 ... sharp fellow, and the other a stupid clown, these two extremes are only to be found among the lower orders of that part of the country. Brighella represents an intriguing, deceitful, and knavish valet. His dress is a species of livery; his swarthy...  Memoirs of Goldoni - Page 24by Carlo Goldoni - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Autobiographies - 1828 - 252 pages
...costume; the black dress and the woollen bonnet are still worn in Venice ; and the red under-waistcoat and breeches, cut out like drawers, with red stockings...have always represented the same valet and the same Bergaraask. The harlequins have also assumed other names; they have been sometimes Tracagnins, Truflfaldins,... | |
 | Carlo Goldoni - Dramatists, Italian - 1877 - 442 pages
...valet. His dress is a species of livery ; his swarthy 314 MEMOIRS OF mask is a caricature of the color of the inhabitants of those high mountains, tanned...have always represented the same valet and the same Bcrgamask. The harlequins have also assumed other names ; they have been sometimes Tracagnins, Truffaldins,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 478 pages
...and knavish valet. His dress is a species of livery; his swarthy mask is a caricature of the color of the inhabitants of those high mountains, tanned...the name of Fenocchio, Fiqueto, and Scapin; but they 6483 have always represented the same valet and the same Bergamask. The harlequins have also assumed... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 524 pages
...and knavish valet. His dress is a species of livery: his swarthy mask is a caricature of the color of the inhabitants of those high mountains, tanned...in this character have taken the name of Fenocchio, Kiqueto, and Scapin; but they have always represented the same valet and the same Bergamask. The harlequins... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 528 pages
...and knavish valet. His dress is a species of livery: his swarthy mask is a caricature of the color of the inhabitants of those high mountains, tanned...comedians in this character have taken the name of Kenocchio, Kiqueto, and Scapin; but they have always represented the same valet and the same Bergamask.... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 532 pages
...and knavish valet. His dress is a species of livery: his swarthy mask is a caricature of the color of the inhabitants of those high mountains, tanned...The harlequins have also assumed other names; they nave been sometimes Tracagnins, Truffaldins, Gradelins, and Mezetins; but they have always been stupid... | |
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