Medici

Examples

• They have a grand mausoleum in Florence, which they built to bury our Lord and Saviour and the Medici family in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But somehow, I can not keep that Medici mausoleum out of my memory. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Catherine de’ Medici became his patron, and the powerful Constable de Montmorenci sent to Saintes for Palissy to decorate his chateau at Ecouen. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But already before the time of these cultivated Medici bosses, Florence had produced much beautiful art. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Catherine de’ Medici gave him a site for his workshop on a part of the ground where the Palace of the Tuilleries stood later, and used often to visit him and talk with him about his art. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Galileo had named the satellites of Jupiter after the house of Medici, to which this Duke belonged, and Cosimo was much flattered at the compliment. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Some of those Medicis would have smuggled themselves in sure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was thus, as we are told by Machiavel, that the agents of Lorenzo of Medicis, not a prince of mean abilities, carried on his trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• And before a statue of one of those dead Medicis reposes a crown that blazes with diamonds and emeralds enough to buy a ship-of-the-line, almost. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Medicis are good enough for Florence. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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