All such questions became vital to Rachel Mott when NASA employed her to act as a kind of cicerone to the families of the six new astronauts. From Wordnik.com. [Space]
"There, signor!" repeated the cicerone, still pointing. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Our cicerone keeps a book, in which the names of all his. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
In vain the cicerone led them through the old papal palace. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
The grand cicerone for the English at Tangier, is Benoliel. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
Robert Chambers constituted himself the Hewitts 'cicerone in. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
While waiting for admittance, our self-imposed cicerone, Mateo. From Wordnik.com. [The Alhambra] Reference
The latter personage, my cicerone, stated that her parents were. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
MY DEVOTED squire and whilom ragged cicerone Mateo Ximenes, had. From Wordnik.com. [The Alhambra] Reference
I had no convenient cicerone in the pattern of the Utopian books. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Let me act as cicerone through this modest gymnastic hall of ours. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
The next day the cicerone called alone to see about some repairs, when. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
Our kind friend whom we had met the evening before accompanied us as cicerone. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
They followed the intelligent cicerone, armed with torches, into a gloomy tunnel. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
He needs no guide to conduct him to its antiquities, nor cicerone to explain in bad. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
His cicerone robbed him of his gold watch and all his personal effects and disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
Bessie carried the keys: she was châtelaine, seneschal and cicerone, all rolled in one. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
Perceiving their interest in their surroundings, Mrs. Van Dam gladly played the cicerone. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
The intelligent cicerone walked before them with the air of one who had something to show. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
Sister Phoebe was my cicerone, and I owe her one of the pleasantest days I have spent on the islands. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference
He was accompanied by a cicerone, or servant, as villainous-looking a fellow as one often meets, even in. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
Just then, as luck would have it, Larrikins, our old cicerone, came up abreast of where we were standing. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
The cicerone did most of the talking, though now and then the other made a remark or two in broken Italian. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
While following up my clues, I renewed my acquaintance with Tranter, and pressed him to act as my cicerone in. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
A few paces from this monument the cicerone will point out with his finger the spot where his rivals expired. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Balloon Ascents] Reference
We visited the fortress, which was in course of repair, our cicerone being Sidi Reschid, an artillery-officer. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
Just then the cicerone came forward and announced that the bargain was completed and the room ready for occupancy. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
"This is the tower," explains Sir Adrian, still acting as cicerone to the small party, who look with interest around them. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
Our cicerone is very shrewd; withal is blessed with a good share of common sense; is by no means bigoted against Mahometans or. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
The morrow came -- sunny and cloudless -- and the cicerone bowed to the ground, as he opened the door of the commodious fiacre. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
When the steamer landed, he acted as cicerone, and pointed out to me the main object of interest thereabouts, the dinner-table. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
'It's all right,' he said, in his fussy, dictatorial way, divesting himself of his heavy motor-coat, and preparing to act as cicerone. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
"Miss Tennant is thinking that it's a case of the blind leading the blind for me to act as a cicerone into society," remarked Trent curtly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
A good cicerone can invest the most trifling objects with interest, while a bad one simply irritates one's temper and wastes precious time. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
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