"Costa" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... otherwise Mr. ALBERT CHEVALIER, of French extraction, would find an excellent Italian alias, closely associated with the operatic and musical professions, and most appropriate to the line he has adopted, in the name of "SIGNOR COSTA." The melody of Mr. CHEVALIER's "Coster's Serenade," of which, I rather think, he is the composer as well as librettist, is as charming as it is strikingly original. After the Chevalier sans peur et sans approche had retired, ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892 • Various
... MS.); foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apiculatis subtus pannoso-tomentosis marginibus costa nervisque glandulosis.—In this the styles are connected at the apex, free below. The capsule is deeply 5-lobed. The anthers are remarkably curved outwards, like a horse-shoe, which is not the case in true KERAUDRENIA. ...
— Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia • Thomas Mitchell
... Da Costa, of Portugal, came along: a bright little man, full of health and energy; and after him that quiet, thoughtful friendly person, Sir Robert Borden, of Canada; even then he ...
— An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 • William Orpen
... 1892-1894), to which is added annually an appendix containing texts of the most recent laws and decrees. Special treatises of importance are M. M. Calvo, Regimen parlamentario en Espana (Madrid, 1883); J. Costa, Oligarquia y Caciquismo como la forma actual del Gobierno en Espana (Madrid, 1903); and Y. Guytot, L'evolution politique et sociale de l'Espagne (Paris, 1899). Mention may be made of R. Fraoso, Las constituciones de Espana, in Revista de Espana, ...
— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg
... guitar! Oh, what a beauty! What's the label inside? Juan Da Costa, Seville! Then it must be Spanish. I suppose they're the best. My mandoline's Italian; it was made in Milan. We must tune them together, mustn't we? Can you read well? This is the book of duets. I thought this Barcarolle would be easy, it has such ...
— The Luckiest Girl in the School • Angela Brazil
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