improvisator
Americannoun
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Origin of improvisator
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Of other sermons,—and good sermons,—printed and published, many have had an influence almost as restricted and as evanescent as the utterances of the pulpit improvisator.
From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
The improvisator was given a theme of which he knew nothing, and on which he discoursed, often brilliantly.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Kuno Francke
Syrus was not a literary man, but an improvisator and moralist.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
After reading the whole letter one may hint that Guilbert's own ideas might not serve her very well if she tried to appear as improvisator.
From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Edward Fordham Spence
Bonaparte understood the art of holding his audience in suspense, and keeping them in breathless attention, quite as well as an improvisator of the Place of St. Mark or of Toledo Street.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
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