That very dance which we call a minuet, has been proved by an ingenious. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810] Reference
The last thing I recollect was Starlight showing Maddie what he called a minuet step, and. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields] Reference
Maddie what he called a minuet step, and Jonathan and the old woman sitting on the sofa as grave as owls. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
Because it is a theatrical minuet, which is in slow time. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01] Reference
There is -- what Senator Specter called a minuet that goes on in general. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2006] Reference
She had now to complete the entire minuet, that is to say, the melody only. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
The minuet, which is marked allegretto, has the spirit and sound of a scherzo and ought to be played like one. From Wordnik.com. [Ashkenazy and Gaffigan Conduct the San Francisco Symphony] Reference
The minuet is a courtly European dance that was popular in the 17th & 18th century - about the era of Marie Antoinette. From Wordnik.com. [Peace, order and good government, eh?: December 2007 Archives] Reference
This is followed by an intermezzo, like a quick minuet, which is very successful; and this in turn by a rhapsody, which bears a motto from. From Wordnik.com. [The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations] Reference
Watch the diplomatic minuet which is going to continue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2005] Reference
I think the minuet is the prettiest of all dances. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
The minuet was a stately dance. From Wordnik.com. [The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players] Reference
We knew the story by heart, and we knew the minuet. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Like those who met in the stately minuet, long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
But what restored every one to good humor was the minuet. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
"Don't yer wish I'd tell!" said 208, and began the minuet. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
I had never seen the minuet danced with more grace and spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
A minuet was already in progress on the floor, and for a few moments. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
Graces have become civilized, and assembled here to dance the minuet. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
Later, it was an old court dance, stately and decorous as the minuet. From Wordnik.com. [Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium] Reference
At Court he revived classical dances like the minuet and the gavotte. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
It's parodying the tradition of the minuet, you know, in the symphony. From Wordnik.com. [Shostakovich, Man of Many Variations] Reference
"Is this a minuet?" came the laughing voice of my mother from the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
The other couples formed in line behind them and a stately minuet was danced. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
They danced a minuet and a jig; but only Mlle. de Nantes danced in the latter. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
Queen by the hand, advanced to the middle of the circle and with her stepped a minuet. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
The minuet has all the tender coquetry of the bolero, divested of its licentious fervour. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844] Reference
The stately minuet and folk-dances of different peoples may be worked into the ball-scene. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
On this occasion the minuet was danced by the younger guests dressed in Louis XIV. costumes. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
The minuet in the quartet is also pleasing enough, particularly from the place I have marked. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Upon my soul, I haven't danced since Lady Mary left, unless you call it so that foolish minuet. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
Modestine brisked up her pace for perhaps three steps, and then relapsed into her former minuet. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
Some patients will recover with all the rapidity of a jig, while others will mend in minuet-time. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
He drew the bride's hand to his, and preceded them down the stair, holding it high as in a minuet. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
Our dancing master, besides the minuet and quadrilles, teaches us to walk and courtesy gracefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
He'd extend his left hand, and we would grope a bit, obliquely, cater-cornered, as if we were about to begin a minuet. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Love Dole] Reference
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