| 单词 | extemporise |
| 例句 | Different rules apply at the Improvathon, an extemporised entertainment endurance test, now on its fourth London outing. Improvathon - review 2011-01-24T18:18:25Z Their ability to extemporise has been honed to the point where their set sounds polished and practised, and they use this to good effect in segueing seamlessly between a wide range of styles. The Bays vs Stereo MCs 2010-04-18T21:30:00Z The Crazy Horse part of the equation comes from bass and drums, a sturdy platform over which Zahner-Isenberg extemporises like Tom Verlaine, his squalls sometimes drifting off towards free jazz. Avi Buffalo 2010-08-30T20:30:00Z By the time of the duo's extemporised hymn to Edinburgh, which does nothing other than find half-rhymes for words like "hops" and "Five Pound Fringe", this viewer was getting doggerel-tired. Abandoman 2010-08-16T14:49:00Z The willingness to stop whatever he was doing and extemporise something else instead kept me on my toes and engaged. Edinburgh comedy notebook: Is an hour too long for a comedy set? 2011-08-23T13:27:40Z As she extemporised, we got what was perhaps a peek at what making Trainwreck was like. Amy Schumer's Trainwreck gets big laughs at hometown premiere 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Professor Borges: A Course on English Literatureby Jorge Borges Professor Borges, then, is a translation of a transcription of a series of apparently extemporised lectures, and this, unfortunately, is how it reads. Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature by Jorge Luis Borges – review 2013-05-30T11:00:01Z They first met as improvisers in Albuquerque, and in their terrific series of hit shows they don't use sets or props, and leave increasing space for extemporised sequences. The Pajama Men – Edinburgh review 2012-08-08T17:01:22Z As Johnson put it: “I’m under pressure not to extemporise policy on the hoof.” Boy on the floor photo prompts Boris to add larceny to mendacity | Marina Hyde 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z What I will say is that – I’m under pressure not to extemporise policy on the hoof. General election: Matt Hancock apologises for boy having to sleep on hospital floor – live news 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Years ago as a gallery warder at the British Museum I would often choose an object as I patrolled, and extemporise a brief story from it. Chastity belts, torture tools and ... a bit of skin? Three authors on their spooky inspirations 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z This is extra work and means remembering to extemporise a clapperboard for synchronisation purposes. What do I need to make YouTube videos? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Their lasting significance was to write down and develop western musical techniques which had previously only been extemporised. Notre Dame and the culture it inspired – from Matisse to the Muppets 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z When Fielding extemporised the end of one sketch with the line "the last one dead's a sissy", there were hysterics. Obituary: Fenella Fielding 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The 15-minute extemporised sermon set the tone for the day perfectly. ‘Two people fell in love and we all showed up’: Harry and Meghan’s big day 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z But there will be no extemporising with the Queen. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z To walk in the city at night is to extemporise. 'When streets become supernatural': the joy of walking in cities at night 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z By the third time he’s extemporising, jazzing it up, something common to this show and increasingly where Hicks was heading with his performance. Bill Hicks: do the legendary comic's jokes still stand up? 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z It builds and builds, and Wright never lets his extemporising get in the way. Beatles cover versions: 10 of the best 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z He chews sweets, extemporises, analyses along his own tramlines. Gordon Brown's battle for Britain: 'You have to think about 100 years down the line' 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z He does seem to have extemporised, going beyond what his advisers had suggested. How JFK's Berlin speech gave a city hope 2013-06-25T00:17:28Z Sir Ivan, a barrister, was an experienced enough public speaker to keep extemporising on the topic, although his efforts were not enough to prevent the motion becoming law. How do you talk for 24 hours non-stop? 2012-12-12T01:55:49Z "Good question, I don't know," replied the lawyer, giving himself time to extemporise to give himself some more time. Wales troubles just a dip, says Warren Gatland before All Blacks game 2012-11-23T17:35:29Z So: the sonata form—to set this aside means to extemporise a fantasia that is however not a symphony, not a sonata, not a concerto. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Our jokes on that occasion were mainly extemporised. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z A bag of money, which had been collected as a common fund, and was hanging from a rude mast hastily extemporised, probably tempted them. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Dogs barked hoarsely and shrilly according to their kind, ragged clothes fluttered on extemporised lines, or made a parti-coloured patch-work on the grass and on the gorse bushes which grew all along the bank. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z One of the best remembered of Hook's efforts in extemporising is that recorded of his improvising at a party when Mr. Winter was announced, a well-known inspector of taxes. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z He himself would have conducted and extemporised only. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z In the bows, under an awning extemporised out of an old sail, were squatting the two Spaniards, playing at monte with a very dirty pack of cards. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Let be, let well alone, or extemporise at most. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Burnet came to the conclusion that they intended to draw the aeroplane to a wady somewhere to the north, float it there, perhaps on an extemporised raft, and so convey it to the river. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z A tent of some kind must be extemporised, for it is not wise of a white man to spend the night unprotected in the fever swamps. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z And so they went on, singing and extemporising for the whole hour and a half’s journey. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Assuredly no man can extemporise such a faith as this. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z They had doubtless taken refuge on a tree as an extemporised island; but when that island itself became flooded, down the stream, nolens volens, they had to float. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z With the other “putty” a sling is then extemporised. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z I asked myself whether this mightn’t be a mere extemporised and unestablished truth—a truth begotten of a deep desire; but the point has never been cleared. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z This first essay at extemporising a fleet does not seem to have been very successful. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z He studied much over his lectures; but as to the form, he was wont to extemporise a great deal. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Lots of your fellow-passengers will have to camp out under any shelter they can extemporise. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The hut was in a fearfully dilapidated and dirty state, but with a broom extemporised out of a small bush which he plucked outside, he swept the place out. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Octrois, street inspection, lighting, markets, public charity, telegraphs, all the respiratory and digestive apparatus of the town of 1,600,000 souls, everything had to be extemporised. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Four-fifths of the little army were thus withdrawn from the fort, leaving rather a weak garrison; while a new stockade was extemporised on the general’s plantation, under the title of “Fort Drane.” Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Nay, when he was in the mood and at the height of his powers, he would convert a Trio into a Quartet by extemporising a fourth part. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z Coffee is served in these extemporised Soldiers' Homes from five o'clock in the morning to the end of the day. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War Then he was silent for a moment, and as she settled his head more easily on an extemporised pillow, he glanced towards the closed shutters of the little sacristy. The Firebrand Finally, some soft-headed mayors, still believing that the Assembly needed only enlightenment, extemporised a melodramatic scene. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z But on this occasion Lady Tringle extemporised provision the first moment in which they had all ceased to eat. Ayala's Angel Best of all they liked to extemporise a chorus out of popular songs, comic or jocular, weaving them into a harmonious whole while declaiming the words of each. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z But they’ll have to appoint keepers, and extemporise a straight waistcoat of rhinoceros hide, and shave my head, and all the rest of it.” Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa He sat often and long at the piano extemporising; and it was always in an erotic strain. Mary Then, passing within, he appeared presently with two poles and a piece of sacking, out of which he extemporised a carrying hammock. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion In other ways also Jesus compensated for his lack of sight, and encouraged his faith by touching him and by laying on the closed eyes an extemporised ointment. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I One of the party extemporised us a speech which would be made on the occasion in Exeter Hall. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses We sat several hours singing songs that were extemporised by the best singers, and occasionally drinking Itchuala, a sort of beer made out of corn, and then we all retired to our huts and slept. The White Chief of the Caffres Is his rating "Death" or not, whose body is so still on its extemporised couch—just a mattress from the keeper's cottage close at hand? When Ghost Meets Ghost An extemporised arch of Union Jacks canopied Mr. Balfour in his carriage, which was drawn by hundreds of willing hands linked in long line. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule We have to make the best of our extemporised couches, for our luggage and furniture are yet on their way, and probably will not put in an appearance before morning. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba The disturbed district was placed under martial law, and these extemporised regiments, too few in number to be merciful, saw safety only in striking terror into the poor wretches. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses There is an extemporised town for the strangers on the outskirts, over which float many odours, weird, pungent, and unsavoury. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Around the little settlement the plain was dotted with the white tilts of the waggons, mingled with the tents which had been extemporised of sail-cloth, tarpaulins, and blankets. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Treatment.—In the presence of impending suffocation, the mouth must be forced open by an extemporised gag, the finger passed into the back of the throat, and the body hooked out. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. A strange sensation of guilt, of going to do something wrong, comes over me and makes me quake from the top of my extemporised turban to the sole of my sandal slippers. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba While young Ben is hunted up the opportunity is taken to make the change of wet clothes for extemporised dry ones. Somehow Good It was evident that this extemporised ladder had been constructed for the purpose of climbing the tree, but with what object? Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt This occupied only a few seconds of time; and the tarpauling soon lay detached between the extemporised masts, that were still permitted to remain as they had been “stepped.” The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea He took the hint, and ended this triumphant display of skill by extemporising a dozen of the most interesting and scientific variations upon the air Non più andrai. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. An extemporised public masked ball in my private dwelling in the middle of the day! The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba His theories, as well as his words, were often, according to the same authority, extemporised. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill The saplings were laid across the top of the pit, thus extemporising over it a huge gridiron. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt In the midst of this the raft lay motionless, and the extemporised sail was of no use for propelling it. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea It is needless to add that at any point upon our coasts, or upon any other coast, where its establishment might be desirable, a fog-signal station might be extemporised without difficulty. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 When the lawless men about a camp were numerous, and robberies became frequent, the diggers would suddenly extemporise a police, rout out the thieves, and drive them perforce from the camp. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Try every method—writing, reading, committing, extending, extemporising. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 Nicol, failing a couple of broadswords or four dirks, had got two pieces of rusty old iron and placed them cross-wise on the extemporised floor. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Immediately eight firemen, Frank and Dale being at the front, charged the door like a thunderbolt with this extemporised battering-ram. Fighting the Flames At each corner of this extemporised raft Jackman fastened one of the cabin chairs, pointing out, as he did so, that there was no limit to the extension of the raft. The Eagle Cliff The extemporised dresses and "properties" are the most amusing of all. A Boy's Voyage Round the World It will be a considerable time before he recovers, for the fountain of life had been well-nigh drained when he fortunately extemporised that tourniquet. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains I think we may guess that in both instances the extemporised huts had some forgotten religious meaning. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus While he was thus engaged, Hockins brought some water from a neighbouring stream in a cup which he had extemporised out of a piece of bark, and applied it to the man’s lips. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar It was, indeed, rather an extemporised affair—a sort of jubilee to wind up the performances of the day. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Their style of cooking is very simple: they bake their food in extemporised ovens filled with hot stones. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The operation was repeated, and it was finally found that, by means of this extemporised ear-trumpet, the poor creature once more became a conversable member of society. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Soldiers, and proper officers to control and conduct the convicts, were on the spot; and a tolerably suitable prison was forthwith extemporised out of a wool-shed or warehouse. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 They had to extemporise crimes, and they were not scrupulous about it. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion Thus they lay, as it were, at anchor in the lee of this extemporised breakwater. The Ocean and its Wonders Laker called it supper, because she could not conscientiously give the name of breakfast to a meal extemporised about four o’clock in the morning! The Lifeboat He therefore made a mighty effort of will; sat up; undid the soaking bandage, and proceeded to extemporise a sort of tourniquet with it and a short piece of stick. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains In order to obtain planks, the missionary split trees in half with wedges and then the natives thinned them down with adzes extemporised by fitting crooked handles to ordinary hatchets. Jarwin and Cuffy While Sam was engaged in extemporising handcuffs for Jenkins and Smith out of a necktie and a pocket-handkerchief, Thomson sat perfectly still, but breathed very hard. The Iron Horse Tables were being extemporised on the broad level plot in front of the gate. The Dog Crusoe and his Master As they had no spoons, the doctor had extemporised ladles of folded bark which served the purpose pretty well. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue There was no bed from which to take the sheets and blankets to extemporise a rope. Charlie to the Rescue Jarwin caught the shrimps in a net, extemporised out of his pocket-handkerchief. Jarwin and Cuffy He could scarcely recollect a word of his part, but he remembered the general drift of it, and had ready wit enough to extemporise. The World of Ice At the moment a smile of intelligence lit up Paul’s features, and he pointed to the extemporised fly-hook which still dangled from the bank. The Crew of the Water Wagtail Fastening this line to the end of his extemporised rod, La Roche proceeded to dress his hook. Ungava Several surgeons and students among us had extemporised an hospital in the shelter of a cliff. In the Track of the Troops A few of the more reckless among us extemporised a game of polo. Six Months at the Cape When Lawrence with his assistants had gone the rounds of the extemporised hospital, he was so completely worn out that he could scarcely keep his eyes open. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America It was of considerable extent, and crowded with a very miscellaneous, noisy, and quarrelsome crew, of all sorts, ages, and colours, in tents and wigwams and extemporised shelters. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood The seats in the barn once filled, some fifty auditors grouped themselves in the farmyard about the wide-open doors of the barn, and M. Labitte mounted the extemporised platform. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 So we hastened our dressing, and, when they reached the beach, were ready to receive them in our extemporised costume of blue shirts and white trousers. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Not having the real thing, with great ingenuity they proceeded to extemporise an imitation, the appearance of which they hoped would be sufficient to frighten off the foreigner. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Mungo took up the kettle and placed it to the front of him, with some intuition that a shield must be extemporised against the sword that the Frenchman had menacing in his hand. Doom Castle The first-mate seized the extemporised cord and drew hard upon it to see if it would bear. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle Even a great philosophical view may much more easily be extemporised than this lasting and finished image of past times. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry They held out against it as long as they could, but had to take shelter at last, and herd together in their extemporised cabin. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life No little flags to mark the companies; no extemporised miniature gardens; no neat frames to hang recently-cleaned accoutrements on. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Towards this chalk-pit the startled party of rescue from the house hurried with one consent, several of them carrying lanterns or extemporised torches. Amos Huntingdon His manner was to sit in a quiet way at the instrument, commanding his feelings; but occasionally, and especially when extemporising, it was hard to maintain the pose. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Arthur, meanwhile, had a more delicate task to perform in extemporising the toilet of a maid-of-all-work. The Master of the Shell More than this, in one corner still lay some of the wraps which he had evidently used to extemporise a bed. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth His reposeful, wooing touch on the piano or organ, either when he was extemporising or when he interpreted one of the masters, expressed the inner working of his own gentle spirit. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Then a trot began, which put the actual support of the extemporised cable to the test. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton Once at the pianoforte, and in a genial mood with his surroundings, he would extemporise for one and two hours at a stretch, amid the solemn silence of his listeners. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Bach extemporised on each of the instruments, and then Frederick gave him a theme which he reproduced as a fantasia, to the astonishment of all present. Story-Lives of Great Musicians He begged to be excused, expressing at the same time a high sense of the honour done him by such a request, while he smiled to himself at the idea of his extemporising a lecture. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) The old man was extemporising; but his manner was evident even in that; there was a simple solemn phrase that formed his theme, and round this adorning and enriching it moved the grave chords. By What Authority? The vinegar can be extemporised by diluting Raspberry jelly with hot vinegar, or by mixing syrup of the fruit with vinegar. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Such a jar may be extemporised by cutting off the bottom of a bottle by leading a crack around it with a red hot poker; or a lamp chimney will serve the purpose. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The King next requested him to play a six-part fugue, and Bach extemporised one on a theme selected by himself. Story-Lives of Great Musicians Ah-Fang-Fu, shrugging resignedly, shuffled from bunk to bunk in quest of a disused pipe, found one, and returning to the extemporised table, began to load it, muttering to himself. The Golden Scorpion He was striking a few preliminary chords and indulging in an extemporised prelude. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' But national spirit could not extemporise a fleet or produce trained officers and sailors to match the conquerors of Lepanto. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 Such a dish is easily extemporised out of a piece of lead foil, if the ordinary vessel is not at hand; but care must be taken that the lead is free from gold. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Dismayed by this reflection, he took his hands from the keyboard and, turning to Mozart, said, 'Will you give me a theme on which to extemporise?' Story-Lives of Great Musicians His purpose served he had left the extemporised stopper lying somewhere in the dispensary. The Golden Scorpion I was bundled into a military office which had evidently been hurriedly extemporised from a lumber room. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben After this passage follow some anecdotes, with quotations of verses extemporised by Primas, and lastly the whole of the Confession, translated by me at p. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Or, again, the hands of those who render first aid, the water used to bathe the wound, the handkerchief or other extemporised dressing applied to it, may be the means of conveying bacterial infection. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. In the meantime he seated himself at another piano of ancient aspect, and beginning to extemporise soon became lost in reverie. Story-Lives of Great Musicians As to the extemporised compulsory attendance at school, it remained wholly a dead letter, since the Government failed to provide good schools. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 I felt round for the tin of cigarettes which I had extemporised to form a pillow before the incident, but was suddenly reminded that smoking was very much verboten. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben It was the custom that every poet crowned at the Capitol should recite or extemporise some piece of poetry, before the destined laurel was placed on his head. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy Mirrable awoke from her astonishment, sent the two girls flying, one here, one there, to prepare rooms for Mr. Elster, and busied herself arranging the best breakfast she could extemporise. Elster's Folly There is a tradition that one of the ringers helped himself so freely from the extemporised ale cask that he died on the spot, and was buried underneath the tower. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Some of the party drifted in from the terrace outside as Sandy's long, boyish fingers began to move capably over the keys, extemporising delightfully. The Moon out of Reach He tells of earnest work in that town so difficult to capture, of splendid parade services, and of an extemporised Soldiers' Home in the Wesleyan Church. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa Their extemporised supper was a great success, and they sat before the wood fire far into the night. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 In the early hours of the morning the young officer awoke, and running through his head was a melody which, in his semi-drunken state the evening before, he had been attempting to extemporise. A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire A double tube would be better, but that cannot be extemporised so easily. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 We were not there that August morning to see an extemporised performance. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Unfortunately, the novel projects extemporised by the French are not on all occasions easily laid aside. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424 Volume 17, New Series, February 14, 1852 Compose is scarcely the word to use: he never composed in the ordinary sense of the word; he extemporised on paper. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians Frank asked me with a jerk of his head towards the extemporised buffet. The Jervaise Comedy The car accordingly was run under the lee of a great rock, the ever-inspired Gotteland extemporised a shelter with the waterproof rugs, and the blue flame of the chafing-dish presently cheered us with its glow. The Princess Passes In the centre a Guard's band sat among palms and ferns, and an extemporised stage, draped with flags, was behind, with wings constructed of Japanese-figured material. Simon Called Peter Small boys went about making night hideous with tom-toms, extemporised out of empty fig-drums, and tooting terribly upon tin trumpets. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) Now it was housed in an extemporised hangar that was once a carwheel works, and made its ascent from a plain surrounded by barbed wire. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front I've lived in various extemporised dwellings and am at present writing from an eight foot deep hole dug in the ground and covered over with galvanised iron and sand-bags. Carry On Letters in War-Time The "efficiency" which is on every one's mouth cannot be extemporised by rushing hastily into action, however energetic. Cambridge Essays on Education He could not extemporise as Handel, and Bach in more restricted circles, had done, nor as Mozart and Beethoven were soon to do. Haydn They are forbidden to read, and forbidden to extemporise, and by practice they speak from memory—some well, all tolerably.' Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 To enter, it was necessary to lift away an extemporised one of planks roughly nailed together, which leaned against the aperture. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front In these extemporised wells these fishes are found always in pairs, and I when brought to the surface they glide rapidly over the ground with a serpentine motion. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon By-and-by he would break off, and with quite another air extemporise the liveliest interpolations, describing his diagrams or specimens, restating his arguments, re-enforcing his appeal. The Life of John Ruskin The extemporising of Abt Vogler fills the void which it has opened with the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. Robert Browning The clerk was busy filling up some of the blanks in the back evidence, extemporising where he could not remember. Kimono Upon a small table extemporised out of a candle-box, which stood in the centre, Yagór soon placed two cups of steaming hot tea and a couple of dried fish. Tent Life in Siberia On ascending the steep bank of the second stream, we found ourselves in front of the residences which had been extemporised for our party in the immediate vicinity of the corral. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon As I crossed the floor I tried to extemporise a prayer, but stopped short to listen, and never finished it. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1 Your deeds got into extemporised strong-rooms made of kitchens and sculleries, and fretted all the fat out of their parchments into the banking-house air. A Tale of Two Cities And after having mangled, and torn, and completely stripped the two brothers, the mob dragged their naked and bloody bodies to an extemporised gibbet, where amateur executioners hung them up by the feet. The Black Tulip He was under the necessity of extemporising the parts of his machine as he best could, and adopting various expedients to overcome difficulties as they arose. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance To reach this, it was necessary to extemporise by means of a rope a species of ratlins by which he could climb the rigging. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation He was a very frequent visitor at our Edinburgh fireside, and was ever ready to join in our extemporised walks and jaunts, when he would overflow with his kindly sympathy and humour. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography This little extemporised bivouac, as it were, with her domestics, delighted the young belle. Wylder's Hand The witnesses were few; their examinations was perfunctory; they were out of the extemporised witness-box as soon as they were in it. Scarhaven Keep He extemporised the greater part of them himself, out of the motley materials which chance threw in his way,—the pots and pans of the kitchen, and the phials and vessels of his master’s surgery. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance He merely says that 'the engines having broken down, an officer extemporised a mournful and useless parody of sails.' Traffics and Discoveries His masterly intellect could grasp the world and all its visible contents, and yet descend to entertain his children with extemporised tales. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Was she an helpmeet for a black-letter man, who talked with the Fathers in his daily walks, could extemporise Latin hexameters, and dream in Greek. Wylder's Hand Mrs. Blakesley had extemporised a bed for me on the old sofa; and the fire was already blazing away splendidly. The Portent & Other Stories These extemporised effusions betray in their style, hurry and confusion, the restlessness of a coming despair. Milton But who would be so severe against an extemporised satirical hit, uttered perhaps by a clown? Shakspere and Montaigne "You don't mean to pretend that you were extemporising?" The Marquis of Lossie The baron withdrew silently, and returning later found Beethoven extemporising in heavenly mood. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 My father had quite a special talent for varying these answers of his, which he always extemporised. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville But it is a mere pamphlet, extemporised in, at most, a month or two, without research or special knowledge, with no attempt to ascertain general principles, and more than Milton's usual disregard of method. Milton Mr. Glascock and Miss Spalding were married in the chapel of the legation,—a legation chapel on the ground floor having been extemporised for the occasion. He Knew He Was Right They came too late for the table d'hote, and partook of an extemporised meal in their sitting-room immediately on their arrival, as the start was to be early. Magnum Bonum The audience saw the meaning at once and shouted in its enthusiasm, until Mendelssohn was forced to seat himself at the piano and extemporise upon the theme. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 The staple dish of the extemporised meal was a pheasant. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl A certain cadenza introduced by a certain player into a certain violin solo did not please her; why, she could extemporise a cadenza far more in keeping with the spirit of the piece. The Whirlpool If you were there, and perhaps J. and B. as well, we might extemporise something purely for our own diversion. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 "Write a poetical letter," said Allen, beginning to extemporise in Hiawatha measure. Magnum Bonum One night, as he extemporised as only he could, he sang a song of love to her. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 If the extemporised cradle lacked adornment, it was adorable by reason of the love and devotion with which she surrounded her little one. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Louisa was already brewing fresh tea, and extemporising additions to the meal, and Nuttie was explaining how she hoped to have arrived a couple of hours sooner. Nuttie's Father I added, laughing, as I extemporised the name. Swiss Family Robinson For a while she busied herself round the extemporised bedside of her father. The Jewel of Seven Stars Looking in at a window we saw Tip Taylor, his back toward us, extemporising a speech. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country Once or twice, it seemed that she was an instrument on which pain was extemporising the most ingenious symphonies, each more involved than the last. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Thus a holiday was extemporised for Harry, subject to the approbation of his father. David Elginbrod The large tea-houses contain the possibilities for a number of rooms which can be extemporised at once by sliding paper panels, called fusuma, along grooves in the floor and in the ceiling or cross-beams. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan In the middle of this extemporised kraal was a long, low mound, which, as I learned afterwards, contained the dead who fell in the attack on the house. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain After dinner the older visitors sit down to cards, and the young people extemporise a dance. Russia He extemporised on the piano for the best part of two hours, during which Mavis listened and dreamed, while Mrs Trivett undisguisedly went to sleep, a proceeding that excited no surprise on the musician's part. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl |
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