Parte,  Chap.

 1  II,      XXXI|        after your ass, for we, the duennas of this house, are not used
 2  II,      XXXI|         ladies waited upon him and duennas upon his hack; and, if it
 3  II,      XXXI|        waited on one Lancelot, and duennas on his hack; and what is
 4  II,    XXXIII|          the duchess's damsels and duennas gathered round him, waiting
 5  II,    XXXIII|        more natural and proper for duennas to feed asses than to ornament
 6  II,    XXXVII|          goldfinch, say that where duennas were mixed up nothing good
 7  II,    XXXVII|            I'm thinking is, if all duennas, of whatever sort or condition
 8  II,    XXXVII|           when countesses serve as duennas it is in the service of
 9  II,    XXXVII|           paramount and have other duennas to wait on them."~ ~To this
10  II,    XXXVII|            My lady the duchess has duennas in her service that might
11  II,    XXXVII|            let nobody speak ill of duennas, above all of ancient maiden
12  II,    XXXVII|           much to be clipped about duennas, so my barber said, that '
13  II,    XXXVII|            that of the rest of the duennas, so as to crush the calumny
14  II,    XXXVII|        care a wild fig for all the duennas in the world."~ ~They would
15  II,   XXXVIII|           garden as many as twelve duennas, in two lines, all dressed
16  II,   XXXVIII|          up Trifaldi.~ ~The twelve duennas and the lady came on at
17  II,   XXXVIII|             As soon as the band of duennas was fully in sight, the
18  II,   XXXVIII| slow-moving procession. The twelve duennas halted and formed a lane,
19  II,   XXXVIII|         and one or two of her many duennas; but there was no possibility
20  II,   XXXVIII|            in rank of her mother's duennas. Time passed, and the young
21  II,     XXXIX|             He then caused all the duennas of the palace, those that
22  II,     XXXIX|         our offence, and denounced duennas, their characters, their
23  II,     XXXIX|       Distressed One and the other duennas raised the veils with which
24  II,     XXXIX|          turned into a thicket? Oh duennas, companions mine! it was
25  II,        XL|          of the women, but we, the duennas of my lady, would never
26  II,        XL|            of stripping beards off duennas! Devil take it! I'd sooner
27  II,        XL|               You are very hard on duennas, Sancho my friend," said
28  II,        XL|           you are wrong; there are duennas in my house that may serve
29  II,        XL|           may serve as patterns of duennas; and here is my Dona Rodriguez,
30  II,        XL|         everything; and whether we duennas are good or bad, bearded
31  II,        XL|            and downtrodden race of duennas, detested by apothecaries,
32  II,        XL| Unfortunate beings that we are, we duennas! Though we may be descended
33  II,       XLI|           to see you and all these duennas shaved clean."~ ~"That I
34  II,       XLI|           us be off to shave these duennas; and on our return I promise
35  II,       XLI|         his fingers on it, all the duennas and all who stood by lifted
36  II,       XLI|           time the bearded band of duennas, the Trifaldi and all, had
37  II,       XLI|            point, the chins of the duennas are now smooth and clean,
38  II,       XLI|    countenances of those venerable duennas, he advanced towards the
39  II,       XLI|          ground, the whole band of duennas with the Trifaldi vanished,
40  II,      XLIV|        Sancho, there were squires, duennas, and damsels in her house
41  II,    XLVIII|        room a couple of figures of duennas with spectacles and lace-cushions,
42  II,    XLVIII|           as if they had been real duennas."~ ~So saying he leaped
43  II,         L|           observed her, and as all duennas are fond of prying, listening,
44  II,       LVI|            field and the appellant duennas, mother and daughter, vast
45  II,       LVI|          stumble or fall; then the duennas entered and seated themselves,
46  II,       LVI|            and coming to where the duennas were placed stopped to look
47  II,       LVI|           Tosilos he addressed the duennas, and asked them if they
48  II,      LVII|            suddenly from among the duennas and handmaidens the impudent
49  II,      LXIX|           for."~ ~At this some six duennas, advancing across the court,
50  II,      LXIX|           all the world; but allow duennas to touch me-not a bit of
51  II,      LXIX|        gentlefolk; but I won't let duennas touch me, though the devil
52  II,      LXIX|           to life the dead."~ ~The duennas were now close to Sancho,
53  II,      LXIX|  vinegar-wash."~ ~In fine, all the duennas smacked him and several
54  II,      LXIX|       stood near him fell upon the duennas and the whole set of his
55  II,       LXX|          simple reason that it was duennas, confound them, that gave
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