hautbois
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The hall resounded with the sprightly violin and the martial hautbois.
From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John
The regular French dance was a basse dance, called the gaillarde; it was accompanied by the sound of the hautbois and tambourine, and originally it was danced with great form and state.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.
There was a concert; in the course of which a hautbois concerto was so charmingly played, that I could have thought myself upon enchanted ground, had I had spirits more gentle to associate with.
From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, Fanny
BARNET, Mr., on the intercrossing of strawberries. -dioeciousness of the hautbois strawberry. -on the Scarlet American strawberry.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
There was a concert, in the course of which a hautbois concerto2821 was so charmingly played that I could have thought myself upon enchanted ground, had I had spirits more gentle to associate with.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
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