| 单词 | extemporize |
| 例句 | The old man turned back to his wagon and began to extemporize. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was only extemporizing but a stirring warmth flowed from her as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But he sounded marvelously in his element, extemporizing with controlled bluster and blending ecstatically with the other two horns. Music Review | John Zorn: Exploring the Topography of John Zorn?s Continent 2010-02-19T22:52:00Z The greatest of these improvised-and-then-impaled-on-a-card stories is, of course, “Alice in Wonderland,” extemporized on a golden afternoon and recalled at leisure later. A Mark Twain Tale, Brought Back From the Dead 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z And yes, most of us had to become "adept at extemporizing poetic toasts" before drinking because in a way by doing so we acknowledge our appreciation to the sacred tradition of wine making. A Fierce Toast From Alice Feiring’s Drinking Horn 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps it would enable you, the reader, to comment about liberalism and troop support and maybe even extemporize about the subtle ways that network television subconsciously pushes a politicized agenda upon audiences at large. Fall TV: The military look is in this season 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z “All the principal ingredients were extemporized off the top of my head. It was about a fortnight before I finished telling it to them the first time.” Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Binney phrased the melody as a string of hiccups and then eased into an elastic mode, coolly extemporizing over bass and drums, with ample space for Mr. Weiss to fill. David Binney: David Binney?s Art of the Straddle at 55 Bar 2010-04-07T21:58:00Z People who loved it connected to its weirdness; art nerds who favor turtlenecks and superfluous scarves could extemporize about the various scenes and passages inspired by masterworks of the renaissance. "The New Pope" is still sexy and it knows it 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z With the trio, Mr. Rivers often demonstrated his gift as a multi-instrumentalist, extemporizing fluidly on saxophone, piano and flute. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z At the finale's close, after Alex has haltingly extemporized about whether she deserves all the terrible things that have happened to her and mulls the possibility of life after death, she shrugs. "The Morning Show" delivers an empty on-air moment that could take pointers from Amber Ruffin 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Apparently the idea was to extemporize on some issues that had come up during the performance. Starring Me! A Surreal Dive Into Immersive Theater 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z A melodic shape emerged, and bass and drums hit a single, sudden downbeat — thump! — as Mr. Glasper kept extemporizing with chromatic flair. Review: The Robert Glasper Trio Presents Moody Covers at the Village Vanguard 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The film franchise upon which the series is based has its fans who can lustily extemporize upon its merits as a criticism of class division and exploitation. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Much of the documentary is a jumble of people extemporizing about this and that, but there is no connective overview. | 'Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies': The Founders of Cubism, Ardent Fans of Film 2010-05-27T23:16:00Z Sensing an opportunity to extemporize, he looked around the chamber, pleased. Column: I almost wrote off Joe Biden in 2020. Boy, was I wrong then. What about now? 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z In late August, near the end of his somnolent address on the South Front of the White House accepting the Republican nomination, Trump extemporized: "The fact is, we're here – and they're not." The coming civil war caused by Trump’s ego 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z In late August, near the end of a somnolent address on the South Lawn of the White House, accepting the Republican nomination, Trump extemporized: “The fact is, we’re here – and they’re not.” Amid talk of civil war, America is already split – Trump Nation has seceded | Robert Reich 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z In a June 2016 article I noted that in the extemporized mix of bombast, menace and bawdy humor, the symbiotic relationship with crowds, the articulation of long-repressed grievances, Trump channeled Venezuela’s late comandante. Bluster, distraction, denial: Trump follows Chavez's successful template 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z They extemporized about immigration, opioid addiction, prison reform, domestic violence, universal health care, mental illness and gun violence. Perspective | The kids talked about shootings, college costs, depression. Were the adults listening? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z A poet took the stage to extemporize a victory verse in Kazakh. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z For weeks I became newly helpful, taking a terry-cloth towel in hand and sticking by my mother’s side, extemporizing about the value of education and helping her wipe surfaces and dry silverware. My fundamentalist childhood: less like a temple, more like a cage 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z “Usually the courts don’t extemporize like that. I think he didn’t want to prejudice new cases” based on Musk’s tweet. In dismissing a fraud claim against Tesla, a judge lets Musk be Musk 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z And they are exacerbated by Mr. Trump’s tendency to extemporize and the North Koreans’ long track record of duplicitous negotiation. How a Trump-Kim Summit Scrambles the Calculus for Key Players 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The ministers not only engaged with him, but invited him to extemporize on Bible verses to the congregation. Answering Society’s Thorniest Questions, With Performance Art 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Listening to Trump’s peroration, it was hard not to wonder whether he would extemporize in this manner when he speaks on Thursday night. What Trump Needs to Achieve at the Republican Convention in Cleveland 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z His political modus operandi is more Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton, reveling in the media spotlight and often extemporizing rather than sticking to his lines. Who Will Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister? 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z In the extemporized mix of bombast, menace and bawdy humor, the symbiotic relationship with crowds, the articulation of long-repressed grievances, Trump echoes the comandante. Insult, provoke, repeat: how Donald Trump became America's Hugo Chávez 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But then, instead of realizing that this audience really didn’t need another fifteen minutes of his spiel, instead of extemporizing or taking questions, Rubio dropped right back into his routine. The Two Marco Rubios 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z But they were more than crowd-pleasing barbs dropped into an extemporized stump speech. Trump's flawed policies would threaten the global economy, say analysts 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z I was not a quippy teenager with a sarcastic response to everything that happened in my life,” Ms. Heller explained, once again extemporizing on the typically wide gap between film and reality teens. ‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’ director Marielle Heller wants to portray children accurately 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “You leave on this high,” Sriram said, “because he says, ‘Stop taking notes; put your notebooks and pens away,’ and suddenly he’s extemporizing about his family.” Federation Leader Fills a Class Instead of Stadiums 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z It taught children to debate, extemporize, and advocate for themselves, and it helped them develop the vocabulary that tends to reap academic rewards. Talk to Your Kids 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Before long, he was extemporizing on monetary policy, trade restrictions and resource allocation. Small Bank in Kansas Is a Financial Testing Ground 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Much of Levy’s dialogue in the film was extemporized by Mr. Bergmann along similar philosophical lines. Martin S. Bergmann, Psychoanalyst and Woody Allen’s On-Screen Philosopher, Dies at 100 2014-01-27T04:53:00Z As he enthuses, jokes and extemporizes, it is obvious why he found success as a comedian and performer. An Atheist Church? 2013-09-21T09:45:00Z Once the reading ends, a few of the other members — smiling beneath cropped mustaches — begin to extemporize on the difficulties and rewards of teaching and the challenges of shaping young minds. A Visit with Turkey's Controversial Religious Movement 2012-05-22T08:50:00Z Midnight strikes, but there is no sign that the play is near its end, or that the audience dreams of moving from the uncomfortable seats that each one has extemporized for himself. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The father organist has also given me the subject on which I am to extemporize; it is better than any that would have occurred to an organist in Italy. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Henry Arkell, tolerably at home at the deanery, had drawn away from the group and was touching the keys of the piano; some sweet, extemporized melody, played so softly that it could scarcely be heard. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z Among the problems extemporized by teachers these bogus problems are probably still more frequent. The Psychology of Arithmetic 2012-03-31T02:00:28.817Z I had captured an old farm-horse without a saddle, and had extemporized a rope bridle. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z In less than twenty minutes a sheet of matting was finished and firmly bound to two rifles, and on this extemporized litter the stranger was carried between the headmen back to the open ground. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z I was in the vein to extemporize successfully, and felt that I did so. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z They arrived at sunset, and the host extemporized over the glories of the setting sun. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Even theories extemporized on the moment, it was hoped, might be made the foundations of a new and ideal social fabric. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z In the left-hand corner, near the door, Petersen had extemporized a stove out of some tin sheathing torn from the "Hope," with a funnel of the same material running out of the roof. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Flitting clouds were thickening, and threatened rain; but the carriages, rolling up to the canvas tunnel which had been extemporized across the sidewalk, brought many a pretty woman who had risked a spring bonnet. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z I contrived to extemporize with these materials, and at last subsided into a choral melody in E minor, without being able to remember what it was. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z I was a very little boy indeed when I began to show some aptitude for music and used to extemporize on the piano. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Like many brilliant men of his day he took to the strolling life of the rhetorician, going from city to city and giving displays of his powers of language, extemporizing wonderful combinations of words. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z "The first thing to do is to extemporize some splints, and of course we shall want some stuff for bandages." A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Tom Leger sat by the little table, and Sewell lay upon a kind of ottoman ingeniously extemporized out of spruce-twigs and provision bags. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z The monks were listening this morning while I was extemporizing a little, and were so pleased, that they invited me to play the people in and out at their festival to-morrow. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z If there were no armies there would possibly be no wars, but we have shown more than once that armies can be pretty rapidly extemporized. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Even though you work in an extemporized class-room, shut off by screens or a curtain from the rest of the school, you can at least use "whisper songs." Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z Then a raised platform was extemporized, and great was the demonstration of delight when Lord Shaftesbury took his stand upon it. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z The Society of the Friends of the People was originally an after-dinner folly, extemporized at the house of a man who afterwards gained an earldom by denouncing it as seditious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z When I appeared to extemporize, I was again enthusiastically received. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Somewhat sceptically Mozart complied, and now the boy, roused by the doubt cast upon his abilities, extemporized with a clearness of idea and richness of embellishment that took his auditor by storm. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z A leading clergyman, not finding a casement which would open in a church where he was officiating, extemporized ventilation by smashing a pane of glass. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z At other times he extemporized quarters at his humble lodgings, where the same apartment was to him laboratory, study and living room. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The whole population turned out with extemporized arms and attacked the German soldiery. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z My former opinion is now fully confirmed, that it is an absurdity to extemporize in public. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z He used nearly to kill me with his extemporizations, for he has no memory, and so he always had to extemporize. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Every place was animated with music, voices, brilliant colours, flashing jewels, the hilarity of extemporized comedy, and all the spirited incidents of a cleverly sustained masquerade. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z The sun had just cleared the forest when, one morning soon after Dane had set his flume and washing gear to work, he sat at breakfast before a swinging table in their extemporized mess tent. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z In his night-voyaging Wollam passed this extemporized gunboat twice, but fearing that it was some rebel craft, he crept quietly by in the shadow of the shore without discovery. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Two days ago I again extemporized before the Papal singers. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z As for the rest of the Revising Body, inasmuch as they extemporized their opinions, they were scarcely qualified to vote at all. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Quard forgot his lines and extemporized and "gagged" desperately to cover the consequent breaks in the dialogue; leaving poor Joan hopelessly at sea, floundering for cues that were never uttered. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z In fact, the merit of the work is the wit with which the Master of the shop extemporizes over each sale. The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) 2011-06-23T02:00:28.787Z The readiest thing," replied Laertes, "were for us to extemporize a play. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z The first part closes with my new concerto in G minor, and at the end of the second I have unwillingly agreed to extemporize. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z These dirges are again and again extemporized with spontaneous poetic feeling. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z Some gentlemen have a talent for placing things in a grotesque, exaggerated and ludicrous light; and of extemporizing burlesque anecdotes in a whimsical and amusing manner. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z But he returned to the microphone to extemporize on the technological trappings before him. Jerry Brown?s Last Stand 2011-05-05T12:00:25Z Just before reaching the place we struck off upon one of those temporary roads that we were ever extemporizing in Virginia. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z It was placed upon an extemporized sleigh, and two yoke of oxen drew it to the river bank. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z Abatis and entanglements could readily be extemporized, trunks of trees made strong breastworks, and the wood concealed the numbers of the defenders. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Reflecting mirrors, an extemporized camera with the lenses mounted on pasteboard, and many camera-glasses laid about, indicate interrupted experiments in optics. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Most of them seemed to be carrying something in the shape of extemporized weapons, and their advance was regular and orderly. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The book thus extemporized has been our companion, as the reader will see, in the ensuing history. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z "G----, play us a waltz: we will extemporize a ball." Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z The object of entrenching under fire is to enable attacking infantry, when their advance is checked by the enemy’s fire, to maintain the ground they have won by extemporizing cover where none exists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Harriet, with a little cry of joy, clung to the arm of her deliverer; the prowler looked perplexed, then put the best face upon the matter that he could extemporize for the occasion. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z The first theatre of York was extemporized in the ball-room of this house. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Kemp, moreover, loved to extemporize, and Shakespeare wished to abolish a custom fatal to dramatic unity. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Salvina held it up, extemporizing an object lesson for the benefit of the little bystanders. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The extemporized defences were, as is always the case, worn down by a resolute besieger, and the attack was stronger than the defence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z But Boon read or extemporized far beyond this point. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Portions of the solid and extensive walls of the extemporized snow-fortresses were often conspicuous in the play-ground long after a thaw had removed the wintry look from the rest of the scene. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Some of these latter were equal to the Italian lazzaroni, and could extemporize yarns by the hour; and there is nothing of which a sailor is half so fond as a yarn. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I added, laughing, as I extemporized the name. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The weak point about the extemporized earthworks, which eventually led to the fall of the place, was the want of good bomb-proof cover near the parapets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Strategy Hall, my boy, is a fine airy hospital extemporized from a barn, on the estate of a prominent Southern Union man, now commanding a regiment of Confederacies. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z All sorts of implements were used, drinking cups, table pans, shovels extemporized from splinters, stalks and chips picked from driftwood on the shore. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies I prefer the pig sticking on mule-back with our extemporized spears. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The draught drew the smoke and heat through the extemporized radiator, and before long we had the sand giving out a very satisfactory degree of warmth. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion He was led to compare the resistance made behind extemporized defences at such places as Sevastopol, Kars and Plevna, with those at other places fortified in the most complete manner known to science. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z "Young man," says he, hastily tying a red silk pocket-handkerchief about his head, "I am teaching these oppressed beings to spell, having extemporized a college on the very scene of their recent emancipation." The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z In the centre of the group were four workingmen, bearing between them an extemporized litter of two poles and a blanket hastily secured across them with spikes. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 In one of those extemporized councils, then,—such as fought the battle of Bunker Hill, and threw the tea into Boston harbor,—it was determined, at ten o'clock, to divide the working parties. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories In the first he extemporized in succession a Latin poem, a daring onslaught on Aristotelian ignorance, and an oration in praise of ignorance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The use of light mortars for the trenches, introduced by Coehoorn and revived with extemporized means at Port Arthur, needs great attention. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Both arose at the same instant, inquired who the other was, whereupon two autobiographies were extemporized in brief. The History and Records of the Elephant Club But national spirit could not extemporize a fleet, or produce trained officers and sailors to match the conquerors of Lepanto. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 These extemporized pennants stood out as if they were starched. Eleven Possible Cases On his back, in a sling extemporized out of the skin of the deer, were the hind-quarters of a big buck. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Powder hose, an old-time expedient, can be extemporized by making a tube of strong linen, say 1 in. in diameter, and filling it with powder. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z His heart danced at the poetic possibility, and his heels would have extemporized a vigorous hornpipe but that his saltatory ardor was quenched by the depressing sturdiness of cow-hide boots. The Witches of New York His skill in extemporizing utensils, and even crude machines, out of the trees that grow around him, is of no mean order. Our Southern Highlanders Standing near the mast was a lookout, holding fast to it, and crouched on top of the cargo, the long, extemporized addition to the tiller grasped firmly in both hands, was the patron, or captain. Bring Me His Ears In case of attack by Comanche or Ute, these wagons wheeled into a circle for defense with men and beasts inside the extemporized kraal. Through Our Unknown Southwest Something had to be extemporized, and fortunately for them they had wet ditches to take the place of high revetted walls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z He, unabashed by the unexpected demand, with great presence of mind promptly invented a sweetheart on the spot, and extemporized a name for her before the question was repeated. The Witches of New York Carl in the mean time struggled in vain to break through the ring of soldiers that surrounded the extemporized scaffold,—screamed in vain to obtain a hearing. Cudjo's Cave At some places a stage had been extemporized, at others she spoke from the rear platform of the car. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Two months after the grass had been sunk deep beneath the snow, sheets of strawberries were spread in the woods, an extemporized feast. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Yet another use, on which much ingenuity was expended in the 18th century, is to extemporize retrenchments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Its power springs, above all, from the genuineness of the lecture, the originality of its content, and the elegance of its form: whether it is written or extemporized, is a matter of little moment. Pedagogics as a System There was a strong wind blowing, and this had roughened the sea and made it difficult for him to guide his extemporized raft in the direction he desired. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success She was like an actor who finds himself on the stage with a half-learned part and without sufficient wit to extemporize. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 That it brought order so quickly out of chaos, that it was able to extemporize a good working system, is a sufficient testimony to its general fidelity and efficiency. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 This power of the rifle gave greatly enhanced importance to any defences that could be hastily extemporized behind walls, hedges or any natural cover. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z If you all read it over once or twice more, you’d have it so you could easily extemporize. Cloudy Jewel The expedition was supported by extemporized gunboats, and took the waterway of the Euphrates and Hamar Lake. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Boys who have been to the theatre come home to imitate the celebrated actors, and to extemporize mimic theatricals for themselves. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories To extemporize a social system, a new humanity, or at least a new Christianity, is now as common as it was formerly, on leaving college, to rhyme a tragedy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 A fire of logs was kindled up stairs, and a table was extemporized out of some deals. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge He sat at the piano and extemporized, whilst the young people acted scenes in dumb show and danced comic ballets. Famous Women: George Sand The last of these gives an attractive picture of the musician extemporizing in the old church at Darmstadt. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning A lively and memorable extemporized meeting on this tour is associated in memory with one of my dearest friends. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals So I prepared the resolutions, as they enabled me at the moment better to express my thought than I could do by merely extemporizing. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I I extemporized a horn and answered him according to his mood. Wild Animals at Home The three had escaped from their extemporized nursery, and had shouted and tumbled tumultuously down the staircase and into the hall. A Bachelor's Dream Once at a musical soirée Vogler and Beethoven extemporized alternately, each giving the other a theme, and Gansbacher records the pitch of enthusiasm to which he was roused by Vogler's masterly playing. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Steeping my poor brains over the problem, I became an extemporized engineer. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals That gallant veteran was ordered to take to Memphis several of the rams extemporized at New Orleans. Admiral Farragut He stood in dismay behind an extemporized "wing" and peered out at the restless little bodies. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. Frederick, whose musical reputation rested on a genuine if narrow basis, gave him a splendid theme on which to extemporize; and on that theme Bach afterwards wrote Das musikalische Opfer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Being a musician I was counted a noncombatant, and my duties during battle consisted in helping the wounded back to hastily extemporized hospitals. Doctor Jones' Picnic Elsewhere a grave dug two feet deep would rapidly fill with water, and to cover a coffin decently, it was necessary that two men should stand on it, while the extemporized sextons completed their task. Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops Personal Narratives of events in the War of the Rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. No. 7, Second Series Cotemporary writers declare that, in his more ordinary performances, a connoisseur could distinctly hear the separate tones of a full quartet when the count was extemporizing on his favorite Cremona. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages When he awoke, they were manoeuvring carefully up to the bank, and black sailors in Jack Tar uniform quickly extemporized a landing out of planks. The Tale of a Trooper The British force had undoubtedly the superiority in trained men, as compared with Perry's extemporized miscellaneous command, and untried junior officers. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He speaks of the city of Saint Etienne as extemporized after the American fashion. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 To Harry and Jack the sight was a novel one, and they regarded the extemporized village with interest. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Every old gun, pistol, knife, or other weapon was cleaned up; every pound of powder and lead was bought and distributed; and horses were impressed by military authority, with which to extemporize cavalry companies. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A rough crowd they looked, these amateur infantrymen, overloaded with awkward, extemporized gear. The Tale of a Trooper Finally we came into an extemporized village, where some women, unveiled and ugly, advised us to apply to the traders in the khan, or caravansera. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 It is a species of hostilities easily extemporized by a great maritime nation; it therefore favors one whose policy is not to maintain a large naval establishment. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Vigorously he sawed away, however, and at last found that the extemporized knife was taking hold. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity As an alternate amusement the present writer well remembers extemporizing tales of some sort, and reciting them offhand, with Dickens and Danson or Tobin walking on either side of him. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Johnson heard the noise of battle and quickly extemporized breastworks by felling trees; the cannon were brought into position and then the English awaited the triumphant French. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys A 'cabinet' was extemporized in the bay of the window, over which the curtains were drawn and a shawl pinned. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis To this knotty problem many extemporized "practical" answers are given, of which the most plausible is by Mr. Dash, of Virginia—"I should nail my colors to the mast and let her sink under me." From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Some animals of gelatinous, and therefore flexible structure, perform digestion by folding their bodies over the food, and pressing the nutritious matter out of it: they extemporize a stomach for the occasion. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In the manœuvres of 1910 regiments were told off to extemporize means of crossing the canal in the quickest and most effective way. William Pitt and the Great War In was in this cathedral that Henry of Navarre received the crown of France, a new holy oil of Marmoutiers being extemporized to supply the place of the inaccessible holy oil of Rheims. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine He was obliged to free the broken stake from the noose and pull his extemporized lasso into position again. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Not unless preparation for war is to be rejected, and reliance placed upon extemporized means. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life If neither hanging nor exile can be extemporized for the entertainment of our domestic rebels, let us require them at least to make their bed on negro ballots during the remainder of their unworthy lives. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Hungry, and cold, and drenched with rain, they stood in the water waiting till they could be carried over the lake, through the cypress trees, in two small flatboats and on some extemporized rafts. From Fort Henry to Corinth C. Gardner, adjutant of one of those extemporized battalions of prisoners, brought me a letter he was intending to throw across the "dead line" to Sergt. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 Shot-guns and revolvers, to which the civilian soul naturally resorts in every time of trouble, were soon laid aside, and the only artillery to which the extemporized warriors were exposed was the artillery of jests. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 He could not read or write, but he was wise, And knew right smart how to extemporize. The Book of Humorous Verse The United States, in 1812, extemporized a navy that gained us the freedom of the seas. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy When the table was spread with an extemporized supper, the unsavory visitor sat down, and did full justice to it. Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune He believed that by a simultaneous assault at many points we could seize the artillery, break the fence, capture the three rebel camps, then arm and ration this extemporized army, and march away. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 The fact is, they had just extemporized a lie. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 I am quite sure, however, that if I laughed at first, I very soon swore; for I have a distinct recollection of dashing my fist in the poltroon’s face before he could extemporize an explanation. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver "Well, Johnson, what have you all been doing to-day?" asked Mr. Furnival of a special friend whom he chanced to meet at the club which had been extemporized at Birmingham. Orley Farm I could not realize at the time how much this exquisite part-singing was extemporized. The Gypsies "You would extemporize on the beauty of the perspective," she supplemented. The Lure of the Mask Thistles and dry brushwood were collected and set afire, and the body thrown into the flames; this extemporized pyre being fed with fresh fuel until every particle of the corpse was consumed. Pagan and Christian Rome And while one cannot extemporize the symbols and imagery of devotion, these will surely grow about any sustained purpose. The Moral Economy Then she began delicately to dig at the plaster with her extemporized tools. The Lion's Mouse Evidence had to be extemporized; and it was swept up apparently from the underlings and hangers on of the court. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion The listeners on such occasions have all the air of being spell-bound, especially while hearing some of their native songs, which are frequently extemporized, full of fire, and appealing with irresistible force to the passions. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. The Basin horses attached to some wholesale herring-boxes, extemporized as sleighs, were driven to the scene. Vesty of the Basins Early next morning we arrived at the Big River where the bridge had been burned, unloaded the battery and horses by the use of platforms extemporized from railroad ties, hitched up, and forded the river. Forty-Six Years in the Army It may from analogous cases be shown to be probable that a loyal heart could have easily extemporized the appropriate symbol out of any material that lay next at hand. The Parables of Our Lord The school apparatus was primitive and mainly extemporized on the spot. Among the Sioux A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas As is the custom at such times, all the Moro women, including the bride, who is never present at her own wedding, were hidden behind an extemporized curtain. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route So strongly did its sentiment appeal to sailors that one never heard the shantyman extemporize a coarse verse to it. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties He extemporized the greater part of them himself, out of the motley materials which chance threw in his way—to pots and pans of the kitchen, and the vials and vessels of his master's surgery. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success We see sometimes in every part of our country, costumes extemporized from garrets for old folks' concerts and other like occasions, but generally they do not correspond with each other, or with the performances. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. In order to distract the attention of the guard, a dancing party with music was extemporized in the same room. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer The hula pahu was preeminently a performance of formal and dignified character, not such as would be extemporized for the amusement of an irreverent company. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula SIR,—In the complexity of our many social problems, it does not quite do to extemporize an opinion. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals It was night outside, and the phosphor bulbs at the corners glowed dimly, giving him barely enough light by which to locate the way to the extemporized precinct house. Police Your Planet Rosemary started up from where she was sitting in their extemporized and miserable prison cave. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis Mainly extemporized, both words and music, by wandering scalds or minstrels, the refrain was a pause to enable the singer to compose the next line. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Brimming with enthusiasm, they lifted every one of them shoulder high, laughing and cheering, and conveyed them to an extemporized platform made from a large box. Around the World in Ten Days Every smart essayist knows how to settle the most abstruse metaphysical puzzles after studies limited to the pages of a monthly magazine; and Pope was much in the state of mind of such extemporizing philosophers. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series The officers of the Royal Navy stationed at Quebec and Montreal deserve the highest credit for the rapidity with which they extemporized gunboats for the defence of the St. Lawrence and the Lakes. Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 Seeing no suitable place to land, he pulled ahead extemporizing songs to cheer himself into the belief that he was not tired. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World It isn't as if they were extemporized—a sudden flare, with no background. Golden Lads To his great joy the extemporized "plug" held. The Border Boys Across the Frontier In political life it was his special glory to extemporize statesmanship without sacrificing pleasure. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series He at once proceeded to gather an extemporized army. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Was she to drown her decent sorrows and regrets in a base, a dishonest, an extemporized passion? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. The blacks had constructed straw huts; the Egyptians erected shelters, extemporized from their blankets; while the British were to be installed in tents, which had been brought up in sailing boats. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman His purpose served he had left the extemporized stopper somewhere in the dispensary. The Golden Scorpion You are also aware, doubtless, that though spoken from copious notes, much of it was extemporized, and that I cannot reproduce those passages. Abraham Lincoln A Memorial Discourse In the Homeric hymn to Mercury, we read that the god extemporized a song, "just as when young men at banquets slily twit each other." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour When it rained, the shelter was a piece of oil-cloth held up in an extemporized tent, the men crouching to sleep as best they could. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark In his extemporized studio at Hurryon Lodge he found that old Miller had already provided him with a washstand and accessories, a new tin tub and a very comfortable iron bed. The Danger Mark In another corner, a number of boxes are arranged so as to extemporize a bed, now unoccupied, but from which the two little factory-workers have but lately arisen. Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley Wayland had been extemporizing a morris chair into a lounge with his Service coat for a pillow. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The children were arranged around an extemporized table where sandwiches, lemonade and milk were abundantly provided. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Trees were cut down, and the Upper Indians rushed the rude fort with timbers extemporized into battering-rams. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The company of performers would then extemporize a scene at a public house, leaving the spectators to guess at the first syllable, inn. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales We are told by his biographers that he was accustomed to extemporize at school, and had such a knack in portraying the characteristics of his school-fellows in music as to make his purpose instantly recognizable. Great Violinists And Pianists A barb wire fence tacked to spindly cottonwood trees marked the line of an irregular homestead; and the Ranger swung into a gate extemporized from barb wire on two adjustable posts. The Freebooters of the Wilderness One of my earliest recollections is of extemporizing out of the pigsty one of the most familiar institutions in our town—a pawn shop. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine You see now that I shall never be able to extemporize. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics A gun thus arranged forms a most sure and deadly trap, and one which may be easily extemporized at a few moments' warning, in cases of emergency. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making As he passed the waste ground and Pike's shed, he cast his eyes towards it; a curl of smoke was ascending from the extemporized chimney, still discernible in the twilight. Elster's Folly He always demanded, when asked for a specimen of his extemporizing power, that a subject should be given to him. Records of a Girlhood And he sang, to an extemporized melody of his own, the words: God bless the king of the English, The Lord of the land, The Lord of the sea! Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life I put that paragraph into my sermon this morning to see how you would take it, after having urged me, year after year, to extemporize at least occasionally. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics Duck, Quail, Cooked deliciously.—Roasting unrivalled!—Hints on Broiling.—An extemporized Spider or Toaster.—Roasting on a spit.—Venison, Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making He caused a small separate cabin to be extemporized for myself and Lin Wong, and looked to our comfort in other ways. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War This extemporizing on the part of the jongleurs soon had to be regulated, and the actual notes written down to avoid confusion. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University If you extemporize you can get much closer to your audience. The Art of Public Speaking Parallel with this work the child should be taught to extemporize melodies, and to sing them. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students "That one brother extemporize in Welsh for an hour, and after the said Welsh brother there shall be a publick sermon to the world, after this breaking bread." The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884 Thus extemporizing orations almost daily, stimulated the mind to active thought, and very many of these illiterate young Methodist preachers became in time splendid orators. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Here he would extemporize theatres, and here he would issue edicts as from Berlin and Milan. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Join a debating society—talk, talk, TALK, and always extemporize. The Art of Public Speaking The next step will be for two children in the class to extemporize the whole phrase between them, one taking the first two bars and the other the last two. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students The habit which she had extemporized for her visit to the High Valley answered very well, and Mrs. Hope had lent her a hat. Clover Of these none can be extemporized, with the possible exception of the last, and that would be only a makeshift. The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future On the night before, the Emperor, in his gray coat, had gone the circle of the camps, and the soldiers, extemporizing straw torches to light the way, ran before him. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Let us see how this plan works—obviously, your extemporized words will lack somewhat of polish, but in such a pass crudity is better than failure. The Art of Public Speaking We now come to the important stage of extemporizing on the piano. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students His progress, slow enough, at best, was checked by ovations, complimentary addresses, and extemporized banquets. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Now, girls, some of us young fellows are dying for a dance—can't we extemporize a ball? Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76 An Incident of the Revolution Gradually, one by one, they found themselves in the other room, where Beethoven was extemporizing. Beethoven Something refreshingly analogous to such attempts of screening and exculpation has been extemporized in Cape journals of late. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked The first exercise will consist in playing a very simple tonic and dominant accompaniment on the piano, while a melody is extemporized with the voice. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students In the extreme end of it Morewood had extemporized a studio, attracted by the good light. Father Stafford Henry's "winter palace" was extemporized with some artistic taste. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 On his first meeting with the master he extemporized for him on a subject given him by Mozart. Beethoven After being put through the solemn farce of an examination in a court, extemporized in the jail, Garrison was discharged from arrest as a disturber of the peace! William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Other chords can now be added, and the children will be ready to extemporize short tunes, entirely at the piano, without the aid of the voice. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students But these songs are always extemporized; and in Poland probably were never written down. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations For a woman without children of her own, to act this part of matron to an extemporized girls' college might be praise-worthy, but could not bring repose of mind or body. Esther While at Carlsbad he gave a concert in aid of the people of Baden, who had lost heavily through a disastrous fire there, on which occasion he extemporized. Beethoven So flagrant and universal was the drinking customs of Boston then that dealers offered on the commons during holidays, without let or hindrance, the drunkard's glass to the crowds thronging by extemporized booths and bars. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist An earlier chapter in this book has dealt with the teaching of extemporizing, first, treated as vocal expression, then as instrumental. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students Among the country gentry, and even at the convivial parties of the nobility, the custom of extemporizing songs, probably full of national reminiscences, continued even down to the beginning of our own century. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Then Samuel the Little stood up and extemporized it. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala After some of his music had been rendered by others, Beethoven was asked to extemporize, which he declined absolutely to do. Beethoven "Give us the story, Jack," said the "bones," whose agued shins were extemporizing a rattle on their own account before the fire. At a Winter's Fire They make mistakes which they have never made when extemporizing the same type of tune. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students He was on his way to the extemporized mortuary to make the post-mortem examination of the murdered man's body. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Oh how hard I had to hold myself to-day to keep from extemporizing to the congregation. The English Orphans He and one of his mates took the body by the arms and legs and carried it off to the morgue that had been extemporized behind the lilac bushes. The Downfall Mica portholes gave light inside this extemporized cabin, and enabled the steersman to see. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone When the first steps in extemporizing on the piano are begun, the transposition advances by leaps and bounds. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students He sat at the piano extemporizing until he got his themes into some sort of shape, then he sketched them on paper and went to lunch. Haydn The young musician was irresistible when he seated himself at the piano to extemporize. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians A loud shout of attention, surprise and half extemporized terror rose from the multitudes about us. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars What a difference you must have discovered between the treatment of the Theme I extemporized on the other evening, and the mode in which I have recently written it out for you! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 In beginning a lesson the maximum effort will be gained if communal work be taken before individual, i.e. sight-singing before dictation, extemporizing, &c. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students The shacks, rows of tents, and the rudely scattered and varied dwellings that the ingenuity and skill of men hastily extemporized. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter She was now to be extemporized into a man-of-war, and in her new guise was to achieve a world-wide celebrity, and to play no unimportant part in the great struggle between North and South. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter What a difference you must have discovered between the treatment of the theme I extemporized on the other evening and the mode in which I have recently written it out for you? Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 She found a projecting rock beneath them within calling distance, and on an extemporized pole she fastened the napkins. A Young Girl's Wooing When this work is securely grasped the treatment of chords can begin, also extemporizing of melodies with the voice, together with transposition and harmonizing of easy phrases at the piano. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students Page 467 With a few such elemental groups of his own invention at command, any singer would be well equipped to extemporize for the delectation of his host and the entertainment of the other guests. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe I extemporized a little coop for our turkey. California Sketches, Second Series The entire concert consisted of a trio, in which Polledro played, my Sonata with violin, then again something was played by Polledro, and, lastly, I extemporized. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 I will not enter here into the endless controversy about the comparative merits of written or extemporized sermons. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography The class will now find it quite easy to extemporize the whole of a four-bar phrase. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students He could extemporize on Good Form as he could extemporize on the piano. Kimono Thus he extemporized a worm and still or condenser. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 She seldom penetrated the crowded center of the growing city; her rare excursions were confined to the old ranch at Petaluma, whence she brought flowers and plants, and even extemporized a hanging-garden on the quarter-deck. Frontier Stories Some men cannot extemporize effectively if they try ever so hard; there are others who, like Gladstone, can think best when they are on their legs and are inspired by an audience. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography Memory plays a much larger part in the power to extemporize than many people realize, and if this step in the preliminary work be conscientiously taken there will be abundant results later. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students But, what was infinitely preferable to me, I heard him extemporize in private; yes, I was even invited to propose a theme for him to vary. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 Their speech, with its Italian terminations, flowed easily into singing, and they extemporized, as the negroes do, the slightest incidents in rhythmical language. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 I have since eaten royal dinners in palatial hotels, but nothing has ever tasted half as good as this extemporized lunch of my boyhood. The Gentleman from Everywhere The closing passage of that memorable speech could not have been extemporized. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography It will seem a cramping process after the freedom of extemporizing, but the child who loves the work will willingly submit to the discipline. Music As A Language Lectures to Music Students If he dared to howl when Bud was extemporizing, Bud would rebuke him solemnly, explaining that it was not considered polite in the best circles to interrupt a soloist. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life Then, introducing the other end of the tube into the gullet as far as its length would permit, I cautiously poured a small quantity of the permanganate solution into the extemporized funnel. The Mystery of 31 New Inn Some of them were directed to wash their hands in the extemporized tank, while others bathed their bodies in it. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) The accursed prompter speaks so indistinctly; and then if you want to extemporize once in a while, it always goes wrong. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The mob were pressed back and comparative quiet restored, and when I finished the reading of my address I began to extemporize. Half a Century It is true this extemporized chamber never had a chance. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey The second lieutenant was leaving the nurse by the extemporized portal of the church, though she seemed not to have done with exposing the incompetence of certain staff officers. The Wrong Twin He could scarcely recollect a word of his part, but he remembered the general drift of it, and had ready wit enough to extemporize. The World of Ice In the case of active war, foreign or civil, the General Hospital is usually an extemporized establishment, the building a makeshift, and the arrangements such as the building will admit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 He had shown himself, indeed, very ready to help at any of her extemporized festivities, and had suggested various resources for this thing and that. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Such an extemporized herbarium, though crude, will serve for a beginning, while stimulating his interest, and advancing his knowledge of the ferns. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada The sermon was about the usual length of one in Scotland, lasting about an hour, and extemporized from notes. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada But the practice of a fine art is far from being a matter of extemporized inspirations. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education He would extemporize short poems, singing them to his mother, who wrote them down as he sang. Life and Letters of Robert Browning He entered the door quietly, and went straight up-stairs to the drawing-room extemporized for their use by Melbury in his and his bride's absence, expecting to find her there as he had left her. The Woodlanders Bernard rapidly extemporized this rough explanation of the surprise his friend had offered him, and he found it all-sufficient for his immediate needs. Confidence She seemed to be a sort of extemporized tableau vivant. Roderick Hudson In the centre of the group were four working-men, bearing between them an extemporized litter of two poles and a blanket hastily secured across them with spikes. The Damnation of Theron Ware A Rectorial Address need probably not have been extemporized, but it would also have been irksome to him to prepare. Life and Letters of Robert Browning "Oh yes," he said, in unprepared, extemporized tones, for her unexpected presence caught him without the slightest plan of behavior in the conjuncture. The Woodlanders When Abraham realized all, the furrows of fifty years were extemporized on his young face. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Roderick, with his back turned, stood before an extemporized pedestal, ardently shaping a formless mass of clay. Roderick Hudson It is safer to accept any chance that offers itself, and extemporize a procedure to fit it, than to get a good plan matured, and wait for a chance of using it. Far from the Madding Crowd Their feet were tied up in the raw hides of hogs or beeves just slaughtered, from which they also frequently extemporized drawers, cut while reeking, and left to stiffen to the shape of the legs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 When all was done, and she had smoothed his extemporized bed, and placed everything within his reach that she could think of, she took her leave of him, and locked him in. The Woodlanders He expressed his willingness to listen, and she told the story of the baby's illness and the extemporized ordinance. Tess of the d'Urbervilles She had a fictitious history in which she believed much more fondly than in her real one, and an infinite capacity for extemporized reminiscence adapted to the mood of the hour. Roderick Hudson The apparatus was not in the house—must be extemporized, indeed, at last, of odds and ends from the operating-room. K We ate with a light heart, half-lying on the parched grass around the extemporized cloth. In the Valley Everyplace was animated with music voices, brilliant colors, flashing jewels, the hilarity of extemporized comedy, and all the spirited incidents of a cleverly sustained masquerade. The Room in the Dragon Volant If he extemporizes a song or hymn, it is lucky if it becomes a favorite of the camp. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Exiled from the Seminary halls, these rebel reformers took refuge in a building hard by the city, and extemporized a Theological school, themselves being both lecturers and students. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Whether he extemporized or played from memory, I, as ignorant of music as of all other accomplishments, could not tell, but even to stupid me, what he did play spoke. Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 Once he sprinkled them over with a handful of sawdust, after the manner of a florist extemporizing a heavy dew. With the Procession To revive their fortunes, they gave an entertainment in the extemporized theatre of the town, under the kindly proffered patronage of the members of the Legislature. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada These airs are not written; the first comer extemporized their inartificial strains, which the feeling of the moment seized upon and transmitted by tradition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Bolivia extemporizes mackerel; borax esteems polygamy; sausages wither in the east. Roughing It, Part 7. Any extemporized raft would have floated the boy down to immortality. Among My Books Second Series Thus he extemporized as an epitaph for his friend Charles Knight, "GOOD NIGHT!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics No exertion, no forethought on the part of a commander could have extemporized such a variety of qualities. Caesar: a Sketch "Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?" Mary Marston These songs were extemporized, and were probably never committed to writing. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Generalizations are always risky, but when extemporized from a single hint they are maliciously so. Among My Books Second Series His assistant, a semi-nude, fleshless youth, has already extemporized a furnace of clay in the ground hard by, and is working a huge pair of clumsy bellows. Behind the Bungalow In a few hours they could extemporize an impregnable fortress on an open hillside. Caesar: a Sketch The concert given to Squire Woodbridge the night previous, had been an extemporized affair, with only one horse-fiddle, and insufficient support from other instruments. The Duke of Stockbridge I used to learn the songs by heart and invent and extemporize tunes for them. My Boyhood The French front was extended up to the Luce and an extemporized Fourth Army replaced the weary remnants of the Fifth. A Short History of the Great War La Salle, in a report to be found in the archives of the Marine in Paris, states that his extemporized colony numbered four thousand warriors, or twenty thousand souls. The French in the Heart of America Domitius and his galleys had attacked the ungainly but useful vessels which Caesar had extemporized. Caesar: a Sketch There were many hollows and projections along its sides rudely fit for serving as seats, to which had been added a number of forms extemporized of planks and thwarts. Malcolm In it were seated a bronzed man, with broad shoulders, and an alert, wideawake expression, and a boy, whose foot was propped up on an extemporized contrivance affixed to the seat. The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise A still better splint or set of splints can be extemporized by cutting a sheet of thick pasteboard into proper sized slips, then passing each piece through a basin of hot water to soften it. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby The broken panes of glass about the place were well mended, and a clever little gate, extemporized from a wild grape-vine, swung at the entrance. Men, Women, and Ghosts Ah! how much he could tell us over a single bottle of Rosa Solis at some new "Mermaid" extemporized for the occasion! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 V. flash on the mind. say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases On the 25th arrived Sir Edward Pakenham, brother-in-law of Wellington and an able soldier, to take command, and on the 28th the British attacked the extemporized but strong breastworks, confident of success. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders The last and greatest of these extemporized leaders called Judges, was Samuel. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets A well trained personnel and a carefully thought out organization cannot by any possibility be quickly extemporized. The Crisis of the Naval War His forte was in declamation: his attitude and delivery, and power of extemporizing, surprised even critical listeners into unguarded praise. Byron The regimental hospitals then, as frequently must be the case in war, were merely extemporized shelters, not conveniences. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 To the spot thus historied the two moralists of the moonlight come now, and, with many tumbles, Mr. McLAUGHLIN removes certain artfully placed stones and rubbish, and lifts a clumsy extemporized trap-door. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 19, August 6, 1870 They formed a material from which armies could be extemporized on any sudden emergencies. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets The amba, which is merely a gelatinous mass, when it takes its food, extemporizes a stomach for the occasion. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics There we should extemporize some sort of ferry to cross the French Broad and seek camps in regions which promised some supplies, but within supporting distance of our several detachments. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 A third bed was hastily extemporized on the floor of the dining-room for the occupation of Master George Washington, and Dinah found repose on a lounge in the adjacent kitchen. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales It was a vast camp-meeting which continued for two years, but there was no disorder, and a decent quiet ruled throughout the strangely extemporized city. The Hawaiian Archipelago “Abá, Pale Lamaso, what!”3 muttered Carlos, the Chinese, looking angrily at the preacher, who continued to extemporize, emitting a series of apostrophes and imprecations. The Social Cancer They spoke in low tones as he again held her hand, while they picked their way among the extemporized shelters and uneasy refugees in the square. The Earth Trembled Regular artillery salutes were fired, but the soldiers also extemporized all sorts of demonstrations of their joyfulness. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 "Certainly! do you suppose it was of the kind that he could extemporize?" said Miss Brown, pertly. Barriers Burned Away Another method that some debaters follow is to memorize portions of their argument and to extemporize the rest. Practical Argumentation He carried it well, the only noticeable effects being a flush in his eyes and a loosening of his tongue to whimsical fancies and extemporized chants. The Little Lady of the Big House Not content with Latin, and the extemporized translations which Shelley could give her of Plato’s Republic, she started Greek in 1820, and soon came to delight in it. Proserpine and Midas The bay of San Francisco was soon surrounded by an extemporized city of shanties and booths. A Brief History of the United States Large flocks of crows were feeding on these extemporized roadways, and they looked blacker than crows in the general whiteness. Nature's Serial Story Breaking off the limb of a buckeye, he extemporized a lever. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Lute crawled out from under the piano, and was joined by Rita and Ernestine in an extemporized dance of the harpies about the slain. The Little Lady of the Big House Of course I mean to walk in the dark," replied the accountant, "unless you can extemporize an artificial light for the occasion, or prevail on the moon to come out for my special benefit. The Young Fur Traders An incautious plunge from the ship's side into the sail bath extemporized overboard to ward off any danger from sharks has resulted fatally to the rash swimmer, and at all times danger attends rash plunging. Healthful Sports for Boys This booth was a small shop, extemporized of rough boards by an enterprising grocer of the city. Success with Small Fruits The furniture was extemporized and adapted from candle-boxes and packing-cases, and covered with gay calico or the skin of some animal. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers But his irate companion made no comment, whereat, sensing the anger behind his silence, the speaker, for once, failed to extemporize an answer to his own remark. The Silver Horde The extemporized rope had just been lowered to Durham, when: "My God!" cried the sergeant, looking over Huang Chow's shoulder. Tales of Chinatown Could Bacon have extemporized at the pace of talking, one of his Essays? The Recreations of a Country Parson For days and nights I wandered where a city had been, and among the extemporized places of refuge harboring all classes of people. Taken Alive Miss Lou went after the extemporized missile and put it on again, saying, "I have fired my first and last shot in this war." Miss Lou I, however, went with the two ladies to Herr von Hamm's, whose three young ladies each played a concerto, and I one of Aichner's prima vista, and then went on extemporizing. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 I realized the impossibility of carrying him so far as the hospital, and accordingly I extemporized a rough tourniquet and left him under a palm tree by the road until I obtained assistance. Tales of Chinatown With his usual swift and practiced certainty Kennedy then inspected the extemporized dressing room. The Film Mystery This extemporized hospital on the field was so exposed as to be speedily abandoned. Taken Alive A stretcher had been extemporized into a camp bed and on it lay a youth not older apparently than the girl herself. Miss Lou I extemporized, and also played the sonatas in B and D. In short, he was very polite, and I was also polite, but grave. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 I spread the grass and raked it up when dry, and, with the aid of Merton and a rude, extemporized rack on the market-wagon, got the hay gradually into the barn. Driven Back to Eden The Ancient and I now set to work putting up an extemporized table, but as for George, he stood staring down moodily into the yet glowing embers of the forge. The Broad Highway Sometimes he is assisted by ropes extemporized from the long convolvuli which hang from almost every tree, but not always, these being deemed superfluities by the Washensi. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The graves by the run and the extemporized cemetery further away had even greater terrors for him than for Aun' Jinkey. Miss Lou I first extemporized, and then played all the music he had, prima, vista, and among others some very pretty pieces of Edlmann's. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 It was indeed a sort of extemporized and unintentional meeting of our supply committee, only Mr. Gear being absent. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. After a few portraits had been extemporized, one of these ladies wished to have hers—Mme. Chopin : the Man and His Music For a vengeance extemporized in less than half a second this was very respectable. Love Me Little, Love Me Long His hastily extemporized mast and sail had done wonderfully well, but he needed something to steer with. Lost in the Fog Then I played my old concerto in D, because it is such a favorite here, and likewise extemporized for half an hour, after which Madlle. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 I stopped my carriage to listen to his extemporized verses, many of which were really admirable, and tossed him three francs. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten Putnam, with true New England fertility of resource, extemporized rafts from the fragments of the vessel and got all his men ashore without the loss of a life. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom The bridal party drove straight from the Church to that same extemporized wharf by the Botanical Gardens which had been put up for the Governor's State Landing. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Tasking and toilsome war's details must be, And toilsome, too, must be their criticism,— Not in a moment's stroke extemporized. The Dynasts Oh, I don't say she has laid any plans; but these things are always extemporized the moment the chance comes. A Woman-Hater We had never heard him extemporize more brilliantly, with more originality or more grandly than on that evening. Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words They attend at public rejoicings, and at births, deaths, and marriages of great personages, upon which occasions they extemporize their songs according to circumstances. In the Heart of Africa The minister suffered from these distractions, and his extemporized sermons were not improved thereby. Wessex Tales The wine runs into pitchers, washing-basins, shards, chamber- vessels, and other extemporized receptacles. The Dynasts Severne's turn had come; that able young man saw his chance, and did as good a bit of acting as ever was extemporized even by an Italian mime. A Woman-Hater Without waiting to see whether she sat down or not, he turned to the organ and began extemporizing a harmony which meandered through every variety of expression of which the instrument was capable. Desperate Remedies They found the wounded man lying in the front room upon a rudely extemporized couch of bear-skins, he having sternly declined the effeminacy of his wife's bedroom. Cressy She reached it unperceived, and—another trick of the old days—quickly extemporized a side-saddle from Simmons' Mexican tree, with its high cantle and horn bow, and the aid of a blanket. Colonel Starbottle's Client Accordingly, a pound flask of that explosive was poured into the hole, which they closed over with wet clay and a heavy rock, leaving a quill through which ran an extemporized fuse of cotton wick. Benita, an African romance During the last five minutes Tantaine had shifted his ground so skilfully that the heavy library table now stood between himself and the Count, and he was comparatively safe behind this extemporized defence. The Champdoce Mystery She lost the former in the trackless depths of a redwood forest; she basely abandoned the latter in an extemporized cradle, hanging like a chrysalis to a convenient bough. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories He burst out laughing, after a doubtful and ululant fashion, I dare say; but he went home, took up his auld wife, and played 'Tullochgorum' some fifty times over, with extemporized variations. Robert Falconer But presently he was aware of another figure that had entered, and was now sitting with its back to him at a rude table, roughly extemporized from a packing-box, apparently engaged in writing. From Sand Hill to Pine At many of these gatherings he would be certain to find readings, recitations, comedies, music, games, or some other form of extemporized amusement. The Women of the French Salons He saw them coming with the extemporized litter, behind them mistress Brookes, with Forgue and one of the maids. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald Then there are home-made fifes and whistles and drums, combs covered with paper, extemporized triangles, and bones made from ribs of salt horse such as negro minstrels use. The Mutiny of the Elsinore For a while he extemporized only, thinking of Rothieden, and the grandmother, and the bleach-green, and the hills, and the waste old factory, and his mother's portrait and letters. Robert Falconer At his order, she threw her weight on the end of a quickly extemporized handspike, easing the pressure and listening to her husband's groans, while Malemute Kid attacked the tree with his ax. The Son of the Wolf But here, Susy, sitting bolt upright on an extemporized high stool, happily diverted his attention by pointing to the empty chair beside her. A Waif of the Plains In vain did Dean of Angel's extemporize a short harangue in the hope that Jinny would be tempted to reply; in vain was every provocation offered that might sting her sensitive nature to eloquent revolt. Drift from Two Shores Behind the jiggermast I lighted the fuse of one of my extemporized bombs. The Mutiny of the Elsinore She seldom penetrated the crowded centre of the growing city; her rare excursions were confined to the old ranch at Petaluma, whence she brought flowers and plants, and even extemporized a hanging-garden on the quarter-deck. By Shore and Sedge These musicians are very similar to the minstrels of ancient times; they attend at public rejoicings, and at births, deaths, and marriages of great personages, upon which occasions they extemporize their songs according to circumstances. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs He regained the barn and had his arm supported in an extemporized sling. A Poor Wise Man "And we hope that my lords on the Bench," the extemporizing clerk went on. Colonel Chabert Old mistress, by the slave's help, extemporizes a cellar under the floor of her pig-house; sticks Hakon and slave into that, as the one safe seclusion she can contrive. Early Kings of Norway Since that we have extemporized two if not three armies. North America — Volume 1 And that night, with such instruments as he could extemporize, he operated. The Breaking Point The remainder had extemporized weapons, bars of iron, pieces of pipe, farm implements, lances of wood tipped with iron and beaten out on home forges. A Poor Wise Man Ben Zoof admitted the necessity of extemporizing a kind of parasol for himself, otherwise he must literally have been roasted to death upon the exposed summit of the cliff. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space The furniture was extemporized, and adapted from candle boxes and packing-cases, and covered with gay calico, or the skin of some animal. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Two days I lay there, too sick to move, and on the third, reeling and giddy, supporting myself on an extemporized crutch, I tottered on toward San Francisco. The Strength of the Strong Meanwhile, the three together had no hesitation in examining his papers, and scrutinizing the figures on his extemporized blackboard. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space |
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