Varese is an ancient little town on a hill overlooking the small lake of the same name in the midst of the mountainous country between Como and Lago Maggiore, and a little to the southward of the Lake of Lugano.
The villa I am alluding to is in the immediate neighborhood of Varese, on a rising ground above the town, commanding the most magnificent views of Monte Rosa, Monte Viso and the country between the lakes of Como and Maggiore.
Did not the Asturian lady, the duenna of the Duchess, remark to Don Quixote that her husband was hidalgo como el Rey porque era montañés?
It is the simile of the fine old ballad: "Solo queda Don Alonso Su campaña es acabada Pelea como un Leon Pero poco aprovechaba.
For such a one, the toil of being carried from the shores of Como to the city of Barchester is more than labour enough, let the cares of the carriers be ever so vigilant.
Footnote 44: [This passage seems to suggest that the Villa Pliniana on Como was built by Pliny.
Having considered the propriety of the approach, it remains for us to investigate the nature of the feelings excited by the villas of the Lago di Como in particular, and of Italy in general.
Monte del Novo, above Cadenabbia; but the bases of the hills, along the shore of the Lake of Lecco, and all the mountains on both sides of the lower limb of Como are black limestone.
We mentioned that the bases of the mountains bordering the Lake of Como were chiefly composed of black marble; black, at least, when polished, and very dark gray in its general effect.
Thus, the Lake of Como is the resort of half Italy, while the Lago Maggiore possesses scarcely one villa of importance, besides those on the Borromean Islands.
It is now proposed to lower the level of the Lake of Como some feet by deepening its outlet.
Por esso mirad como hazeys, que sino se haze la paz yo veo el rey puesto en el mayor trance que rey s'a visto jamas, si el no tiene otros dineros, que yo no se, a que el senor Eraso alle algun secretto que tiene reservado para esto.
Mario de Alencar of the Brazilian Academy, in 1893, twenty years after it was written, under the title Como E Porque Sou Romancista (How And Why I Became a Novelist).
At a point where Lake Como divides into two arms, one extending to Como and the other to Lecco, we passed Bellaggio, one of the most beautiful spots ever seen.
Now at Lake Comowhere we see washerwomen at their work.
Lake Como deserves all that has been said of it, and more too.
Archulera stop and look, and heard faintly his answering, “Como la va!
When he saw a group of Mexicans jogging along the road on their scrawny mounts he wanted to call out to them: “Como lo va, amigos?
I always had an idea that Como was a vast basin of water, like Tahoe, shut in by great mountains.
Como is a little deeper than Tahoe, if people here tell the truth.
As I go back in spirit and recall that noble sea, reposing among the snow-peaks six thousand feet above the ocean, the conviction comes strong upon me again that Como would only seem a bedizened little courtier in that august presence.
At the south end, where the town of Como lies, the mountains dwindle down to insignificant hills, and the town is built for the most part on a large level plain, which probably has been gained from the lake by deposit.
Bædeker recommends Lugano as a very pleasant place for a lengthened stay; and it may be so, but we were anxious to get on to Lake Como to rest there, and remained only three nights.
The sail in the steamboat to Como takes about two hours, and is a very charming excursion.
On Lake Como the fare from Bellagio to Como, about two hours, was 2 francs 80 centimes, or about 5s.
The Lake of Como is in fact completely hemmed in by high, steep, bare mountains, which fall with considerable abruptness down upon it, leaving but a small border of land for cultivation and habitation.
The borders of Lake Como are fringed with trees, in some places a few hundred feet up, and dotted with those small, picturesque Italian villages, each with its church and campanile, which always give such a charm to the landscape.
On Lake Como a convenient little flyleaf guide for the lake sailings is sold on board at the price of 5 centessimi (one halfpenny).
All the way from Como crowds of gentlemen and citizens streamed out to meet us on foot or on horseback, in continually increasing numbers, and cries of Moro!
Bramante supplied designs for the new façade and portals that were added to the cathedral of Como in 1491, and for the majestic church of Abbiategrasso, close to this favourite country house of the Sforzas.
Our councillors were then presented to him, and Monsignore da Como returned thanks very courteously and repeated our expressions of gratitude, as was convenient, and then took leave.
Then he told the loyal citizens of Como that he would soon return at the head of a German army, and rode along the banks of the lake to the mountains of the Valtellina.
The bishop of Como was sitting by me all the evening, and his infinite weariness at the length of the performance, and his dislike of the great heat in that crowded hall, made me laugh as I never laughed before.
At Comohe had remained a week (the dullest week he had ever known); at the Villa d'Este three days; at Cadenabbia one day.
The Italian looked down on Como whose broad expanse was crisscrossed by rippled paths made by arriving and departing steamers.
Small mammals were also living at the time the Morrison formation was being deposited and their remains have been found in the dinosaur quarry at Como Bluff, Wyo.
Other quarries of this type had been developed in previous years in the Morrison formation at Como Bluff, Wyo.
She was not sorry to leave them, for she and her father intended to stop for a while at Como before returning home again.
This means quite as much to me as to you, father, and I could not go to Como knowing there may be even the least gleam of light for us at home.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "como" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
