All 5 Uses of
piazza
in
Volpone
- I wonder yet, that he should mount his bank, Here in this nook, that has been wont t'appear In face of the Piazza!†
Act 2 *
- It may seem strange, that I, your Scoto Mantuano, who was ever wont to fix my bank in face of the public Piazza, near the shelter of the Portico to the Procuratia, should now, after eight months' absence from this illustrious city of Venice, humbly retire myself into an obscure nook of the Piazza.†
Act 2
- It may seem strange, that I, your Scoto Mantuano, who was ever wont to fix my bank in face of the public Piazza, near the shelter of the Portico to the Procuratia, should now, after eight months' absence from this illustrious city of Venice, humbly retire myself into an obscure nook of the Piazza.†
Act 2
- No windows on the whole Piazza, here, To make your properties, but mine? but mine?†
Act 2
- CORV: And for your fame, That's such a jig; as if I would go tell it, Cry it on the Piazza! who shall know it, But he that cannot speak it, and this fellow, Whose lips are in my pocket? save yourself, (If you'll proclaim't, you may,) I know no other, Shall come to know it.†
Act 3
Definition:
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(piazza) architecture: Italian term for a plaza (large open square created or defined by several buildings forming a perimeter enclosure)