dolente
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Figlio dolce e piacente, Figlio de la dolente, Figlio, à te la gente Malamente trattato!
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
The introductory Largo is sostenuto e patetico, while the Allegro which follows bears the superscription, deliberando e meditando; the Adagio is dolente; and the Allegro Finale, agitato e con disperazione.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
It looked so pure and holy, that it seemed like the light from an angel's wings at the portals of the "cittá dolente."
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
"Per me si va nella citta dolente, Per me si va nell' eterno dolore, Per me si va tra la perduta gente."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
The inscription implies that all the world sorrowed at his death: "Orbe dolente Pater ... ruit."
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
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