Example Sentences

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The only reply was a furious mazourka of all the dishes on the table.

From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

The quadrille had ended, and as, at the request of one of the guests, the band played a brilliant mazourka, numerous couples took their places on the floor.

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

"And here's my piano, too, and open!" she finished gaily, dropping herself upon the piano stool and dashing into a brilliant mazourka.

From Miss Billy by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

If he plays it in the same manner in which he accompanied "True Happiness," you will hear how this mazourka should not be played.

From Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances by Nichols, Mary P.

After a mazourka comes a waltz, and Cecil is made supremely happy.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie