"Assai" Quotes from Famous Books
... care ispezierie. Or vi contero la maniera di tutti questi reami di ciascuno per se; e dirovvi una cosa che parra maraviglia ad ogni uomo, che questa isola e tanto verso mezzodi, che la tramontana non si vede ne poco ne assai. Or torneremo alla maniera degli uomeni, e ... — The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa
... lake was a gently sloping bank, covered with a green so vivid and yet so soft that it seemed as if the earth had been born afresh in its six months' baptism, and had come out like a new creation. Here and there a palm lifted its head above the line of the forest, especially the light, graceful Assai palm, with its tall, slender, smooth stem and crown of feathery leaves ... — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 • Various |