cotillon
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cotillons
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They were not the flowers Mr. Varick had sent; they were a bunch bestowed by Courtlandt himself at a little informal dance of the previous evening, where the cotillon had had one pretty floral figure.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Warlocks and witches in a dance; Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels.
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
Leaning towards her, and speaking more softly than before, he says, gravely, "And I hope that during the cotillon you will confide to me, as an old friend, why you look so sad to-night."
From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin
It is quite different from our cotillon or the Sir Roger de Coverley.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
"Why, Esperancita, I thought you had promised me the cotillon?" he said in great surprise.
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
Instead of giving cotillons, you might be giving music lessons.
From Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon
It seems quite natural to be in this dear old hotel, where all during the past winter our "Army and Navy Club" cotillons were danced every two weeks.
From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe
Moreover, as Mrs. Trennahan now had a grown-up daughter, she was obliged to take her to the cotillons and other routs given under the merciless supervision of the Leader.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
But to all the mad millions Who dance at cotillons There's naught like the clink and the clank and the crunch Of the ice in the punch.
From When hearts are trumps by Thomas Winthrop Hall
At last a lady takes her seat at the piano, then comes an eager rush of gentlemen into the room, and partners are taken for cotillons,—large, double, very double cotillons, here called contradanças.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various
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