'An "improvisatrice,"' the young man whispered quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Stradella] Reference
Maddelena Morelli, who was famed as an improvisatrice under the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians] Reference
She added, however, to the gifts of an improvisatrice something infinitely higher and deeper. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
But now the tones of the improvisatrice are low and quiet, and her motions assert the dignity of a life nobly lived. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
Italy was to be crowned at the Capitol: Corinne -- poet, writer, improvisatrice, and one of the most beautiful women in Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from _Corinne_] Reference
"Il improvisatrice," was she styled by her admiring associates, whom she amused by the hour with her extemporary effusions of rhyme. From Wordnik.com. [Hubert's Wife A Story for You] Reference
An extraordinary account appeared a short time back in a well known Scotch magazine, of a female improvisatrice, which may have met your notice. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829] Reference
Suddenly the indignant cries of the whole listening company mingled in confusion with the inspired voice of the improvisatrice and the descriptive music of the lutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
All Rome now worships the great improvisatrice, Corilla. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
"You were, and you will be again, an improvisatrice" he went on. From Wordnik.com. [A Romance of Two Worlds] Reference
It was then Corilla, that vain improvisatrice, who would have destroyed her?. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
With a little more imagination, she would have made an excellent improvisatrice. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I] Reference
Rome, when a large party were assembled to listen to a celebrated improvisatrice. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville] Reference
She was wholly occupied by the thought of seeing Corilla, the great improvisatrice, of whom. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
Against that altar leaned, exalted and august as a Grecian priestess, the improvisatrice Corilla. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
Mrs. Lee herself was an improvisatrice of the first class upon the organ; and the two brothers of. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiographical Sketches] Reference
Chigi held revel that night to celebrate a visit from the improvisatrice Imperia, who was on her way to. From Wordnik.com. [Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)] Reference
I am extremely grateful to you for the very welcome information which you give me regarding an improvisatrice. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes] Reference
"No! The lord cardinal had lent this bravo to the celebrated improvisatrice Corilla -- the order came from her.". From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
Here her talent as an improvisatrice was first manifested in the tales she used to tell to her companions in their bedroom at night. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1] Reference
Not until 1776, almost two years after Braschi had mounted the papal throne, took place the crowning of the improvisatrice in the capitol at. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
Frances S. Osgood (1812-1850) was endowed with great playfulness of fancy, and a facility of expression which rendered her almost an improvisatrice. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities] Reference
You are an improvisatrice -- that is, you have the emotional genius of music, a spiritual thing unfettered by rules, and utterly misunderstood by the world. From Wordnik.com. [A Romance of Two Worlds] Reference
We were going to a party at Prince K--'s, where there was to be a celebrated Italian improvisatrice, and I would not give her the letter till the next morning. '. From Wordnik.com. [Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife] Reference
She was sought and esteemed, the princes admired her, and Catharine of Russia fulfilled the promise Orloff had made the improvisatrice in the name of the empress. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
It might have been a statue save that as the song of the improvisatrice, a rhapsody to Apollo, thrilled the air with passionate sweetness, it raised its perfect arms in invocation. From Wordnik.com. [Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)] Reference
Her excitement had been muse-like, that of the improvisatrice, whose kindling fancy seeks to create an atmosphere round it, and makes the chain through which to set free its electric sparks. From Wordnik.com. [Summer on the Lakes, in 1843] Reference
He inquired the cause and learned that the most celebrated woman in Italy would that morning be crowned at the capital -- Corinne, the poetess and improvisatrice, one of the loveliest women of Rome. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction] Reference
At these times she produces on one the effect of an improvisatrice. ". From Wordnik.com. [In Château Land] Reference
"You refuse me, then, the crowning of the renowned improvisatrice. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
"You know that Ganganelli opposes the crowning of our famous improvisatrice, Corilla, in the capitol. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
The improvisatrice Corilla will also be there! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of an Empress] Reference
A poetess, an improvisatrice, and, at least in private, an actress. From Wordnik.com. [Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy] Reference
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