The professor arrived in the early morning by the brindisi boat, and Hermione proposed that Chrysophrasia, Paul, Cutter, and herself should make a party to go over to Stamboul on the same afternoon.
"Paul Patoff"
F. Marion Crawford
And the whole time required to reach Beira from England, even if one travels by rail from Calais to Marseilles, brindisi, or Naples, and takes a British steamer thence to Port Said, joining the German boat at the latter port, is more than five weeks.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
"The brindisi mail leaves to-morrow night, Captain, if you travel by Egypt, but if you go by Tunis, 7.15 a.
"Queen Sheba's Ring"
H. Rider Haggard