In the olden times the polonaise was a kind of solemn ceremony. From Wordnik.com. [Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
I thought it was called polonaise, "he answered humbly. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
And of course I must have a new polonaise gown for it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
The piano was still open, a Chopin polonaise still on it. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret in Holland]
They hovered past to the melancholy strains of the Oginski polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
Just before serving, drizzle the nut-brown butter over the polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
One Chopin polonaise even gave us the popular song "Till the End of Time.". From Wordnik.com. [Chopin's 'Soul and Heart'] Reference
The first dance was a polonaise, after which the musicians struck up a waltz. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero of Our Time] Reference
Lay the asparagus out on a serving dish and nape over with the sauce polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Imaginary Mistress] Reference
So, having set her heart on a fashionable polonaise, she was careful to keep out of his way. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
I can already play several minuets and cotillons from the notes, and will soon learn a polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Rearrange her hair, put her into the beruffled skirt and polonaise, and she might have sat for it. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Marley, Honey] Reference
Chopin also transformed the polonaise, a dance that predated him, into a Polish processional march. From Wordnik.com. [Chopin's 'Soul and Heart'] Reference
The band played the polonaise in vogue at that time on account of the words that had been set to it, beginning. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
We are still to try them as a polonaise topping, though there was a near miss the other day; soon though, soon. From Wordnik.com. [At My Table] Reference
Oginski polonaise; with shouts and laughter the masks got back into the sleighs, hoofs clattered and whips cracked. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
The strains of the polonaise, which had continued for a considerable time, had begun to sound like a sad reminiscence to. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Unfortunately, when my friend is writing a Watteau gown and I keep trying to make it into a polonaise, that's not gonna work so good. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
Old Schnabel for the polonaise; Klingenspohr, first waltz; Haarbart, second waltz; Count Hornpieper (the Danish envoy), third; and so on. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
The second polonaise is of a wholly different character. From Wordnik.com. [The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations] Reference
Once, ah! once I fell a-dreaming; some one played a polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
The men began to choose partners and take their places for the polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
She stopped in the polonaise before a young lieutenant, who turned scarlet. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands] Reference
She played Chopin -- studies, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes, a polonaise or two. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
Nor did a certain light polonaise conceal the outlines of her charming figure. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Dows] Reference
Then, going to the piano, she began with all her might to play a Chopin polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
The door opened, and from the dining room came the resounding strains of the polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Practically, he may be said to have invented the polonaise, the nocturne, and the ballad. From Wordnik.com. [The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations] Reference
A surprisingly limber polonaise breaks out for the third movement, its polar bears notwithstanding. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
Rich gros de cecile polonaise and jacket to match, trimmed with Chantilly lace and valenciennes. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
"Why, what would you have left to give away?" she laughed, and gave him her hand for the polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands] Reference
More than half the ladies already had partners and were taking up, or preparing to take up, their positions for the polonaise. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Madame Cie produced a white muslin polonaise, which she was just going to send home to the Princess -----, to be worn over mauve. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
The little seamstress knelt now at her feet, pinning up the hem of a black silk polonaise, and turning her head from time to time to ask. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia] Reference
The strains of the polonaise, which had continued for a considerable time, had begun to sound like a sad reminiscence to Natasha's ears. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
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