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Three of us among the servants made a little consort of music—I on the violin, an indentured Irishman who also played the fiddle, and a slave from another house who played the flageolet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Once, when he had come on Alan unawares, he heard him playing the flageolet. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z
In France, dried flageolet beans, small and pale green, are a common accompaniment, or fat dried white coco beans. A Leg of Lamb for Any Special Occasion 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z
And in my pantry, there’s a bag of very pale green dried flageolet beans; this early spring stew is a perfect home for them. A Stew That Makes the Most of Spring Greens 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z
It was in September, so all the ingredients were in season: courgettes, tomatoes, green beans, peas, basil, flageolets – and loads of garlic. 'Utterly delicious': top chefs on the best thing they ate in 2019 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z
After playing the mouth harp, Borodovsky says he thinks it sounds like a flageolet, a Renaissance-era instrument similar to a flute. 1,700-Year-Old Musical Instrument Found, and It Still Works 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z
He swaddles roasted lingcod in salty, slightly crisp prosciutto-like French ham and nestles the package among flageolet beans cooked to creaminess in a ham hock broth. A love affair with French restaurant newcomer L’Oursin 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z
While the brightest spring vegetables are not yet on offer, Martha notes that dark green collards, light green fennel, pale green dried flageolet beans and bright jalapeño are all available at the market. It's Easy Being (Collard) Green 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z
Even so, the accessories — ratatouille and flageolets, those flavorful French kidney beans, were first-rate. | New Canaan: A Review of Boulevard 18 Bistro and Wine Bar, in New Canaan 2012-06-02T08:20:04Z
The third, who is deformed, aids the shepherd, and receives from him some arrows, which will pierce well whatever they strike, and a flageolet, which will make everyone dance within hearing of it. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z
The priests again recite the gayatri and the prayer “may the winds blow sweet,” &c., and add the prescribed prayers, which should be followed by the music of flageolets, lutes, drums, &c. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z
In this picture one boy is sitting, playing a flageolet. The Psychology of Arithmetic 2012-03-31T02:00:28.817Z
His father was a musician of repute, a player on the flageolet; he wished to bring the lad up to perform on the harpsichord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z
In the tympanum appeared the Virgin with six angels, with stiff white gowns and wings of fine plumage, chubby-cheeked, with heavy curls and flaming tufts of hair, playing violas and flutes, flageolets and tambourines. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z
He is a very good musician; he sings well, and plays the flageolet. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z
He plays like Apollo on the flageolet, and like Apollo is self-taught. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z
Why do ye start?—'tis not the first fair dame That in our city listen'd i' the cool And passionless night, to piped sighs, and vows Enamour'd, breathed from reed and flageolet! hermione. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z
So we came out on the veranda and found two swarthy ruffians squatting in the garden, holding silver-banded pipes like flageolets. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z
Another, a short distance from the juggler, was gravely leading a great bear to dance on its hind legs, while his coadjutor kept time on the flageolet. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z
"Does the young man accompany himself on the flageolet when he sings?" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z
There were two violins, a bass-viol, a flageolet, a French horn, and two bugles. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z
Taking from its leather case which hung near his sabre the ever-present flageolet, he began to play; and the cavaliers, pushing forward with dancing movement to the maidens, sought to draw them from the benches. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z
Shakespeare—a robust, nude babe—sits on a cradle in the landscape holding a flageolet, to the accompaniment of endearments from the pretty Tragedy and Comedy ladies. Romney 2011-08-02T02:00:24.233Z
It was also a Lydian name for a peculiar kind of flute or flageolet, producing a high and low note at the same time. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
Some of them seemed to be blowing a flageolet; others drew their bows across their violins; some played the fife; while here and there might be heard grum twangs, like the twanging of bass-viol strings. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z
The cheeks of the flageolet player and the buglers were puffed out, and their eyes were bloodshot. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z
Kokosinski began to sing, "She bound the flax in bundles," noting which Uhlik took a flageolet from his bosom and accompanied him. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z
I know not how he set about it, but in a few minutes he brought us triumphantly a violin, a guitar, and a flageolet. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z
A pause occurred in the gossip, for the band was having a rest of forty bars, and the flageolet was weak. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z
His musician, playing the flageolet with the left hand, and beating the tambourine with the right, executing many pieces of difficult music with great accuracy, was an astonishment to every body. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z
Stephen early showed talent for music, and played upon the flageolet, the guitar and the banjo; he also acquired a fair knowledge of French and German. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z
He expected to find the windows gleaming with lights, to hear the sound of Uhlik's flageolet, of fiddles, or the joyful shouts of conversation. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z
The lowest notes of the respective tubes were The word flageolet was undoubtedly derived from the medieval Fr. flajol, the primitive whistle-pipe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z
He studied drawing under the celebrated painter David, and learned to play well on the violin, flute, flageolet, and guitar. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z
He took the flageolet from his pocket and played a simple melody.... The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z
Boiled navy beans, flageolets, or Lima beans may be mixed with French or Mayonnaise dressing, and garnished with hard-boiled eggs and parsley. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z
Some one was piping on a reed flageolet—an eerie, tuneless wailing. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z
This fingering has survived in the French flageolet still used in the provinces of France in small orchestras and for dance music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z
There is an interesting point connected with the true or French flageolet Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History
The flageolet is the nearest living relative of the recorder.  Springtime and Other Essays
Peas, flageolets, string beans, flowerets of cauliflower, beets, celery roots, asparagus points, carrots, and turnips—all, or as many as convenient, may be used. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z
Below them, in the steerage, a snake-charmer—a villainous-looking fellow with a scar across one cheek and a drooping eyelid—was making two cobras ripple to the sounds of a reed flageolet. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z
But Stevenson’s particular instrument was the flageolet, the same that Johnson once bought. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work
The boy played on his flageolet, and the girl sang. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu
What is known as the French flageolet is especially reminiscent of the ancient instrument in having a thumb-hole, or rather two such holes.  Springtime and Other Essays
Mix them in about equal proportions with green peas, flageolet beans, string-beans cut into half inch lengths, and small pieces of cauliflower. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z
Her voice was a pure soprano, sweet rather than powerful, of extraordinary extent and quality in its upper notes, in which it had somewhat the tone color of a flute or flageolet. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday
That instrument seems to have at one time quite ousted the flageolet. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work
A twenty-dollar organ worked by foot-pedals may be a household blessing, and a flageolet has kept many a sheep herder from insanity on a lonely mountain. The American Country Girl
The most curious development of the flageolet is found in the double or triple pipes which were made in the closing years of the eighteenth century.  Springtime and Other Essays
The player tossed his flageolet over a headstone and rolled back on the grave in a paroxysm of laughter. International Short Stories English
They are fond of the guitar and flageolet, and are often proficients in their use, as well as possessing fine vocal powers. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time
They say that there is a spirit who, when he plays the zufolo or flageolet to flocks, attracts them by his music and keeps them quiet. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series
There, in their scarlet cart, the bandsmen tuned Bugles that whinnied, flageolets that crooned And strings that whined and grunted. King Cole
In his hand he held a flageolet, and by his side lay a staff and a little parcel. The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository. Alphonso and Marina
She was about to drop the corner of the sheet when the listener sprang out toward the window, leaping with bare feet over the graves and waving his flageolet madly. International Short Stories English
Learning mathematics with difficulty Audubon became easily proficient in fencing and dancing, and learned to play upon the violin, flute, flageolet, and guitar. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860
He played extremely well on the Northumberland bagpipe, and his neighbour was a good performer on the flageolet Wanderings in South America
Sir; I once bought a flageolet, but I never made out a tune.” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries
And then I must tell you my good old Cochenille plays the flageolet really very nicely indeed. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II
He had pulled off his greasy hat, and stood bowing and smiling, showing his white teeth, and holding up his flageolet for the woman to see and convince herself. International Short Stories English
The flageolet therefore does not differ from the flute so much in the compass of its notes, as in the shrillness and sharpness of the sound. The Tatler, Volume 3
We read Gibbon and Carlyle aloud; we blew on flageolets, we strummed on guitars; we took photographs by the light of the sun, the moon, and flash-powder; sometimes we played cards. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)
There were three little fiddles, one big one, a flageolet, and a bassoon. John March, Southerner
One man particularly, one of the flageolets, became quite unmanageable,—or rather the instrument on which he was performing,—so that it usually was the space of a second or two ahead of the others. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day
Whenever our conversation flagged, by tacit consent Mr. Rowley pieced his flageolet together and started it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
We must however take notice, that the flageolets among their own sex are more valued and esteemed than the flutes. The Tatler, Volume 3
We have now three instruments; Boehm flageolet, flute, and Bb clarinet; and we expect in a few days our piano. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)
"Twinkling stars are laughing, love, Laughing on you and me" —sang the flageolet and little fiddles, while the double bass and the bassoon grunted out their corroborative testimony with melodious unction. John March, Southerner
This weird music only ended with the removal of flageolet and man from the scene. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day
He consoled himself by playing for a while on a cheap flageolet, which was one of his diversions, and to which I owed many intervals of peace. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
Lentils and flageolet I should buy dried up, and soak them out.—All those things which you have said were needless.—In my way they would be so excellent.” Outside Inn
The Chirimia was a musical instrument made of wood, resembling somewhat a wooden flageolet, though much longer: it contained ten holes; the wind pipe was thin, and made of reed. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance.
First mention of the importation of flageolets, hautbois and other instruments, by Edward Enstone, of Boston. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events
Blasts of obstreperous music rush upon you from every door; the shrill squealing of a flageolet being heard above everything else. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
“Certainly not,” said I. “Play upon your flageolet.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
He ought to be there, as she had often seen him unobserved, talking with his friends or going about his military duties, or playing the flageolet with the magical touch of the musician. The Rough Road
At Christmas time a set of men, called the Christmas Wakes, walked slowly through the streets during the midnight hours, playing our sweet Scotch airs on flageolets. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
In front was a ragamuffin corps of drummers and men extracting ear-racking noises from metal instruments that looked like flageolets, but were not. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan
The whole space commenced to vibrate with a strange humming sound which resembled violins, violoncellos, flageolets and flutes being played upon very faintly. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy
The next time I have to travel post with an impatient lover, I’ll take a leaf out of his book and buy me a flageolet.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
After this personage came the prime minister; then two musicians, one playing the drum, and the other a flageolet of rude construction. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery
A cord was attached to the neck, and the body was hauled through the village to the music of a tambourine and flageolet. The Huguenots in France
The boys had felt obliged in the very beginning to have it so, on account of a beautiful instrument, given him by his father, called a flageolet. Little Grandfather
And as she had been grieving these many days, the dwarfs at her feet tried to cheer her with simple airs on the flute, the flageolet, the rebeck, and the cymbals. Honey-Bee 1911
And from that hour, the tootling of the flageolet cheered our way. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
The native flageolet has proved a trusty friend to many a youth to whom nature had denied the power of expressing in vocal melody his fealty to the maiden of his choice. Indian Story and Song from North America
Now the tones become more flute-like and plaintive,—now they seem to be those of a flageolet. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
For their simphony they have wooden drums, something in form of a kettle-drum, with a kind of pipe or flageolet, made of a hollow cane or reed, but very grating to an European ear. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing
And musical instruments, flutes and flageolets and violins, and oh, the accordeons! A Little Girl in Old New York
Bob was an artist: he could paint, write, and play the flageolet. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers
Hockins had much ado to keep his gravity as he drew out the flageolet, and every eye was instantly fixed on him in glaring expectancy. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
Its song is at first loud and clear, resembling the finest sounds produced by the flageolet, and gradually descends into more marked and continued cadences, until it dies away in the air around. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State
Look there, he's come back with a flageolet, and she's actually poured a jug of water on his head out of the window! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893
"And now, Tommy," says I, "you for your pains shall have this more than the rest," offering him the flageolet. Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.)
The music was apparently produced by a sort of flageolet, accompanied by a calabash containing some hard seeds or stones, which was rattled in time to the wind instrument. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots
Thus pressed, the seaman put his hand into the inner pocket of his jacket and drew forth his cherished flageolet. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
They have two wind instruments, one resembling a flageolet, and another a bugle. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
But for Mungo's voice at intervals in the kitchen, the house was wholly still, and through the calm winter night there came the opening bars of a melody, played very softly by Sim MacTaggart's flageolet. Doom Castle
Tommy, therefore, as I said before, having shown a disapprobation of my doings; to convince him of his mistake, I took the flageolet from Pedro. Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.)
On the other side of the hedge, which was at the further extremity, some one was playing on the flageolet: the tune was simple and sweet, and perfectly in unison with the scene. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
He played only a few bars, and allowed the last notes of his flageolet to grow faint until they died away into absolute silence. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
I stood watching them for a few minutes, and then approaching one of the flageolet players I held out my hand and pointed to his instrument, signifying that I desired to examine it. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story
He went into the bower, sat on the rotten seat among the damp bedraggled strands of climbing flowers, and took his flageolet from his pocket. Doom Castle
It was probably not a flageolet, though that instrument suggests itself as particularly appropriate to the episode. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
"You will doubtless hear him before you depart," continued the landlord, "for he is almost always behind that garden hedge, playing on his flageolet."—The lover it seems was the young fifer. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
Another moment and the sweet tones of the flageolet silenced the noise of the excited throng, as Hockins stood before the Queen and played one of the sweetest of Scottish songs. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
Along the pavement two men walked slowly with guitar and flageolet. The Hippodrome
His coat hung upon the back of a chair, and his darling flageolet had fallen out of the pocket and lay upon the floor. Doom Castle
It could have been a recorder, the ancestor of the flageolet, which was probably in use in the fourteenth and surely in the fifteenth century. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
The six holes may still be seen on any penny whistle, or the brass flageolets in the music-shops. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries
“Have you the flageolet with you?” he asked, hastily. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
Its notes are as musical as the flageolet. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
If you have a chance in the morn's morning you can tell her I wasted a tune or two o' the flageolet on a wheen stars. Doom Castle
The flageolet was not doing its part and the conductor's trained ear missed its one note in the large orchestra. Making the Most of Life
The flageolets from Java are all made on the principle of the boy's elder whistle, but have finger-holes—generally six, but sometimes only four. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.
As soon as the sauce is cooked, add the madeira, the pieces of game, and the peas or flageolets. Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
All the while the French kept up a din of drums and trumpets and flageolets, dancing and singing and shouting to drive off sleep. 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 flageolet! a poor instrument, and still—and still not without its qualities. Doom Castle
He seems to have made an expert and scientific study of it, and the reader hears continually the sound of lutes, harpsichords, violas, theorbos, virginals, and flageolets. Among Famous Books
When the dancing room is small, the flageolet is preferable to the horn, as it is less noisy and marks the time as well. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society
Peas, flageolets or wax beans, cut fine, may be used instead of the asparagus. Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
In my youth I learnt the double flageolet, and could play it fairly. My Life as an Author
The sound of the flageolet was at once a blow and a salute. Doom Castle
Her voice, in its very high tones, was something of the quality of a flute or flageolet, or resembled a commixture of the finest sounds of the flute and violin, if such could be imagined. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag
The orchestra consisted of four violins, one tenor, one violoncello, one double-bass, two hautboys, two bassoons, two French horns, two flageolets, one flute, and one trumpet. Great Violinists And Pianists
A. E. Miller, Gallon, Ohio, a violin and bow and a flageolet for a B-flat cornet. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
A beggar sings, looks piteously, plays his flageolet or harp, but never asks for money! Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business
He found himself regarded coldly among strangers; the flageolet sounded no longer in the private parlour; the Chamberlain stayed away. Doom Castle
Rude musical instruments, principally drums and flageolets, were also made. Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions
These bands included hautbois, cornets, trombones, violas de gamba, flutes, harps, lutes, flageolets. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
In a flute or flageolet the musical sound is produced by the vibration of a column of air contained in its interior. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863
In front of the elephant marched a band of eighteen or twenty native musicians, playing upon all sorts of Indian instruments, including tom-toms, lutes, like flageolets, cymbals, and horns. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East
He examined the coat; it had a familiar look that might have indicated its owner even if there had not been the flageolet lying beside it. Doom Castle
Then there are harmonics, flageolets—I, have never been able to understand why they should be considered so difficult! Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers
The shrill flageolet, the brass horns, the bass drums, the crash of the general brass and the triangle--these sounds fill the air. David Lockwin—The People's Idol
There are other flutes than that of embouchure—those with flageolet or whistle heads, which, having become obsolete, shall be reserved for later notice. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
In the "solo organ" the principal stops are the harmonica, krum, horn, and flageolet, but many of the stops in the swell and choir organs work in connection with the solo. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically
The Chamberlain gave a little crackling laugh, and held the flageolet like a dirk, flat along the inside of his arm and his fingers straining round the thick of it. Doom Castle
LILT-PYPE, s. a musical instrument, the upper part of which was in the form of a flageolet, terminating below in a kind of trumpet-shaped mouth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV.
There you shall smell abundant frankincense, and shall be charmed with the mixed music of the lyre and Berecynthian pipe, not without the flageolet. The Works of Horace
The flageolet was the latest form of the treble, beak, or whistle head flute. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
Various instruments, bassoon, trombone, violoncello, cornet, cornopean, and clarionet, flute, fiddle, and flageolet, or some of their number, were employed, calling to mind the band of Nebuchadnezzar of old. The Parish Clerk
The flageolet spoke again—that curious unfinished air. Doom Castle
Oft in the daytime had I not heard the flageolet lifting its bird-like voice over the counter of the juvenile jeweller, who wrought cunningly in the shimmering abalone shells during the rests in his music? In the Footprints of the Padres
The Mexicans were very skilful in making pottery; and of course there is a good collection here of terra-cotta vases, little altars and incense-dishes, rattles, flageolets, and whistles, tobacco-pipes and masks. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern
First go the musicians, playing upon flageolet, trumpet, or horn; behind these, professional wailing-women, who raise loud lamentation and beat their breasts. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
The music consisted of a tambourine, a flageolet, and a bagpipe.  A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
The flageolet was in his hand; he was shivering with cold. Doom Castle
Now a flute warbles a luscious solo, then a flageolet. The Italians
The player tossed his flageolet over a headstone, and rolled back on the grave in a paroxysm of laughter. The Delectable Duchy
In front go a body of musicians with blare of the straight Roman trumpet and the scream of the flageolets; behind these comes the high official who has charge of the particular festival. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
In the second compartment were a jade flute and a golden flageolet. Eastern Shame Girl
A few minutes later the Chamberlain stood before him with the end of the flageolet protruding from the breast of his coat. Doom Castle
When your little Francis was taken, he had his reed flageolet in his pocket, and his playing and graceful manners have so captivated them that I fear they will with reluctance resign him. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
She was about to drop the corner of the sheet when the listener sprang out towards the window, leaping with bare feet over the graves and waving his flageolet wildly. The Delectable Duchy
In front will march the torchbearers and what we should call "the band," consisting in these circumstances of a number of persons playing upon the flageolet. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
"No, he was drying out in the sun when I first saw him, with Gabriel sitting at his feet, playing on a flageolet: and naturally I did not pay any particular attention to such foolishness." Figures of Earth
And so to his flageolet again, finding a consolation in the sweetness of his own performance. Doom Castle
Parabéry told me," said Jack, "that they were struck with my resemblance to Francis as soon as I took my flageolet. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
He had pulled off his greasy hat, and stood bowing and smiling, showing his white teeth and holding up his flageolet, that the woman might see and be convinced. The Delectable Duchy
Perhaps the most popular part of the performance was the music and dancing, whether by individual actors or as ballets, accompanied by the flageolet, the lyre, or the cymbals. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
To pipe or flute or flageolet or reed: And me did every maid that roams the fell Kiss and call fair: not so this city belle. Theocritus, translated into English Verse
He rammed the flageolet impatiently into his waistcoat, threw back his cloak, and stepped out into the garden. Doom Castle
When I saw mamma more composed, I took out my flageolet to amuse her, and played the air to Ernest's verses. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
In God's name, let the change be our own, not borrowed of others; for why should I dance after a Monsieur's flageolet, that have a set of English viols for my concert? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860
At times vocal and instrumental music was discoursed by the domestic minstrels; or persons, generally women, were hired to play upon the harp, lyre, or double flageolet. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
The streets were filled with throngs of people, the church-bells rang out their noisy peals, and flags streamed from windows and house-tops, while shrill flageolets and deafening drums added to the uproar. Ten Girls from Dickens
And his fingers nervously sought in his coat for the flageolet. Doom Castle
He then made us re-embark in the canoe with him, amusing himself with me and my flageolet, which he attempted to play by blowing it through his nose, but did not succeed. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
"After that," said the man gravely, as he put his flageolet back in his pocket, "I think I will show you the inside of my knapsack." The Ghost Ship
I stood in court, and there I sang him songs of Arcadee, with flageolet accompaniment—in vain. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
Chinese music from an occidental standpoint has been unjustly described as "clashing cymbals, twanging guitars, harsh flageolets, and shrill flutes, ear-splitting and headache-producing to the foreigner." America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat
And then the flageolet, with its familiar and baffling melody, floating on a current of the wind that piped about the castle vents and sobbed upon the stairs. Doom Castle
She could not sufficiently express her astonishment and delight, when Jack and Francis, taking their flageolets, accompanied their brothers, who sung the following verse, which Ernest had added to his former attempt. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a flageolet, which he put to his lips. The Ghost Ship
He took his flageolet from his pocket and played a simple melody.  Memories and Portraits
Flutes and flageolets are Art's poor efforts to recall that softer sound. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862
"Touching flageolets?" said he, but there his arrow missed. Doom Castle
I made them flageolets of reeds, on which they acquired considerable skill. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
At last, when the fairy was beginning to falter and echo was quite out of breath, the man took the flageolet from his lips. The Ghost Ship
First, as an instance of modern feeling for romance, this famous touch of the flageolet and the old song is selected by Miss Braddon for omission.  Memories and Portraits
From an early moment, the strains of flageolets and pipes, of song and of wind-instruments faintly fell on his ear. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books
The use of the flageolet was to drown the noise of the filing; for when one filed, the other piped. Tales and Novels — Volume 09
My conductors ordered me to play on the flageolet. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
Yet he had once bought a flageolet, though he had never made out a tune. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776
I left her thus, deep musing, and soon found My daughter, for I traced her by the sound Of Alfred's flageolet; no cares had they, But in the garden bower spent half the day. May Day with the Muses
He bade me hold her where she was and he took down his flageolet, from where it hung on a high peg on the partition, and began to play it. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
At last, he took out of his pocket a little flageolet, and began to play upon it. Tales and Novels — Volume 09
It is by no means all pretense, and pictures rise in my mind, fragmentary flageolet tones:   We came from the meadow   and downy heather;   we came from friendship,   too-loo-loo-lay! Look Back on Happiness
Then, after the minuets, came country dances, the music being performed by a harp, fiddle, and flageolet, perched in a little balcony, and thrumming through the evening rather feeble and melancholy tunes. The Virginians
Suddenly Aleppo raised his head; from afar off came the jangling of many bells, the sound of flutes and flageolets, of the beating of drums and of shouts of exultation. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories
We ate slowly, had just finished our fruit and Agathemer was playing the flageolet to the accompaniment of enthusiastic applause from both girls when Alopex returned. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
A light, frolic nymph of fifteen came tripping into the room, playing on a flageolet, with a little spaniel romping after her. The Crayon Papers
A little farther—and there was a blind man selling staylaces, and singing a Psalm; and, beyond him again, a broken-down soldier playing "God save the Queen" on a tin flageolet. The Fallen Leaves
Melodies on this double flageolet are played principally at Christmas time. Old Calabria
Cook your beans, whether French beans or haricots or flageolets, and stir them, when tender, into a good thick bechamel sauce. The Belgian Cookbook
And she gave Agathemer her flageolet, holding it out to him with her left hand, her right arm round my neck. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
It usually consists of one or two ear-splitting flageolets and a system of gongs and tom-toms, which keep up an infernal din during the entire performance. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young
The wearers are provided with flutes, whistles, cymbals, flageolets, snare drums, and rattles, or other noise-makers. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
Who could he a churl, and play a flageolet? who mean and spiritless, braying forth the souls of thousand heroes from his brazen trump? White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War
The band attendant on these troops consisted of two or three flageolets, kettle-drums, and trumpets made of cow-horns, which, according to the report of our tourists, when in full play produced the most diabolical discord. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2.
But there was a posting-station at each gate of Genoa and we, having talked over all possibilities in the intervals of flageolet playing, were for Dertona. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
Somewhere near a man was playing on the flageolet, a light, pretty tune which set her feet tripping. Salute to Adventurers
They marched solemnly around the plaza, playing on bamboo flageolets, their plaintive tunes drowned in the din of big bass drums and blatant trumpets. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
Miss Mannering is very capable of listening to Brown's flageolet from the balcony, but not of accompanying Brown, should he desire it, in the boat. Guy Mannering — Complete
Julian could only bow obedience, and follow Empson, who was the same person that played so rarely on the flageolet. Peveril of the Peak
At sight of the flageolet he grinned, the only smile I saw on his face while he was helping us in our hiding and out of it. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
And then a rippling girlish laugh would break faintly on the deep silence of the sleeping house like the soft trilling of a flageolet. The Fat and the Thin
Bedlam is not pleasant to one's ears; yet to see the staid mountain herdsmen, attired in plumes, petticoats, epaulets, and goggles, blowing mightily with puffed-out lips on bamboo flageolets, is worth a long journey. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
A fastidious critic has found fault with Brown's flageolet. Guy Mannering — Complete
"And why does she have every fellow in the room dangling after her, then?" asked the player on the flageolet. Agatha Webb
But at the sight of his flageolet there were exclamations and questions. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
Ned Brown had his flageolet, and another boy had a drum. Two Festivals
It is melancholy enough in this room, but no words can describe its melancholy on a flageolet played by a shepherd in the mist. The Untilled Field
He ran his fingers up and down, tried flageolets, and slashed chords across the strings. Maurice Guest
Kabba Rega now took leave, and retired as he had before arrived, with drums, whistles, horns, flageolets, making a horrid din . Ismailia
It seemed to me they would never let him stop playing that flageolet and I was desperately drowsy. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
They have also the guitar, the flageolet, the aeolian flute, a bamboo in which holes are cut, which produce musical sounds when acted upon by the wind, and both metallic and wooden gongs. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
Where Rhenus strays his vines among, The egg was laid from which he sprung, And though by nature mute, Or only with a whistle blessed, Well-taught, he all the sounds expressed Of flageolet or flute. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4
He took his flageolet from his pocket, and played a simple melody. Guy Mannering
Their band consisted of two iron bells, a flageolet and an instrument made of hard wood that was arranged like the musical glasses of Europe. Ismailia
He found us in the triclinium, Nebris lying on the sofa with me, and playing a dismal tune on her flageolet, Doris on the other sofa laughing at us. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
The tones become more fluty and plaintive; they are now those of a flageolet, and notwithstanding the utter impossibility of the thing, one is for the moment convinced that somebody is playing that instrument. The Naturalist on the River Amazons
But I wanted to ask about buying you a flageolet. Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion
Yesternight, Brown came as usual, and his flageolet on the lake announced his approach. Guy Mannering
At the hour of his exit from his house, a band of fifes or flageolets struck up a peculiar air which was well known as the signal for preparing to pay for the king's visit. Ismailia
The second night we again camped in the woods; the third we spent at a farmhouse, thanks to Agathemer's flageolet. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
With them they brought hautboys and fiddles, big and little, and flageolets and drums and horns, and this and that to make music with. Twilight Land
It would have been awkward to have brought up the flageolet in the tea-tray and she could not have well gone down again on purpose to fetch it. Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion
The band consisted of a fiddle, a clarionet, and a flageolet from the Blind Asylum. Facino Cane
The moment after he laid down his flageolet with an expression of surprise. The Black Robe
At a word and a sign from the host he laid aside his bone and drew from under his green silk khalat a small wind-instrument resembling a flute or flageolet. Russia
About midnight she was awakened by the music of a band composed of a clarinet, hautboy, flute, cornet a piston, trombone, bassoon, flageolet, and triangle. Ursula
It was not there, sure enough; and tripping down stairs, she came up in a minute, with the tea-pot in one hand, and the flageolet in the other, balanced so sweetly and gracefully. Liber Amoris, or, the New Pygmalion
The fiddle and the flageolet were neither of them interesting; their faces were of the ordinary type among the blind—earnest, attentive, and grave. Facino Cane
The poor boy was playing the air of a French vaudeville on a pipe or flageolet. The Black Robe
"Come, strike up, Daddy Canard!" added the flageolet, and the three began to play. Facino Cane
He laid down his flageolet and bowed to Stella. The Black Robe
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