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Example sentences for "pasquinades"

Lexicographically close words:
pasi; pasin; pasis; pasos; pasquinade; pass; passa; passable; passably; passage
  1. One of the pasquinades which was aimed at him ran as follows: Marforio asked Pasquino, "Which is the mule that Medici rides now?

  2. The cardinal was assailed by a torrent of lampoons and pasquinades of the bitterest description.

  3. The Substance of it is, That he hath written a strange hotch-potch Farce, and puff'd it upon the Town as written after the manner of Aristophanes and the Pasquinades of the Italian Theatre.

  4. Among the earliest Pasquinades were those against the venality and evil life of Alexander VI.

  5. Among offensive Pasquinades which have been placed here are: "Venditur hic Christus, venduntur dogmata Petri, Descendam infernum ne quoque vendar ego.

  6. But the libellers soon found out a way of employing their satirical powers without fear of punishment, and the sharpest pasquinades appeared in succession, whose mere titles were sufficient to make the reader comprehend their drift.

  7. The pasquinades of Italy never prevailed in Spain.

  8. We can imagine how the shy, proud Moor would have writhed under the pasquinades of the graceful, dissolute Venetian wits whom he despised.

  9. The pictures in this work abundantly justify the encomiums of Professor Norton and Mr. Story, who both pronounce them to be full of spirit and vigor, proving that the satiric fire of the early pasquinades is not extinguished.

  10. The replies to the Doctor, the vindications of the Doctor, the pasquinades on the Doctor, would fill a library.

  11. Wretched pasquinades were published, the Trial of the Land Bank for murdering the Bank of England, the last Will and Testament of the Bank of England, the Epitaph of the Bank of England, the Inquest on the Bank of England.

  12. A writer sold his pasquinades at thirty kreutzers apiece, and built a house with his profits.

  13. On the writing-table, to which he motioned Raby, lay some of the latest pamphlets and pasquinades of the moment, mostly directed against the Emperor.

  14. But, leaving the pasquinades of other people, let us come back to the sayings of Pasquin himself.

  15. But the character of most of those pasquinades which belong to the pontificate of Leo is so coarse as to render them unfit for reproduction.

  16. He was a favourite subject for pasquinades on account of his habit of hoarding money.

  17. A collection of the early pasquinades preserving a great number of the epigrams is extant but exceedingly rare.

  18. These pasquinades have been collected in book form, and some of the volumes exist at the present time.

  19. I'm going to see the pasquinades and join the others!

  20. The events of the pasquinades and the imprisonment of the youth had shorn him of all his charms.

  21. The pasquinades are attributed to the students of the association--but, keep quiet!

  22. If what the pasquinades say is compatible with our dignity and our feelings, be he who he may that wrote them, he has done well, and we ought to be grateful to him and hasten to add our signatures to his!

  23. Seditious pasquinades have been found; didn't you know about them?

  24. At the entrance booksellers stationed themselves, offering for sale Protestant catechisms, religious tracts, and pasquinades on the bishops.

  25. Biting pasquinades were published against the new bishops--tormentors as they were called; the clergy were ridiculed in comedies, and abuse spared the throne as little as the Romish see.

  26. From his editorial chair he not only guided the parliamentary Opposition, but pelted the governor himself with a shower of pasquinades in prose and verse.

  27. Some of his pasquinades are very clever; some of his serious verse is mellifluous enough; but as a poet he is not even a minor bard.

  28. Then it repeated all the most recent pasquinades and coarse jokes which had been attached to the statues in the Forum.

  29. They form a general narrative of the most prominent events of a very important century, with which are interwoven, when opportunity offers, the most remarkable pen and pencil pasquinades of the day.

  30. Written satires and pasquinades were abundant, but, to judge from those preserved, few were worth preserving.

  31. Cosme Pariente, an unlucky poet, was sent to the galleys as the author of the pasquinades which had stimulated revolt, and there was another significant exception.

  32. PĂ©rez and his friends meanwhile were busy in provoking excitement by addresses and pasquinades in prose and verse, stigmatizing their opponents and urging vigilance in defence of the fueros.

  33. In Valencia it was made the occasion of a splendid festival, in which pasquinades on the opponents were plentiful.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pasquinades" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.