"Fico" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... answer ready for such extraordinary questions. Why then, replies the Procuratore Tron, I will answer this question myself.—St. Marco ved'ella—"e'l vero minchion: mentre mantiene tanti professori per studiare (che so to mi) delle stelle; roba astronomica che non vale un fico; e loro non sanno dirli nemmeno s'ha da piovere o no."—"Why it is St. Mark, do you see, that is the true blockhead and dupe, in keeping so many professors to study the stars and stuff; when with all their astronomy they cannot tell him whether ...
— Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I • Hester Lynch Piozzi
... with this strange girl, he was a lost man. And then again he thought—what did it matter? If the best he had to expect was exile on a pittance, a consulship at Genoa, a governorship at Guadeloupe, where would he find a more beautiful, a wittier, a gayer companion? And for her birth—a fico! His great-grandfather had made money in stays; and the money was gone! No doubt there would be gibing at White's, and shrugging at Almack's; but a fico, too, for that—it would not hurt him at Guadeloupe, and little at Genoa. And then on a sudden the fortune ...
— The Castle Inn • Stanley John Weyman
... key?" she said as she recognised Signor Tagliafico, better known as Fico, the third-floor, hall-bedroom "guest," as Miss Husted ...
— The Music Master - Novelized from the Play • Charles Klein |
