"Qui," says Torrotti, "si colgano elemosine Assai," and, as I have said already, it is here that a few autumn leaves of waxen images still linger.
"Ex Voto"
Samuel Butler
It was made, we found, from the fruit of the Assai palm, which our hostess, Illora, showed us.
"On the Banks of the Amazon"
W.H.G. Kingston
In his subsequent additions he caught the name of Sir Philip Sidney with an adventurous criticism, "le sue poesie Assai buone."
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli