His two friends had given credence to the general report, stating that the podesta had ordered me to leave Padua.
They forgot that I was a citizen of Venice, and that the podesta could not pass such a sentence upon me without exposing himself to legal proceedings.
On the Tuesday we all dined together, and the play was resumed; but we had scarcely begun when an officer of the podesta made his appearance and informed Croce that he wanted a little private conversation with him.
He informed me that the podesta had likewise expelled M.
Manin's sister had died from the shock of hearing of her brother's arrest; and his wife had organized a petition for his release which had been signed by the Podesta of Venice and ninety-nine other persons of well-known character.
Instantly a demonstration was organized in his honour, and Count Gabrio Casati, Podesta of Milan, took part in the funeral procession.
Rubaconte was podesta of Florence in 1237 and in addition to laying the foundation stone of this bridge, he also caused the city to be paved.
Agnolo Acciaiuoli, then a very distinguished citizen, who had great influence over him, to paint on the tower of the Podesta Palace the duke and his followers, M.
In the great hall of the podesta at Florence, he painted a representation of the Commune, which has been appropriated by many people.
Among other portraits which he made, the chapel of the Podesta palace at Florence still contains that of Dante Aligheri, his close companion and friend, no less famous as a poet than Giotto then was as a painter.
Fifteen richly decorated galleys, prepared for the occasion by the Podesta of Chioggia, and under command of his son, Taddeo Giustiniani, received the Doge and his following at Chiozzo.
Why she was married to Bertuccio Nenolo when I was Podestaof Treviso.
After a short pause Antonio again set off, but the Podesta now followed him more mistrustingly.
When the unhappy youth, Antonio, had rested, the Podesta rode forth on the following day with him and with a large train of armed followers, to seek for the hut with the hideous old woman and the robbers, and to take them prisoners.
But you must pay honestly for her, you or the Podesta of Padua, if he still lives; for she is his child, whom I stole from him long since, because the Marconis vouchsafed me a round sum of money for doing so.
The Podesta carried him to his house, where Antonio greeted the sorrowing mother.
The Podesta Ambrosio determined to give up his office, to withdraw from public life, and to leave Padua, where everything reminded him only of his misfortunes.
The Podesta Ambrosio had resigned his office and left the city: he meant to spend the rest of his life at Rome, for the sake of getting beyond the reach of his relations at Venice.
A certain Florio feigns to be dying in order to prevent the Podesta suspecting an intrigue between his wife, Rosaura, 'the Lady Mayoress', and so impotent an invalid.
Says Genest: 'The Podesta and Bartoline are as well cuckolded as any Tory could wish.
Craffy is the foolish son of the Podesta in Crowne's City Politicks (1683).
The thirteen districts in their council nominated four caporioni, who acted in concert with a senator, appointed, like the podesta of other cities, for supreme judicial functions.
Meanwhile thepodesta still subsists; but he is no longer equal to the task of maintaining an equilibrium of forces.
The podesta marks an essentially transitional state in civic government, and his intervention paved the way for despotism.
Semestral change of the podesta and certain other officers, without intervention of the Count.
The Podesta started, but more in amazement than anger.
By this thorough confidence he so won the affection of the podesta of Verona that he concluded peace for him with Vicenza and the whole Guelf party, and then returned his castles to him.
Count Richard of San Bonifazio, the dominion of Verona, where he was created Podesta in this year.
The office ofPodesta was not peculiar to Florence.
The constitution of the Republic, jealously careful to limit the power of the individual citizen, provided that the two chief executive officers, the Podesta and the Captain of the People, should always be foreigners.
The military force of the Podestasoon stood confronted with the little band of students.
The Podesta and other magistrates of the town were compelled at length to send a solemn deputation.
With the liberty allowed by the Podesta to his prisoner, it was not difficult to arrange this meeting.
The guild was always gradual in its adoption of new styles, and the palace of the Podesta or the "Signoria" differed only in form, and not in style, from the older castle.
This necessity for hating does not, however, prevent the Podesta from falling very violently in love with a strolling actress called La Tisbe (personated by Mademoiselle Mars).
When the Podesta announced the same intention to his wife, he says--"Vous avez devant vous une heure, madame.
Why, she was married to Bertuccio Nenolo when I was Podesta of Treviso.
The next legend on this subject is that of the Ponte alle Grazie, which was built by Capo, the fellow-pupil of Arnolfo, under the direction of Rubaconte, who filled the office of Podesta in 1235.
And truly this settled the question, and it was agreed that the Podesta was piu savio de gli statuti--wiser even than the law itself.
The prisons were broken open, the podesta driven from the town, the Cerchi confined within their houses, a third of the city was destroyed with fire and sword.
They joined themselves to the Ghibellines, to which party the podesta Uguccione della Faggiuola belonged.
The larger Consiglio del Podesta or del Commune, some 390.
A court of appeal from Court of Podesta and with powers of police.
The Courts of the Podesta and the Capitano del Popolo were restored.
A story is told by Sanuto, of his having, many years before, when podesta and captain at Treviso, boxed the ears of the bishop, who was somewhat tardy in bringing the Host.
The podestasnuffed the gold: fined him a ducat for the duke; about the value of the whole tree: and pouched the coin.
At the opening of the opera the inhabitants of Lagonero are busily employed decorating the garden for the reception of the betrothed couple; Ramiro informs the Podesta that an unhappy love torments him, and departs.
The Podesta first reproaches Sandrina, then makes her a formal declaration of love, which she seeks in vain to evade.
He has not remarked that Sandrina has gone out, and the Podesta taken her place, and he seizes the hand of the Podesta to kiss it; his confusion and annoyance required comic expression.
The Podesta falls in love with Sandrina and neglects for her the waiting-maid Serpetta, to whom he has been paying his addresses.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "podesta" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
