Genoa

Examples

• Genoa and Venice, the only two remaining which can pretend to an independent existence, have both been enfeebled by it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I can not conceive of such a thing as Genoa in ruins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The republics of Genoa and Pisa were very powerful in the Middle Ages. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It arose in South Russia or Central Asia, and came by way of the Crimea and a Genoese ship to Genoa and Western Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If you want dwarfs--I mean just a few dwarfs for a curiosity--go to Genoa. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• You can buy enough velvet in Genoa for twenty-five dollars to make a five hundred dollar cloak in New York--so the ladies tell me. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Cave is a good word--when speaking of Genoa under the stars. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The population of Genoa is 120,000; two-thirds of these are women, I think, and at least two-thirds of the women are beautiful. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But Genoa's greatness has degenerated into an unostentatious commerce in velvets and silver filagree-work. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They are relics of the grandeur of Genoa's palmy days--the days when she was a great commercial and maritime power several centuries ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Genoa Mole and Harbour. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The Superb and the City of Palaces are names which Genoa has held for centuries. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Genoa was the place to see the bad marbles. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Of the two rival cities of the Mediterranean, Venice was generally on much better terms with the Turks than Genoa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I reminded them of my tortures in Genoa, Milan, Como; of my declaration that I would suffer no more on Italian soil. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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