"Vettura" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... morning air comes purer, creeping up in our vettura, Eastward gleams a rosy tumult with the rising of the day; Toward the north, with gradual changes, steal along the mountain-ranges Tender tints of warmer feeling, kissing all their peaks of gray; And far south the waters wear a ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 • Various
... landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence^, calash, caleche [Fr.], britzka^, araba^, kibitka^; berlin; sulky, desobligeant [Fr.], sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse [Fr.]; jaunting car, outside car; dandi^; doolie^, dooly^; munchil^, palki^; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon^; vettura^. post chaise, diligence, stage; stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet^, cab, hansom, shofle^, four-wheeler, growler, droshki^, drosky^. dogcart, trap, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... public square I find a gaping and wondering crowd of rustics collected about one of the mountebanks whose trade is not peculiar to any country. This one might be a clock-peddler from Connecticut. He is mounted in a one-seat vettura, and his horse is quietly eating his dinner out of a bag tied to his nose. There is nothing unusual in the fellow's dress; he wears a shiny silk hat, and has one of those grave faces which would be merry ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner |
