... to walk a minuet; which they perform with a formality that approaches to despondence. After five or six couple have thus walked the gauntlet, all stand up to country dances; each gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress;... Traditions of Edinburgh - Page 47by Robert Chambers - 1847 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...pitches on a gentleman and lady to walk a minute; which they perform with a formality that approaches to despondence. After five or six couple have thus...gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress ; so they dance much, say nothing, and thus concludes our assembly. I told a Scotch... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...pitches on a lady and gentleman to walk a minuet, which they perform with a formality that approaches despondence. After five or six couple have thus walked...gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress; so they dancemuchand say nothing, and- thus concludes our assembly. 1 told a Scotchgentlcir.au,... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...pitches on a gentleman and lady to walk a minuet, which they perform with a formality that approaches despondence. After five or six couple have thus walked...gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress, so they dance much and say nothing, and thus concludes our assembly. I told a Scotch... | |
| New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 418 pages
...pitches on a gentleman and lady to walk a minuet, which they perform with a formality that approaches despondence. After five or six couple have thus walked...gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress, so they dance much and say nothing, and thus concludes our assembly. I told a Scotch... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1832 - 464 pages
...despondence: after five or six couple have thus walked the gauntlet, all stand up to country-dances, each gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid...our assembly. I told a Scotch gentleman that such profound silence resembled the ancient procession of the Roman matrons, in honour of Ceres ; and the... | |
| Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...gauntlet, all stand up to country dances, each an furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lacly; so they dance much, and say nothing, and thus concludes...our assembly. I told a Scotch gentleman that such profound silence resembled the ancient procession of the Roman matrons in honour of Cerca ; and the... | |
| England - 1832 - 868 pages
...which they perform with a formality that approaches despondence ; after five or six couple have slur, walked the gauntlet, all stand up to country dances,...gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress ; so they dance much, and say nothing, and thus concludes our assembly. I told a Scotch... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1833 - 478 pages
...after five or six couple have thus walked the gauntlet, all stand up to country-dances, each gsntleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid ladydirectress...our assembly. I told a Scotch gentleman that such profound silence resembled the ancient procession of the Roman matrons in honour of Ceres; and the... | |
| Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 558 pages
...pitches upon a lady and gentleman to walk a minuet ; which they perform with a formality that approaches to despondence. After five or six couple have thus...gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress; so they dance much, say nothing, and thus concludes our assembly. I told a Scotch... | |
| Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 554 pages
...pitches upon a lady and gentleman to walk a minuet ; which they perform with a formality that approaches to despondence. After five or six couple have thus...gentleman furnished with a partner from the aforesaid lady directress ; so they dance much, say nothing, and thus concludes our assembly. I told a Scotch... | |
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