An island nearly south of Venice, noted for its glass-houses.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, called “The Prince of Music.” (1529–1594.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.