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There was a zithern accompaniment by the girl in orange, but it was soft and unobtrusive, that the lines themselves might not be obscured.
From Patty Blossom by Carolyn Wells
Really, the jester was thinking of rhymes to zithern, which is the name of the curious musical instrument he carried, and is a little like a mandolin, only harder to play.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks
Well, Jeppo was terribly woeful and that word zithern was bothering him.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks
Her black hair was in two long braids, and she was carrying a small musical instrument that Philip said was a zithern.
From Patty Blossom by Carolyn Wells
Meanwhile, a couple of Servian musicians began, to the accompaniment of a zithern, to sing one of their sad, monotonous, heroic songs.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
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