He had resolved to improviso the coachman, though he had never driven a horse before in his life -- +eukolon einai+ -- "it is an easy matter;" and he drove like Jehu, shouted like Stentor, and laughed like the Afrite of Caliph Vathek.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference

You must be careful and give the thing with a downright improviso air.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4] Reference

Vos al verle así asaltar You, upon seeing him try la celda tan de improviso, your cell door suddenly os desmayasteis ..., preciso; fainted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don Juan Tenorio] Reference

But we are called away to hear the fair Fantastici, a young woman who makes improviso verses, and sings them, as they tell me, with infinite learning and taste.    From Wordnik.com.  [Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I] Reference

His improviso verses made on a young heir's coming of age are highly capable of restraining such folly, if it is to be restrained: they never yet were printed, I believe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings] Reference

A shout of applause was followed by wild strummings and tunings of mandolins, and occasional scratching of heads or turbans, to remember all that Hafiz had ever written, or to aid their attempts at improviso versification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pacha of Many Tales] Reference

In Florence, the art of making improviso verses -- which has ever been popular in southern countries -- seems to have reached its highest state of perfection during this eighteenth century, and a woman, the celebrated Corilla, was acknowledged to be the most expert in this accomplishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women of the Romance Countries] Reference

O de improviso me asalta or unexpectedly find algún vértigo infernal. some dizziness, infernal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don Juan Tenorio] Reference

Mr. Talassi is reckoned in his own country a man of great genius; in ours he was, as I recollect, received with much attention, as a person able and willing to give us demonstration that improviso verses might be made, and sung extemporaneously to some well-known tune, generally one which admits of and requires very long lines; that so alternate rhymes may not be improper, as they give more time to think forward, and gain a moment for composition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I] Reference

Phraseology, "he did all 'improviso, in the same manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson] Reference

"A dívida pública criou uma classe de capitalistas ociosos, enriqueceu, de improviso, os agentes financeiros que servem de intermediários entre o governo e a nação.    From Wordnik.com.  [CMI Brasil] Reference

Canta improviso, come un Calandra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850] Reference

Si de improviso lanza un rayo el cielo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Spanish Lyrics] Reference

Cantando d 'improviso, alla Carlona.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850] Reference