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Brera, well-known picture gallery at Milan, open to the public gratis on certain days.
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se la svignarono, disappeared, escaped.
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agenti di questura, police officers.
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Salomone di Caus, a celebrated French engineer, who died about 1626. There is a story to the effect that he was imprisoned on the charge of insanity.
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Da qualche tempo, Some time before.
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Ci si provò anche lei, eh, You also attempted it, did you?