similar to that successfully practised at Naples in 1792, which might compel the Court of Tuscany to renounce the formally hostile attitude it had assumed at the bidding of Great Britain; but it does not appear that there was any serious purpose of exposing a large detachment, in the attempt to hold upon the Continent a position, such as Spezia, with which secure communication by land could not be had.

The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897

In this context, here are some pictures I have come across of a Pontifical Mass in the Ordinary Form recently celebrated by H.E. Msgr. Francesco Moraglia, Bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato, at the Marian Shrine of Roverano, in the province of La Spezia, the easternmost part of Liguria.

Liturgical Continuity in Liguria - Pontifical Mass in Roverano 2009

As the burly adventurer Trelawney tells it, Shelley and his friend Jane Williams were boating in the Gulf of Spezia near Pisa and the poet was in a dark reverie.

Lev Raphael: Is It Time to Throw Out Your Books? Lev Raphael 2011

As the burly adventurer Trelawney tells it, Shelley and his friend Jane Williams were boating in the Gulf of Spezia near Pisa and the poet was in a dark reverie.

Lev Raphael: Is It Time to Throw Out Your Books? Lev Raphael 2011

Lawrence and Weekley soon went back to Italy, staying in a cottage in Fiascherino on the Gulf of Spezia.

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Monsignor Bassano Staffieri, retired bishop of La Spezia in Liguria, said that of the 500 girls born in the city this year, “not one was registered or baptised with the name Maria”.

The Church Around the Corner: Offbeat religion stories 2008

  "You getting snockered and I die of mortification, or you have a doppelganger and drown in the Bay of Spezia with Shelley?"

My Drifter Doppelganger 2010

Next we traveled to La Spezia and hiked through the five cat-infested, Kodachrome hill towns of the Cinque Terre.

Promise Me Richard Paul Evans 2010

Separately, the Milan-based lender said Tuesday that it has sold a domestic unit, Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia, as well as 96 of its own branches to French rival

Intesa Sanpaolo Delays Fideuram IPO 2010

Lawrence and Weekley soon went back to Italy, staying in a cottage in Fiascherino on the Gulf of Spezia.

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