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He was the palpable reality that clothed the revolutionary rhapsodies in flesh and blood, America’s one and only indispensable character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
So far, it ran to minute descriptions of the lush furnishings of Sherry’s house, rhapsodies over Sherry’s exquisite clothes, and course-by-course accounts of fabulous meals consumed by the heroine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
The House had then decided never again to allow itself to become inflamed by the mere rant and rhapsody of a meddling fanatic” and had argued “that the subject would never be stirred again.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
An artist’s new series of collaged works are a rhapsody in blue. Datebook: Contemporary African video, riffs on the color blue, a pop surrealist's new show 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z
The Paganini rhapsody, originally conceived as a ballet, is not a rhapsody in any Lisztian sense, but another set of variations, this time on the ubiquitous tune of Paganini’s 24th solo violin caprice. CD reviews: Trifonov channels Rachmaninoff, Young’s Bruckner 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z
You can scan through Spike Japan for the spectacular snaps, but you'll likely soon be snared by the stories, too; the rhapsodies about decaying infrastructure. Rust lust: Richard Hendy's ode to a decaying Japan | Chris Michael 2010-03-19T09:34:00Z
Pain rarely seemed so proud, or hurt so regal, as in Cotillard's rendition of the melancholic rhapsody "My Husband Makes Movies." 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z
That led to the 19th and last of Liszt’s Hungarian rhapsodies. In Vadym Kholodenko, talent and tragedy mix 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z
It’s a visual rhapsody in pink, composed in an instant. Review | In the galleries: Photos capture a fleeting moment, leave an indelible impression 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z
His rhapsodies about the meaning of life and the meaning of beer are stirring. If Tea Isn’t Your Cuppa, How About Beer, Wine or Coffee? 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z
How rare is it to discover a documentary about disability that scorns “differently abled” euphemisms and rhapsodies of inner beauty? | 'NoBody?s Perfect': The Devastating Legacy of Thalidomide 2010-04-16T00:54:00Z
The quintet already shows the beginnings of Sibelius’s mature style, the folky harmonies and sometimes bewildering rhythmic ambiguity, the sense of careening from chaos to rhapsody. Hearing the Mystery in Sibelius 2011-08-15T21:18:14Z
This rhapsody on dawn as seen from space is delivered by Marq shortly after he is forcibly separated from his lover Rat Korga, a former slave and the sole survivor of a war-torn planet. In Praise of Samuel R. Delany 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z
The stage at the New Ohio Theater is a rhapsody in white, with billowing, diaphanous curtains and small columns on which cunning little bibelots are perched. Theater Review: ‘Seagull (Thinking of You),’ at New Ohio Theater 2013-01-16T22:35:06Z
Daly designed the rooms specifically to evoke a sensation of being within a musical—an appropriately lyrical gesture for a place that celebrates harmony, rhapsody, and the spark of creation. UCLA’s Music Center debuts two pavilions by Kevin Daly Architects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z
Its blueprint-like first records, extending from bebop and Ellingtonian rhapsodies, swinging and atmospheric and mysterious and noisy, were made 60 years ago. Review: The Vision Festival Gives Experimental Jazz a Big Hug 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z
Each concert has its own arc and character, balancing deep rhapsody against thorny dissonance. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z
At some point in the swelling rhapsody around Harriet Tubman’s remarkable life, it is easy to wonder, with perhaps a bit of guilt, where Tubman’s heroism ends and tall tales begin. Harriet Tubman’s Path to Freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z
Her book is an ingenious and captivating way to spotlight the kaleidoscopic rhapsody of America’s spirit. ‘American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building’ 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z
Both of these books make you want to run to a perfume counter and test your impressions against the authors’ romantic rhapsodies. Books of Style: Two Books on Perfume ? Review 2011-11-16T17:06:02Z
Clothes can send Sophie into a rhapsody like nothing else does. ‘Breathless’ Review: Shopping Soothes an Anxious Mind 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z
It’s really a kind of rhapsody, my perhaps rather foolish praise of the medium. | Q&A: Q&A With Brian Clarke, Stained Glass Artist 2013-01-17T00:23:56Z
The longer Ms. Metcalf goes on — in a tremulous rhapsody of disbelief, want and shame — the nearer she drew my face to the laptop screen. The Best Performances of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z
Read his latest for the avian rhapsodies and nuanced climate politics, but also because there’s more to any good argument than can easily be summarized on social media. Review | Jonathan Franzen has some baggage. Does his latest essay collection rise above it? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z
Located high up in a postwar Upper East Side building, the apartment is a rhapsody of modern furnishings, neutral fabrics, and warm finishes. Essie Weingarten's Sleek Manhattan Apartment 2014-02-13T05:00:00Z
A worm plays Hungarian rhapsodies on the zither. How Raymond Roussel Put the Impossible on the Page 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z
He played a Piazzolla solo in which you just felt hints of tango threading through the rhapsody: descending pizzicati were contrasted with marvelously mellow tone in legato, and the pauses between phrases were exquisite. Dance Review: ?Tango y Vida? at Chase Latino Cultural Festival 2010-08-02T22:00:00Z
As a child in Georgia, Khatia Buniatishvili, 30, was told that music like this Brahms rhapsody was for men, not women. Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z
Then he was back to the business of rhapsody, one graceful inflection at a time. Music Review: Fred Hersch Trio, Live and Recorded, at the Village Vanguard 2012-02-08T22:51:48Z
By now we are familiar enough with the magnitude of the changes in all the spheres of our existence to move beyond the futuristic rhapsodies that characterize much of the literature on the subject. Among the Disrupted 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z
And just occasionally the rhapsody of color and sharp geometric pattern combined to create enchantment. Special Report: Fashion: A Fresh Breeze of Change 2011-03-02T19:46:33Z
The rhapsody sounded at once glib and inflated. Review: Lang Lang Opens Carnegie Season With a Gershwin Gimmick 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z
The composer's orchestral rhapsody can sometimes seem a shapeless piece: not here. Prom 32: EUYO/Bamert 2010-08-10T11:11:00Z
More practically, it works as an expressive emblem to go along with Mason Sr.’s absences, his careless parenting, on-and-off facial hair and earnest bohemian rhapsodies. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z
But while it revels in Coplandesque rhapsody, its rhythms remain subtly unsettled, and the country fair ambience of its upbeat moments has infectious appeal. Music Review: Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance 2012-06-15T22:14:58Z
His tiny output overflows with tender rhapsody, each song wistful and airborne like a fluttering kite. BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z
The rhapsody, played here with a cadenza by Rachmaninoff, concluded Ms. Paik’s recital on Wednesday evening at Mannes College the New School for Music, part of the college’s lively International Keyboard Institute and Festival. Music Review: HaeSun Paik and Michail Lifits at Mannes Concert Hall 2010-07-30T22:28:00Z
There was rhapsody in these musical seductions — and the calculation that the way to theater lovers’ hearts was through their cast albums. Perspective | The Tonys brought back the fanfare, but Broadway still faces many challenges 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z
It's a brilliant coup, complete with Spanish habanera, glittering splashes of coloratura and ironic vocal rhapsody. Glyndebourne 2012: A musical guide to the Ravel opera double bill 2012-08-16T11:05:51Z
And though the duo’s plush sonorities, legato line and sense of rhapsody — often at luxurious tempos — suggested music written several generations after Beethoven, the performances never tumbled into ham-handed overstatement. Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax, partners in sublime 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z
Gradually, almost imperceptibly, the arrangement for full orchestra builds to a lush Romantic rhapsody as the piece, essentially a six-part fugue, all but bursts its bounds. Review: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Shines in Simplicity 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z
The book slips into this weird rhapsody where Voss starts to lose his mind in the desert. Q&A with Washington native Amanda Coplin, author of 'The Orchardist' 2012-08-20T00:07:04Z
After the slightest bit of burr to his top notes early on, they were pure and ringing by the end, and his “Una furtiva lagrima” began conversationally before breaking into golden rhapsody. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z
And it is only in this definitive volume that even Ginsberg has finally published his Many Loves, which the dust jacket primly describes as "an erotic rhapsody" hitherto withheld "for reasons of prudence and modesty." Allen Ginsberg interview: From the archive, 24 April 1985 2013-04-24T06:30:00Z
Julian Crouch’s Skid Row set — in which sooty door stoops frame the dingy shop of the title — is an urban-legend rhapsody in grime, lighted to chill by Bradley King. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z
The show became famous for the way McShane’s character cut Shakespearean rhapsodies with frequent and emphatic use of profanity. Please let the HBO “Deadwood” movie rumors be true 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z
The writer dresses up the events in her life with shifts in point of view, lyrical fragments, nonlinear storytelling, parodies, rhapsodies and a brocade of description. Pretending to Play the Violin 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
In a city where the heavy traditional cuisine of cotoletta and saffron risotto doesn’t inspire the rhapsodies of other Italian regional cooking, this is how seafood becomes the surprising champion of an inland food scene. In Landlocked Milan, Try the Fish 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z
Between poetic rhapsodies the album’s concise rock songs gleam. New Music: New Albums from Patti Smith, Ravi Coltrane and Neneh Cherry 2012-06-18T21:55:59Z
Among them was TimKelly's rhapsody to Adams' absurdist prose style: For me, it's Adams' writing style, and ability to make something so ridiculous kind of make logical sense, that makes him such a good author. Where are all the right-wing comedians when you need them? 2013-03-12T15:03:25Z
This music isn’t a treatise; it is a rhapsody in the best sense, in that each musical vignette is full of heart and intimate understanding of the joys and pains of Black humanity. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z
Only Tennessee Williams, an early influence, summons a cultural past with such a plangent mix of rhapsody and disgust. Review: ‘He Brought Her Heart Back,’ Adrienne Kennedy’s Beautiful Nightmare 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z
They love him, he loves their love for him, and each pushes the other to ever greater heights of rhapsody. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Quixote,? Pirouetting at Windmills 2010-05-31T22:37:00Z
The concerts over the weekend included, mercifully one at a time, Concerto No. 1 on Thursday, the rhapsody on Friday and the super popular Concerto No. 2 on Saturday and Sunday. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z
The rhapsody continues: “Every moment of that week was a revelation and a blessing.” Review | Prince Harry’s audiobook is worth a listen, even if you’re sick of him 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z
We will sing our rhapsodies to “heaven and nature” and the Lord’s coming. Opinion | Peace on earth, but not just for some 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z
When she’s out there onstage, framed in azure light and singing with deep passion and total commitment, she really is a rhapsody in blue. Perspective | Lea Michele is just the gleeful diva this ‘Funny Girl’ needed 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z
As a TV star, Yair Lapid's weekly commentary was entitled "Being Israeli" - a rhapsody about the middle-class, politically centrist ranks that he saw holding together a fractious country, with him as their tribune. Elon Musk's child seeks name change to sever ties with father 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z
As a TV star, Yair Lapid's weekly commentary was entitled "Being Israeli" - a rhapsody about the middle-class, politically centrist ranks that he saw holding together a fractious country, with him as their tribune. Russian Nobel Peace laureate Muratov sells medal for $104 mln to aid Ukraine children 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z
He brought fiery passion to a Brahms rhapsody. Appreciation: Remembering the incomparable pianist Radu Lupu and his legacy of brilliant work 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z
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She chopped her own firewood, took pleasure in renovating the farmhouse, and posted frequent rhapsodies to the area on Instagram, with images of wild lilies, lighthouses and the Oldest Shoe Store in America. Kari Howard, Times editor who championed narrative writing, dead at 59 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z
The filmmaker, who died in April 2019 at 51, understood the power and rhapsody of self-invention, and how important it was to have witnesses. John Singleton saw a tenderness in Black L.A. that the world refused to look at 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z
As we ate, Mike launched into a rhapsody about the stardom orthotropics was bringing him. How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z
But rather than offer misty-eyed rhapsodies to the good old days, Farrell seems most enlivened with ideas about how to fight for a better future. Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction: 'I consider myself a late bloomer' 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z
As a cardplayer, Kijek was a scratch, a legend at gin but even more partial to “pitch,” the working man’s rhapsody of high, low, jack and game. Requiem for a milkman - Golf Digest 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z
As in those books, there are no rhapsodies in Surfacing. Climate and crisis: what survives 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z
Upon the pretense of writing a popular novel for us, you have been receiving cash advances from us, while passing through our press the sheets of a blasphemous rhapsody. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z
Part rhapsody, part elegy, the book memorializes neighborhood legends, and, even as it impishly indulges nostalgic romance, it never forgets, or forgives, the violence that threatens these young lives. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z
The sequences weren't exactly Brahms rhapsodies; each was just 12 notes long. This physicist is trying to make sense of the brain’s tangled networks 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z
In The Electrician, from Nite Flights, a torturer’s nightmare is temporarily transported to a soaring orchestral rhapsody with Latin overtones, before returning inexorably to the horror of the penal chamber. From the sun lounger to the electric chair: Scott Walker's experimental genius 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z
And on Sunday, she made “Fly Me to the Moon” sound as weird and funny as it ever has, less an earthly lover’s rhapsody than an extraterrestrial’s plea to return home. Review: In Las Vegas, Lady Gaga solves the problem of 'A Star Is Born' 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z
Appeared in the December 11, 2018, print edition as '‘bohemian rhapsody’ smashes records.' Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Smashes Streaming Records 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z
A sub-Whitman rhapsody of no particular poetic merit, the work had a smallish effect in its time. What Can We Learn from Utopians of the Past? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z
The shop is a rhapsody to nursery food. Baking Sweets From Childhood Tales 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z
It opens with a rhapsody, a dappled evocation of summer as experienced by three quicksilver twelve-year-olds given the run of an ancient patch of forest near the small town of Knocknaree: Tana French’s Intimate Crime Fiction 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z
Telling Detail A rhapsody he wrote for his nephew Francis Ford Coppola plays with the director’s initials as melodic notes, F-F-C, and integrates themes from “The Godfather.” Anton Coppola, a Maestro With Many Encores 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z
Viewers who tuned in hoping for an updated "Upstairs, Downstairs," or just the sight of Maggie Smith, were soon talking up the show with as much hyperbolic rhapsody as any "Mad Men" fan or Gleek. 'Downton Abbey' did more to push TV into a new golden age than any other show 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z
But no one is more in rhapsody over the manliness of the mission than Inarritu. Review: Savagery and virtuosity mingle in ‘The Revenant’ 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z
The controversy is an unexpected twist to the rhapsody of two years ago. Berkeley's big math problem: professor's fight to keep job triggers campus uproar 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z
It was a laugh of resignation, an acceptance that sometimes sports drives you toward rhapsody — and then veers off into misery. The two sides of Kirk Cousins produce the oddest reactions 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z
The anonymous comments following an article I wrote for the Daily Telegraph marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz are a rhapsody of anti-Semitic tropes. Living with the J-word 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z
But when the boys said he looked great, Ifthekar would reply with rhapsodies about his deep feelings for the brothers. On the Trail of Britain's Homegrown Jihadis
Selling that image takes more than cheery messaging; it also requires the elimination of anything that may harm what often is a fragile narrative, based more on admiring rhapsodies than documented, historical facts. Should the Federal Government Be in the Business of Policing History? 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z
The iguanas lay on the ground as if they were dead, a rhapsody of corpses dotting the landscape like musical notation. The Iguana in the Bathtub 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z
Last week, Mr. Dixon said he was preparing to dash down to Gatlinburg to spend the holiday weekend with his family, and he launched right into a rhapsody about the charms of the Smoky Mountains. For Head of New York Tourism, 55 Million Visitors Isn’t Enough 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z
My conclusion to two days' exposure to the exhilarating possibilities of the Internet of Things is that it's too huge to grasp and too easy to get carried away into a sci-fi rhapsody. The wireless connections that may transform our lives 2013-07-16T23:10:07Z
In the Hungarian rhapsodies, the majority of which begin in a mosque, and end in a tavern, are the extremes of his system. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
His prayer to Christ for poverty is a curiously earnest rhapsody. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z
The point is that in all Browning's rhapsody there is nowhere a hint of any break between the lower and the higher nature of man, or between the human and the celestial character. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z
In the midst of his rhapsody he was seized by a fit of violent coughing, and I saw the same danger signal in his cheeks which had preceded the break-down in his senior year. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z
With what success it achieved its task may be learned from reading the meditations in Job and the Psalms, and from the lofty rhapsodies of Isaiah and Malachi. Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood 2012-04-13T02:00:19.530Z
Saint-Sa�ns sets great store on Liszt's original compositions, and I am sure when the empty operatic paraphrases and rhapsodies are forgotten the true Liszt will shine the brighter. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
Jules' letter was full of rhapsodies, of promises to be kind to the girl who had consented to be his wife, and of his plans for the future. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z
In a few years we shall have come so much closer to the mysteries over which the poets bungled helplessly, that we can afford to forget their rhapsodies. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z
And this place—I must freely admit that Wyn, prone as she is to rhapsody, has not overdone it in describing the Combe. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z
His talk soon flows into a kind of monologue, and is indeed a curious rhapsody of religion, sentimentality, shrewdness and egotism. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z
One Chopin Mazurka contains more music than all of the rhapsodies, which I firmly contend are but overdressed pretenders to Magyar blood. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
It is not to their understanding that these rhapsodies are addressed, but to their will and their passions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
If another example of Swinburne's abstraction from human interest were desired, one might take that rhapsody of the wind-beaten waters and "land that is lonelier than ruin," called By the North Sea. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z
How noble were his rhapsodies on the beauty of the mind! An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z
Then again in a moment comes up a shrewd meaning very distinctly expressed, and with a dash of humor and sarcasm gleaming fantastically amid the scriptural allusions and the rhapsody of unctuous words. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z
His playing of Liszt's second rhapsody produces an electric shock; and once heard from him La Campanella remains in the memory an ineffaceable tone poem. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
This reads very like rhapsody, but it is the way the place impressed me. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z
The more remarkable of these rhapsodies were noted down, and reserved for the inspection of Hung-sui-tshuen. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z
They must therefore have been, as Bentley had said, “a sequel of songs and rhapsodies,” “loose songs not collected together in the form of an epic poem till about 500 years after.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
Well, if the public like his rhapsodies The day of tragic-comedy is past. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z
The sinister fury, the mocking, drastic fury of his first rhapsodies—true soul-tragedies—how they unearthed the core of pessimism in our age. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
It is not worth while to delay over Balaam’s rhapsodies, except to note their extreme inaccuracy. The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny 2012-03-14T02:00:26.310Z
If he did—But I am straying away from the lights and shadows of this magic morning, which are far more delightful than the arcadian rhapsodies of Sannazzaro and of Bembo. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z
All friends of Ireland, native and alien, should stop ranting about "flowers," "gems," "Emerald Isles," "Tara's Halls," "St. Patrick," and such rhapsodies, and come down to the things of time and sense. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z
Some day--” The rhapsody of Fireman Fogg was cut short by the arrival of the schedule minute for getting up steam on the Overland racer. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z
How that can be, having regard to the existence of Ely and the rhapsodies that are penned concerning its Decorated portion, it is not for me to say. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z
How it is that editors are so complacent in printing these rhapsodies, which, truth to tell, are sometimes very like each other, no one knows; but there it is. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 2012-02-21T03:00:19.417Z
I do not propose to add one more to the countless unscholarly rhapsodies which have been produced by visitors to Pompeii. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z
The modest were overwhelmed by flights of astounding rhapsody; the patriotic silenced by brazen lies; the uncertain routed by bewildering irony. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z
Nay, after all, what are to him the charms that inspire his rhapsody of words—the things that princes add for state and magnificence! Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z
And here rhapsody must cease at the command of candour. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z
Superstition and science, rascality and rhapsody, efficiency and squalor, graft and honor, all mixed and mingled—this is Panama. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z
You may say that it is mere poetical rhapsody when Shelley writes: "The awful shadow of some unseen power, Floats, though unseen, among us." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
They have wrestled with rhapsody and prophecy, with visions and dreams, with illusions and delusions, with myths and miracles, with the blunders of ignorance, the ravings of insanity and the ecstasy of hysterics. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z
The poet therefore breaks out into the following animated and pathetic strains, which, it has been said, will bear a comparison with Mr. Burke's celebrated rhapsody on the unfortunate Queen of France. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z
The most inspired recent deployment of smell that I recall was in David Cromer’s production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” in which fresh coffee and bacon conjured the small rhapsodies of everyday life. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Nosing Around 2012-02-09T14:00:35Z
Sometimes I am overwhelmed with the pitifulness of this absurd want of reciprocity between Italy itself and all my rhapsodies about it. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z
Don't think from this rhapsody that I am undergoing a fit of pietistic exaltation. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
A little impartial investigation will satisfy any unprejudiced mind that this poetic rhapsody has not the most remote allusion to the closing events in the life of Christ, and was not intended to have. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z
They are to be regarded rather as philosophical rhapsodies than as purely didactic poems, like either the 'Works and Days' of Hesiod or the writings of the Alexandrine School. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z
The party included Lettie's host and hostess, and also a Scottish poetess, and an Irish musician, composer of songs and pianoforte rhapsodies. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z
Can we doubt that the laughter with which his earlier rhapsodies were received in company of this sort blew away the fantastic cobwebs from Cervantes’ brain? Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z
These are all the shreds that remain of this glorious rhapsody. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z
His rhapsodies over Mary Garden, as colorful in style as the glass above the window, I soon dropped and picked indifferently among the novels that remained. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z
There is a bottom of truth in Carlyle’s wildest rhapsodies.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z
I am almost ashamed to translate into this level English, the sublime rhapsody with which the worthy Sheikh Ibrahim introduced the simple story about to be repeated. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z
It is now with you no time for poetry, for rhapsody, or for jest. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z
The rhapsody of description was interrupted by the incursion of Willie. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z
When you saw her and became infatuated about her I listened to your rhapsodies in silence because I couldn't endorse your opinion that she was an angel. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z
Each was pretty well satisfied with her own rhapsody till she heard the seven or nine others read. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z
Liszt seemed to revel in rhapsodies; while the alliteration, "Schubert's Songs," comes uppermost in spite of our knowledge that he wrote some eleven hundred other compositions. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z
He was somewhat abruptly interrupted by the Legates in the middle of his rhapsody. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z
When she had thus appeased his wrath he changed his tune to a rhapsody. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z
I have just been reading in the volume by Richard Jefferies called the "Life of the Fields" a wonderful rhapsody, "The Pageant of Summer." The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z
"Come hounds," said Michael, interrupting this rhapsody, "open the door, Bat." Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z
“I wrote, and the critics denounced me as a mischievous visionary, and my friends said that I had mistaken my vocation, that my poetry was mere rhapsody of words....” The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z
Adeline answered this rhapsody by a look of astonishment only—being silent from disgust and consternation,—while involuntarily she quickened her pace, as if wishing to avoid him. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z
This of which we have been speaking is, be it remembered, no rhapsody of the imagination. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
The eighteenth century—that century of rhapsody, of broken ideals and transitory happiness—only sang itself out in the music of Beethoven and Rossini. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z
Or the following rhapsody about health: What a religious ecstasy is health! Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z
An untimely jest, A thing made up of rhapsodies and sighs, And unordained on earth, and in the skies, And undesired in tumult and in rest. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z
But the Coens' visual rhapsodies focus on the ominous grace of a black ball rolling down a lane toward its seismic demolition of 10 pacifist pins. If You Build It, They Will Come: The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies 2011-09-23T18:15:59Z
Don't you think I'd better 'astonish the natives,' by writing a poetical rhapsody, nicknamed 'Twilight Reverie,' or some other silly, inappropriate thing, and sending it to the 'Offering?' Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z
The orchestral rhapsody "Espa�a," constructed upon Spanish melodies, brimful of entrain and scored with a wonderful lightness of touch, has largely contributed to popularise the name of Chabrier in the concert room. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z
He did so without a hint of rhapsody, but in a sort of solemn exaltation. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
Do you remember Thackeray's account in the Roundabout Papers of Macaulay's rhapsody in the Athenæum Club? Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z
Even Lady Sarah smiled approval, but the exclamations of the other onlookers were feeble, as compared with Mildred’s ecstatic rhapsodies. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z
But their rhapsodies came to an abrupt end as Lillie Bell suddenly spied the Lake from one of the windows. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z
Then changing this rhapsody—"Listen, listen, valkyrie!" he cried in a hoarse voice, and pointing his finger with great solemnity. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z
Is there any other distinction between the nights of the rhapsodist and those of genius, than that genius illumines reality and rhapsody obscures it? A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z
He had no mind for fished-up authors, nor did he ever indulge in swaggering rhapsodies over second-rate poets. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z
It was not easy to continue the rhapsodies in which they had indulged all the way from the station in the presence of one who had, so evidently, found the day long and uninteresting. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z
She bestowed what is commonly called “a piece of her mind” upon her lover, and concluded her rhapsody by informing him that from henceforth “we meet no more.” John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z
But ever and anon he amused himself with wildly extravagant rhapsodies, as well as by devoting his gaolers to the infernal deities, as also the heads of any Church running counter to his sectarian prejudices. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z
This is something of a rhapsody, perhaps; and let it be so. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z
When a fellow begins to rhapsody over eyes like a deep blue lake, it's a good sign he's cast his anchor right there. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z
The glass case was opened, little heart-shaped trays and boxes brought forth, and such rhapsodies indulged in concerning silver-backed mirrors that the assistant felt certain of a sale. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z
"But," said Chevillere, involuntarily interested by this wild rhapsody, "a tender, conscience-instructed reason, and christianized impulses, make an honest and a discerning man, too." The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z
She had been surprised in the midst of a rhapsody—taken off her guard. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z
He had been overheard, then, in his half-mad rhapsody to Rowan and himself. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z
It has laws—ceremonial, moral, civil, criminal—mingled with rhapsodies, exhortations, addresses, and various digressions. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z
After these rhapsodies had continued for several moments Lady Sarah’s face began to assume an expression of curiosity, and she glanced out of the window from time to time, as if mentally considering some question. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z
A knavish speech sleeps not so surely in a foolish ear, as a passionate rhapsody in one that is indifferent. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z
The initial h is often silent, as in hour, herbage, huge, honest, honor, humor; also, after r, rhomboid, rheum, rhyme, myrrh, ghost, aghast, catarrh, rhubarb, catarrhal, rheumatic, dishabille, rhapsody, posthumous, hemorrhage, &c. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z
"Why, you must be a poet!" said the Illinoisan, when his companion had concluded the rhapsody. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z
Professor Browne65 says: "The countless tablets are for the most part rhapsodies interspersed with ethical maxims." Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z
This afternoon, however, Mardie’s eyes were not so serene as usual, and her face clouded over in a noticeable manner as she listened to Mildred’s rhapsodies. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z
The rebuke was smothered in a rhapsody by madame. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z
He noted, and with satisfaction, that she treated him to no more love rhapsodies that night; did not voluntarily name Roy in the ensuing dialogue. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z
Although Columbus permitted his grave countenance slightly to relax at this rhapsody, he did not the less deem it prudent to rebuke the spirit in which it was uttered. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
On publication of the rhapsody, a great outcry in the name of "injured innocence" was raised.... H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z
She listened with a little lonely feeling to his rhapsodies about another girl, and when it was over she made no attempt to recall him. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z
Save me these rhapsodies, friend," returned the captain; "those heavenly qualities to which you direct my lover-like regards, but whet my appetite like that of the ravening wolf. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z
There are some eyes which would still pierce into truths muffled in jargon and rhapsody, and dwell on the images of realities in the delirious dreams of the learned. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
Brother to pitiable wanderers, there are, nevertheless, no traces of cant, no "Russian pity" à la Dostoiëvsky, no humanitarian or socialistic rhapsodies in his work. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z
The result is that, after indulging himself to the full in eloquent rhapsody, he encounters, upon a more intimate acquaintance, mortifying disillusionment. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z
The sage reader must not begrudge me these innocent little rhapsodies. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z
We sometimes give our friends, quite innocently, such terrible knocks in our rhapsodies! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z
The third book contains the meditations and rhapsodies of Zarathustra now dwelling wholly apart from men, his mind solely occupied with thought about the Eternal Return of the Present. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z
Critics, as is well known, have censured Lord Macaulay for his indiscriminate adoption of the vulgar and often malignant rhapsodies sung in the streets of London. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z
The whole of that subtle and eloquent rhapsody is about the best commentary attainable on Blake’s mystical writings and designs. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z
Never sounded rhapsody sweeter in the ears of an author. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z
Their language is the language of one who is saturated with Biblical models, and the solemn, if tedious, rhapsodies of Ossian, for whom Blake had a strange admiration. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z
From the feelings, as a fact, this great rhapsody flows, and to the feelings it makes its appeal; its extreme fascination must be lost upon those who only know how to “listen to reason.” Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z
The rhapsodies were fairly bewildering, yet very pleasant to the young father and mother. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z
The influence of Renan is manifest through the whole of this rhapsody, which is unique among the writings of its author. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z
It was Mrs Girdwood who made these remarks, entering the room at the conclusion of her daughter’s rhapsody. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z
The braggart captains of the old English theatre have much greater merit than the utterers of these nonsensical rhapsodies of the French stage. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z
In the midst of his rhapsody he was interrupted by the venerable Wordsworth, who begged permission to ask a question. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z
These journalistic rhapsodies had incited Arthur Capriani to arrange a similar race with brilliant accessories, music, torchlight, and a large assemblage of young dandies, and ladies of every description. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z
To be introduced to a Being was something, but to be introduced to a Being who was also a poet, and the very poet whose rhapsodies were her last and favourite idolatry! The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z
She had a way of cutting off my rhapsodies like that. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z
I found the opportunity for which I had been looking during his impassioned rhapsody. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z
Like Shelley, Hunt had so great an inclination to sentimentalize and idealize friendship that sometimes after the first brief rhapsody of fresh acquaintance he suffered bitter disillusionment. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z
I know not in what wild rhapsody my emotions found utterance. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z
In spite of all our pantheistic rhapsodies, man is the noblest of natural productions, and the worthiest subject for the highest and holiest of poetic raptures. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z
The rhapsodies of spiritual pantheism must, indeed, be met by metaphysics equally transcendental. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z
She listened dubiously to rhapsodies by one of her cousins on the immense spiritual value of the Vedas. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z
Fitz entered in the midst of a rhapsody played divinely; and with an unconcerned air he went straight up to the piano, and, with Napoleonic effrontery, placed his elbow across the music. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z
The sunset burnt behind the willows—a fiery rhapsody of crimson and orange. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z
It's like a school-girl's diary—all those rhapsodies over volcanoes, palm trees, and the colour of the Spanish Main. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z
It would have required a more acute critic than Maurice Scanlan to have detected the spirit in which this rhapsody was uttered. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z
To-day these rhapsodies could be multiplied indefinitely through the printing press, and thus diffused among the evil-minded people, ever but too prone to rebellion against the pontifical and royal authorities. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z
Impetuous Miss Morgan had gone off in a rhapsody over the great enthusiastic theme of Tom’s mind, and he was truly delighted. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
"No; but the most celestial of all innocents," cried Pierre, in a rhapsody of delight. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
At times, he would be thoughtful and morose, and then would suddenly break out into enthusiastic rhapsodies. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z
A mild snore seemed to echo the last word of Abel's rhapsody, for Brother Moses had succumbed to mundane slumber and sat nodding like a massive ghost. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z
These rhapsodies are stamped with the race hatred borne by the Gauls towards the Franks, the conquered towards the conquerors, the serf towards the seigneur, the subject towards the Crown and the Church. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z
The piper that led them back began to play some old Irish rhapsodies having that wonderful blending of joy and grief which makes these airs so haunting. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
She burst out into a rhapsody of hallelujah and thanksgivings. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z
The difficulty in having to do with Linster attractions is to avoid rising into rhapsody. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z
Then—suddenly—into her rhapsody broke the astonishing, harsh clash and clatter of a hay-rake. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z
It is to be presumed that Kenihazy was equally in love with the melody and text of this sublime rhapsody; for he had sung it unceasingly for the last half-hour. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z
Nobody now reads the 'Botanic Garden' except either to laugh at its exquisite extravagances, or to wonder at the queer tinsel glitter of its occasional clever rhetorical rhapsodies. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z
A second visit, when we were seated downstairs, yielded the rhapsody in greens and other fresh vegetables, though perfection was elusive. New Jersey Dining | Gladstone: Where Vegetables Serve as More Than Sides 2010-02-27T00:55:00Z
Morphy is never betrayed into rhapsody, and what he felt he didn't speak. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion
Of anything even bordering upon affection his sordid soul was incapable: but to obtain his object he could assume its appearance, and he could employ the rhapsodies which at times pass for its language. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16
"Loveliest of women!" he began——But I will not follow him through his rhapsody. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7
Ah, tut, tut, tut! no rhapsodies, please, my sweet ingenuous Lubin. A Double Knot
The Cura delivered this rhapsody with extreme animation; his eye kindled, he spoke with a rapid and confused vehemence; and the stranger began to doubt the stability of his understanding. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico
He never indulges in long rhapsodies over sunsets and beautiful views, or in lengthy descriptions of any scenes whatever; but he has Thomas Hardy's power of making places absolutely real in a few vivid words. A Divided Heart and Other Stories
What have I done to deserve this diaphanous gloaming, this prolonged rhapsody rising about us? Woman
Yet quite apart from this, the native beauty of Cuba, as seen to our eyes to-day, abundantly justifies the rhapsodies in which he indulged in describing it. The History of Cuba, vol. 1
This rhapsody was interrupted by Mrs. Barker, whose artistic education had consisted in a course of free-hand drawing in a board school and a study of the colored plates issued by the Christmas magazines. The Gay Adventure A Romance
It was the very rhapsody of his intention to kneel beside her, murmuring huskily the little words of love. Sinister Street, vol. 2
The wind a wordless rhapsody Sings—and the shimm'ring air doth braid An aureole of filigree Round every disk with emerald laid. Poems of Emile Verhaeren
They were not much like love-letters on either side, particularly on hers, but Mr. Gilbert's were deeply and tenderly affectionate, better than all the rhapsodies ever written. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir
What Sir Horace believed, or did not believe, in the wild rhapsodies of the charlatan, is known only to himself. The Fortunes Of Glencore
Nothing could be more pleasant than the sound as he said a word or two now and again, encouraging Nina in her rhapsodies as to Lord George and all Lord George's family. Ayala's Angel
There! cease your rhapsodies, and get the broom. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins
In 1883 he composed the brilliant orchestral rhapsody entitled Espa�a, the themes of which he had jotted down when travelling in Spain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"
It was a clarion blast, not a dreaming rhapsody, that lay coiled up in the paper she held in her hand. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life
Why must I torment you with these rhapsodies? Lives of Celebrated Women
Our recent poets have availed themselves of these discoveries, as witness the eloquent rhapsodies about the stars by Bailey, A. Smith, and Bigg. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes
Carried away by the illusion of the moment, I burst into a rhapsody of proffered affection, while I vindicated myself against any imputation my intimacy with Miss Bellew might give rise to. Jack Hinton The Guardsman
He expired magnificently, the seventh rhapsody of Liszt serving as his bier. Bye-Ways
Once or twice she actually fell fast asleep among the rugs; but generally she lay in a dream, just conscious of the flow of Maurice's comments and rhapsodies. Carnival
A musical member came from the rear room to the piano near the long table to play a Liszt rhapsody. Ewing\\'s Lady
These, attracted by his rapturous exclamations, listened, from time to time, at his door, and were highly amused with the rhapsodies of the imprudent poet. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9
Her discourses were nothing else than a mere rhapsody of texts—vulgar dreams and vulgar interpretations.  The Religious Life of London
He burst out into some rhapsody of his delight, but checked himself as suddenly, when he saw that her face had assumed its former look of preoccupation. One Of Them
The proper preparation for appreciating the Apocalypse, it is said, is the study of other Hebrew rhapsodies, in particular Isaiah and Zechariah. The Bible Story
Sometimes the lady found a more acceptable lover, or became tired of the love rhapsodies of her troubadour. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)
"She walks not much abroad, you say, my friend?" said the latter, resuming the conversation which he had broken off to give utterance to the rhapsody which has just been quoted. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9
In a wild rhapsody of mingled passion and appeal she went on to show how Sir Roger insisted on presenting her everywhere as his wife. That Boy Of Norcott's
You with your rhapsodies over pink whipped cream! The Medici Boots
And now, in the wildest vein of rhapsody, Marat continued to pour forth a strange confused flood of savage invective. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier
Relations of comparison, of classification, serial order, value, also are stubborn, assign a definite place to the room, unli ke the incoherence of its places in the mere rhapsody of our successive thoughts. Essays in Radical Empiricism
There, succeeding the clamor of primal life, come the songs of shepherds, the footfall of apsaras, the murmur of rhapsodies, of kisses and harps. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern
A most fantastic rhapsody they had indeed heard, but it had been a spoken one, and the best strings of the piano had remained hanging snapped and silent during the performance. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions
No ideas can have less to recommend them than the hollow rhapsodies of the Pastorals, for they are at once obvious and absurd. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition
In a strain bombastic and turgid, but marked at times by flashes of real eloquence, he launched out into one of those rhapsodies which formed the staple of his popular addresses. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier
He repeated the words which I told him, and I declare even the sound of them seemed to be in danger of throwing him into another rhapsody. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
It is only now that men begin to appreciate that divine old man—to sympathize with the prophetical and poetical rhapsody of his ever-memorable words. Eureka: A Prose Poem
And yet it would be altogether false to attach to this epistle any associations such as are commonly connected with flights of imagination or the language of rhapsody. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition
Love is the sole passion which animates the actors in Spring, Summer, and Autumn; and the shepherd in Winter celebrates the departed Daphne in the same lover-like rhapsodies which prevail throughout the three preceding poems. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition
She is wise as the serpent, harmless as the dove—” I had to cut his rhapsodies short once more. The Red Symbol
Gwynne thanked him absently; then, while his guest, dismissing politics, indulged in domestic rhapsodies, relating several anecdotes the while he consumed another bag of peanuts, Gwynne's brain worked rapidly. Ancestors A Novel
As moment by moment flew by romance in their young breasts became a 233 sort of rhapsody that set every thought to wild music. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl
Much of his work and his belief in women must be regarded as the rhapsodies of a poet. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy
It is a curious compound of rhapsody and sound reason, of history and romance, of coarse realism and touching poetry, such as, even in France, few save Mr. Michelet could have produced. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
She entered upon less intimate matters, and soon, sweeping off into a rhapsody over the country–its attraction for Easterners, its grip on Westerners–she was chatting with a freedom typical of the country. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance
“Your eyes–” “My lord, my lord, you forget–” Buckingham turned indignantly at the voice which dared to interrupt him in the midst of his rhapsody. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time
It was one long rhapsody, and rhapsodies are apt to be a little tiresome to those other than the rhapsodists. The Deaves Affair
He wandered from country to country, withstanding polytheism to its face, and imparting wisdom in rhapsodies and hymns, the form, above all others, calculated most quickly in those times to spread knowledge abroad. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition
From a detection of Mr. Burke's incoherent rhapsodies, and distorted facts, they began an enquiry into the first principles of Government, whilst himself, like an object left far behind, became invisible and forgotten. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804
We identified them fully as the family of our beautiful singer, for we saw him feed them, then mount a projecting root and sing his perfect rhapsody, not fifteen feet from us. Upon The Tree-Tops
“Bless the giver!” she added, in a mood of rhapsody. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time
The trio was followed by violin solos, and lastly by a Liszt rhapsody, played by the Königs with warm feeling and sufficient technique. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day
But he had a rhapsody on Dawn all worked up that he wanted to run in, this week. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted
You may perhaps have thought my last three or four letters mere rhapsodies. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work
It is with Chopin valses and Liszt rhapsodies that a pianist plays an audience into a hall, but he should put on some stuff to play the audience out with. The So-called Human Race
His rhapsody was suddenly broken in upon by the approach of some one down the path. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time
Hazlitt was not a republican, and he disapproved of the Utopian rhapsodies of Shelley, woven as they seemed of mere moonshine, without applicability to the evils that demanded immediate reform. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature
Perhaps the secret of Dr. Ridgaway's success is that he has omitted those rhapsodies which are natural enough amid such scenes, but which we get our fill of without going to Palestine. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877
Dear Sir, pardon this rhapsody of, Sir, your, &c. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing
Yet there rang True music through his rhapsodies, as he sang Of brotherhood, and freedom, love and hope, With strong, wide sympathy which dared to cope With all life’s phases, and call nought unclean. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today
In his mystic latter-day rhapsodies it is the realist who sees, the realist who makes those poignant, image-breeding phrases. Ivory Apes and Peacocks
Henry V is really a dramatized epic, an almost lyric rhapsody cast in the form of dialogue. An Introduction to Shakespeare
This we know from their language, in which a Gospel Harmony, in alliterative metre, a fragmentary translation of the Psalms, and a heroic rhapsody called Hildubrant and Hathubrant have come down to us. The Ethnology of the British Islands
I tell you this, Lord Ancester—and it is no rhapsody; just bald truth—that if this day had never come about.... When Ghost Meets Ghost
To Mrs. Sitwell The special mood or occasion of unaccustomed bitterness which prompted this rhapsody has passed from memory beyond recall. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25)
I do not like these rhapsodies; honest men have no occasion to fall upon their knees to make known their requests. Maria Antoinette Makers of History
The absurd rhapsody has been worth preserving, for the sake of the masterly confutation: no uncommon result of Warburton’s literary labours! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
Thirdly, it has the character, to no small extent, not only of a rhapsody, but of a rhapsody of which the elements are heterogeneous. The Ethnology of the British Islands
Somerset, glass in hand, contemplated the strange fanatic before him, and listened to his heated rhapsody, with indescribable bewilderment. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25)
Resign the rhapsody, the dream, To men of larger reach; Be ours the quest of a plain theme, The piety of speech. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25)
But a master-player could produce a rhapsody, expressing to one who listened hope, love, desire, warning—everything. Wings of the Wind
Knowing no more of the story years ago than I gathered from a fine print of Correggio's picture, I wrote a rhapsody upon it, which I will show you some day. Records of Later Life
His subject was ‘God’s love,’ upon which he poured forth a mystical incomprehensible rhapsody, with extraordinary vehemence of manner and power of lungs. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III
But in music the line between mere statistical analysis and sentimental rhapsody must be drawn with exceeding care. Music: An Art and a Language
The nations all made carnival over the premature rumor and would not be denied their rhapsodies because the story was denied. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards
Reminds me of Monsieur's master musician playing a rhapsody in the dark, d'you remember? Wings of the Wind
She often now sat in the long evenings with Sibyl by her side, and listened without impatience to the child’s rhapsodies about her father. Daddy's Girl
It may be known under other names, of credit or discredit, as mysticism, ecstasy, rhapsody, demoniac possession, the divine afflatus, the gnosis, or, in its latest christening, 'cosmic consciousness.' Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development
George was ardent; he went into rhapsodies over the hat; he forgot to eat his most excellent lunch, and hardly took his eyes off June. The Phantom Lover
The knife of the Socialist is sheathed in vain; no rhapsody can overturn its impassioned teachings. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers."
"And it couldn't have been anything less than a master-player that got off that rhapsody to Jack last night!" Wings of the Wind
It wasn't always quite easy to listen to his rhapsodies about the girl he loved, but, after all, it meant that we were together, and that was a great deal to me. East of the Shadows
It is perhaps the very earliest example of that soft and sensuous feeling, that rhapsody of sensation which was presently to sweep like a flood over the art of Venice. The Venetian School of Painting
The shepherd allowed her rhapsodies to answer themselves. Jessica, the Heiress
And after that he drifted into a lover’s rhapsody of his own inferiority and unworthiness. The Law-Breakers
Your rhapsody, happy or not, will it not awaken the suspicions of De Chemerant? A Romance of the West Indies
In these lines the writings of the Provençal poets are principally alluded to, in which simplicity is generally sacrificed to the rhapsodies of romantic love. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir
Not a bit of sentiment or of speculative rhapsody there; but downright, cool common sense, with just a little bit of authority. Diana
The rich colors of the crags, the luxuriant foliage of the slopes, and the rhapsodies of guide books combine to give the Shanklin Chine a world-wide fame. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel
Is not this testimony for the soul's immortality worth as much as all the rhapsody written thereon, from Plato to Addison? Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
And then he clasped her to his honest heart in an ecstasy of love and went off into the most extravagant rhapsodies about his happiness. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend
Production of Harry Rowe Shelley's "Dance of Egyptian Maidens"; and H. H. Huss's rhapsody for the pianoforte and orchestra at the convention of the Music Teachers' National Association in New York City. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events
It almost seemed doubtful if she heard and understood all the simple girlishness in her niece’s rhapsody, so preoccupied she seemed with her own thoughts. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills
So nimble is the human mind that mingled with my rhapsodies of love was my need for information of George Prince.... Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930
He was still going strong on his second rhapsody when he was interrupted by another high-speed entrance. What's He Doing in There?
There was no rant, no rhapsody, no labor of the understanding, no straining of the voice, no confusion of the utterance. Patrick Henry
Liszt's rhapsody "Espagnole" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events
Such were the ideas of David Clark; and these ideas he poured forth in a long rhapsody, full of wild enthusiasm. Among the Brigands
The songs, the rhapsodies, the poems, the �sthetic ravings of mountain worshippers have a dionysian flavour which no other scenery can impart. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war
Meanwhile, Khalid’s rhapsodies on his way back to the city, we shall heed and try to echo. The Book of Khalid
True, he spoke of troublesome tribulations, but these were mainly dictionary distresses, felt most keenly in the rhapsody of literary composition. Ghetto Comedies
The jurist gave law, the poet sang songs, the prophet poured out his rhapsody, the patriot and martyr died for principle, and the roll of the heroes lengthened. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character
It was in the middle of David's rather incoherent rhapsody that these words burst upon his ears. Among the Brigands
Dry your eyes, my love, and we Both shall laugh with rhapsody, Hand in hand through all the days And the world's peculiar ways! Oklahoma Sunshine
I did not mean to end my letter in a rhapsody. The Book of Khalid
Indeed, this Barstein, whose mere ideal could so interrupt the rhapsodies due to her admissions of affection, was distinctly unsatisfactory. Ghetto Comedies
Silence sounds rhythmic to all, and attunes all minds to the strange message, the rhapsody of the universe. Wild Life on the Rockies
They had to rouse him from his rhapsody to ask the way at last. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker
O, the raptures and the rhapsodies that follow in their track! Oklahoma Sunshine
This, perhaps the last of the rhapsodies of Khalid’s, the Reader considering the circumstances under which it was written, will no doubt condone. The Book of Khalid
Her silent reception of his nationalist rhapsodies he had always taken for agreement. Ghetto Comedies
Now things have changed, and Glanvill's rhapsody comes nearer to the truth. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force
Another pause succeeded the rhapsody of Jack Roupall and then Springall inquired how it was that he could not open the strong room where the preacher had been left to his prayers. The Buccaneer A Tale
Through days of sunshine and of rain, Through nights of griefs and rhapsody, How I forget with high disdain How much the Lord is good to me! Oklahoma Sunshine
And was this fantastic, phantasmagoric rhapsody all inspired by Najma’s simple remark on his hair? The Book of Khalid
Napoleon himself, when a young soldier, had been delighted by those compositions, which had much in common with the rhapsodies of his favorite poet, Macpherson. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)
The potatoes, the bacon, and the coffee were handed down, and when they were placed upon the table, the effect called forth another rhapsody from Cyd. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives
Beside his divine chip-cherr the rhapsody of the wood thrush is a mere nothing, if she is to be the judge. Birds in the Bush
Mona leaped into a rhapsody on the wonderful child, who was just then filling the time of Anne, and at the same time filling the air with howlings, but returned speedily to her purpose. The Art of Disappearing
And this, we think, is the gist of Khalid’s rhapsody on flounces and ruffles. The Book of Khalid
Books written in the interest of the Territory indulge in rhapsodies over the fact that every man is his own rain-maker; and I admit that the arrangement has its advantages—to the cultivator. A Bird-Lover in the West
From The Mock Romance, a rhapsody attached to The Loves of Hero and Leander, published in London in the years 1653 and 1677. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
The rhapsody, although genuine enough, was not satisfying to the wife. Making People Happy
The absurd, high-flown conversational rhapsodies in the average Anglo-Indian novel are purely imaginary. India and the Indians
And from which we hope our Reader will infer that those outbursts and tears and rhapsodies of Khalid did mean somewhat. The Book of Khalid
While the stranger was pouring out his rhapsody, head thrown back, tail hanging straight down, and wings slightly drooped, I noticed a movement by the nest, and fixed my eyes upon that. A Bird-Lover in the West
The pompous hydraulic organ no longer thunders its "full-mouthed diapason," but the nightingales fill the long summer nights with their surges of wild rhapsodies. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)
Why, I looked to see thee invert thine incorporate satin in an airy rhapsody—upheld and kept unruffled by some fantastical twist of thine imagination. The Panchronicon
The grand example of rhapsody which covers the latter part of our Book of Isaiah can be represented in the present volume only by its prelude and one of its seven acts or 'visions.' Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
Beethoven's interviews with Bettine were not all wasted in rhapsodies of love. Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864
But the farmers he had in mind when he indulged in his memorable rhapsody upon the happiness of their lot were out for pleasure rather than profit. The Rural Life Problem of the United States Notes of an Irish Observer
It might have been a statue save that as the song of the improvisatrice, a rhapsody to Apollo, thrilled the air with passionate sweetness, it raised its perfect arms in invocation. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)
A bird sailed out from behind the daisies, passed over my head, and delivered the most bewitching rhapsody I had yet heard. Little Brothers of the Air
This rhapsody may be founded on an historic plague of locusts, but the notion is idealised into mystic forces of destruction. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
Thus I had heard a thousand things about Jerusalem before I ever saw it; I had heard rhapsodies and disparagements of every description. What I Saw in America
He does not spin out vague wordy platonic rhapsodies upon love-in-general. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
She was recalled from her state of rhapsody by the sound of pounding hoofs behind her. Penny of Top Hill Trail
After a pause the bird began again, and for one perfect hour we sat there motionless, entranced, and took our fill of his matchless rhapsody. Little Brothers of the Air
This selection is the third Act or 'Vision' of the same rhapsody. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
To imagine the art as co-existing with these in such an age of happy innocence as is here suggested, raises cold criticism itself almost to rhapsody. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810
But there were many people, particularly in America, to whom these rhapsodies did more good than any learned disquisitions or carefully arranged sermons. Stories of Authors, British and American
Except in rhetoric or rhapsody, the allowances and deductions above referred to must be heavy; and, according to a custom honoured both by time and good result, it is well to get them off first. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
I have written you the half crazy rhapsodies of a girl intoxicated with the joy of life and health. An Anarchist Woman
As arranged in the text the movement of this rhapsody explains itself. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
It was a rhapsody in the pale and unearthly colors of Puvis de Chavannes vitalized and made glorious with splendid sunlight; the apotheosis of mist; a vision never before seen, never to be forgotten. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories
I can still remember the time when even experienced judges spoke of his essays as mere declamations, as poetical rhapsodies, as poor imitations of Carlyle. Stories of Authors, British and American
Alexander, in a full crowd of courtiers, without being occasionally called or provoked to it, falls into this rhapsody of vainglory: Can none remember? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810
This may be regarded as a boyish rhapsody; but all boys are not given to such rhapsodies. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
The words spoken by these voices are anticipations of subsequent parts of the rhapsody. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
With the purpose which the author had in view, a spice of rhapsody is no defect. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
He is yet a few miles below the banks which have gained for the stream its fame for surpassing beauty, but higher up it justifies the rhapsodies of the poet. The Automobilist Abroad
A friend once told me that he had said of me that I made arithmetic a rhapsody. Marge Askinforit
When he ceased to speak, Catherine's lips were pursed together, like her mother's when she listened to the pagan rhapsodies of Mr. Ardagh. Tongues of Conscience
Hildebrand asked, quietly, when the King had run to the end of his rhapsody. The Proud Prince
The roan colt interrupted this rhapsody by pawing impatiently at the ground. Little Lost Sister
Overhead a bird burst forth into a rhapsody of song. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg
And as to Griffith, every touch of loving, foolish rhapsody dropped upon his heart like dew from heaven, filling him with rapture and drawing him nearer to her than before. Vagabondia 1884
I paused only to let your rhapsody have vent, though I really wish the little mistress of this home could have heard such a spontaneous tribute to her skill as a florist. Dorothy's Travels
One fine, intellectual man, sat by the window all the evening, writing rhapsodies of the most extraordinary character, and fancying himself a poet. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis
Whitman’s poems are reckless rhapsodies over creation in general, some times sublime, some times ridiculous. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays
I've never been misled for a moment by your other brief rhapsodies—the classic Anne—the demoniac Marian—but you're landed high and dry this time. Black Oxen
Expect no more rhapsodies, my friend, unless it be upon the wonderful ease with which every thing can be done without them. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6
Walter wrote to her on the train—a jumbled rhapsody on missing her honest companionship. The Job An American Novel
Then, admonishing and smiling forgiveness in one breath, retire as gravely as I entered—a highly interesting figure, magnanimous and moral—— A rapping at my chamber-door aroused me disagreeably from this flattering rhapsody. The Reckoning
How can I do otherwise than fall into rhapsody, as does almost every one who knows it and delights in it, as I do! In Nesting Time
If the player prefers one of the Hungarian rhapsodies, it might be substituted for the Polonaise in E in this group. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations
No one makes rejoinder to the old sealer’s regretful rhapsody. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure
But she is also a beauty, of the type immortalised by many bards—Byron among the number, when he wrote his rhapsody on the “Girl of Cadiz.” The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea
Charley, his mind relieved by confession, in the midst of further rhapsodies, suddenly fell asleep. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest
Is this all rhapsody, or is it in part true report? The Approach to Philosophy
The Hungarian rhapsodies are written some of them on original melodies in Hungarian style, but most of them probably on well-known Hungarian Czardas. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations
Did ever tailor's bill, though for the most resplendent scarlet liveries bespangled with golden roses, inspire a like rhapsody! Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography
The Pole sang to himself incessantly, now bassooning between his thin lips the motif of some rhapsody of Lizst's, now murmuring the words of some catchy refrain from the latest review. A Son of the Immortals
Considered as an attempt at political argument, his work is a pathless wilderness of rhapsodies, in which he asserts whatever he pleases without offering either evidence or reasons for so doing. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics
Absolute idealism, which is essentially a modern doctrine, does not begin with rhapsodies, but with a very sober analysis of familiar truths, conducted by the most sober of all philosophers, Immanuel Kant. The Approach to Philosophy
In case this should not prove practicable for the player, a Liszt rhapsody might be substituted or the Tarantelle from "Venice and Naples." The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations
Paine shrewdly says: "In the rhapsody of his imagination he has discovered a world of windmills, and his sorrows are that there are no Quixotes to attack them." William Pitt and the Great War
You will be weary of my rhapsodies over her. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
It will thus be seen that the great majority of the formulas are declarative rather than petitional in form—laudatory rhapsodies instead of prayers, in the ordinary sense of the word. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398
"Is your rhapsody finished at last?" asked Count Tristan, scornfully. Fairy Fingers A Novel
The most fortunate illustration of Brahms' treatment of the piano in the dramatic and highly moved direction is afforded, perhaps, by the second of the rhapsodies, opus 79. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations
Liszt brought out these rhapsodies fifty-three years ago. The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players
He was a man of slight figure, reputed among his people a sort of prophet, addicted to visions and rhapsodies. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
The rhapsodies concerning her in which the prince indulged led me to interpose a remark, for which I was instantly sorry. Princess Zara
In spite, therefore, of the obscene rhapsodies which were printed, and put into circulation, as his discourses, I see no reason to believe that his opinions were ever adopted as those of the community. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II
These are in no respect to be mentioned in connection with the rhapsodies by Liszt, which, as is well known, are somewhat ad captandum show pieces founded upon popular airs. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations
These rhapsodies reflect the weird romanticism of that most mysterious and fascinating of races, the Gypsies, as successfully as Chopin's music reflects the crushed aspirations of his unhappy country, Poland. The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players
Among his papers has recently been found the long, wild, pessimistic rhapsody to which reference has already been made and in which there is talk of suicide. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.)
There is a rhapsody on poverty in the Roman de la Rose. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
And one of our own philosophers has gone into rhapsodies over the pig. Mushrooms on the Moor
Even more grotesque are the rhapsodies of the Hindu wing of this Golden Age school. The New World of Islam
The second, twelfth and fourteenth rhapsodies are admirable examples of the series. The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players
He spoke, half in reminiscence, half in merry rhapsody, of the joys of living, the delight of throwing the reins on the neck of youth. The King's Mirror
And she tried in every way she could to make her tell, for Arethusa had written Miss Asenath pages and pages of rhapsody of the Wonderful Mr. Bennet. The Heart of Arethusa
Opus 25 includes "Ask Thou Not the Heather Gray," a rhapsody of the utmost ingenuity in melody and accompaniment. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
Now, the Greek word rhapsody is derived from a tense of the verb rhapto, to sew as with a needle, to connect, and ode, a song, chant, or course of singing. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
The feathered musician broke off in the midst of his rhapsody, surprised at the strange echo of his own notes. The Lilac Lady
And when he saw Gaynor's attentions, and listened to Weir's rhapsodies, a passion of boyish jealousy sprang up in his heart. A Little Girl of Long Ago
One writer speaks of it as "a jungle rhapsody, an extravagant, impossible botanical tour de force, intensely modern in its Titanic, incoherent magnificence." Birds of the Indian Hills
After a rhapsody upon the cosmic spell of the angel's singing, Poe, with a brave defiance, flings an implied challenge to him. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
And may not all his rhapsodies upon his "sword-in-hand" Puritans be little more than an amplification of this one passage? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
Why should he not to the full rejoice in her delicious homage?—indulge her sweet rhapsodies?—encourage her fond day dreams? Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War
He even wrote a certain rhapsody connected with it, which is published in his poems. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works
In some short rhapsody of love it may be presumed that Lucius indulged himself when he found that the affair which he had in hand had so far satisfactorily arranged itself. Orley Farm
Other unpublished 433 works are a cantata, two arias with orchestral accompaniment, and a rhapsody for the piano. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
He went on to other, similar rhapsodies, such phrases as bubble from the lips of those who, in the extremity of despair, exhausted by their sufferings, become, with a sigh of relief, like little children. Sacrifice
The preacher had listened silently to the girl's rhapsodies—she suddenly awakened to the realization that he was paying scant attention to her enthusiastic words. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'
His life there was spent as usual in the slavery of proof-sheets, tempered by daily bursts of conversation, rhapsody, discussion, and dreamy contemplation. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
I dare say we babbled foolishly the inarticulate rhapsody all lovers find so expressive. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
A later song, "My Guest," shows an increase in elaboration, but follows the florid school of Harrison Millard's once so popu338lar rhapsody, "Waiting." Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
When the substance of the Snowden rhapsody was given her, she nodded—as well as her several chins would permit her to nod—and announced that she agreed. Fair Harbor
"Listen to Jen going into rhapsodies over eatables!" sniffed The Fox. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace
For a time it interested Jaqui to listen to the rhapsodies and observe the exaltation of the fool-poet, but he soon had enough of this amorous insanity, and prepared to close the box. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein
But Frank's guide, who had listened to all this rhapsody very much with the air of a prince accustomed to royal service and thinking little of it, interrupted Dougal with some words in Gaelic. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North
Take, for example, his "Lady Mine," a brilliant rhapsody, full of the spring, and enriched with a wealth of color in the accompaniment till the melody is half hidden in a shower of roses. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
He sat down in the evening to that old Russian merchant trader's piano, in our headquarters, and rambled from chords and airs to humoresque and rhapsodies. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919
His love was not yet pumping rhapsodies into his thought. Erik Dorn
These precepts are there to be found almost lost amid a mass of absurdities, repetitions, and incoherent rhapsodies. History of the Moors of Spain
"I thought we could bring it all back again—that was the object of my rhapsody, and you seem to have kept good memory of the past." Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
One rhapsody has been published, that in E minor; in spite of its good details, it is curiously unsatisfying,—it seems all prelude, interlude, and postlude, with the actual rhapsody accidentally overlooked. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
And of this last he spoke a wonderful rhapsody as he journeyed once with Brother Leo, in the grievous cold of the early spring, from Perugia to St. Mary of the Angels. A Child's Book of Saints
This she exclaimed to her mother, and then went on to speak of him with a wild rhapsody of joy, as though there had hardly been any breach in her happiness. Kept in the Dark
These are not lover's rhapsodies, they merely show the state of my body and mind, and explain what purists may condemn. Much Darker Days
I replied, laughing at her rhapsodies, "I will sew you up in a sack, and go and throw you in the Bosphorus some evening!" French and Oriental Love in a Harem
A chorus is then superimposed on this rhapsody, and a climax of superb richness attained. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
Oh"—she laughed rather cynically—"I'm not going to bore you with a rhapsody intended to convey to you that I am a much misunderstood woman and all the rest of it. Afterwards
We do not divide it into rhapsodies, because it only exists in fragments in the testimony of later literature. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
He did not understand it; was quite at a loss to account for such a rhapsody popping out of him unbidden. The Confidence-Man
The Jesuits were the usual authors of these rhapsodies. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
He delivers a long rhapsody on brothers' love, saying that it exceeds all other in its unselfishness. Browning's Heroines
She was a twig in a rain-storm, a butterfly seeking sweets, a humming-bird whose wing beat the air with a very rhapsody of rhythm. The Madigans
I smiled to myself, recalling Vere’s rhapsodies of an hour ago. The Heart of Una Sackville
The fine 'Hymn of Nature' appended to the Seasons, is precisely in the same vein as Shaftesbury's rhapsody. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century
She informs us that she resisted the commands of God and the holy Mary till the year 1637, when she began to compose this curious rhapsody. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
He won’t confide his rhapsodies in my ear any more, and that would be really more than I could bear. A Houseful of Girls
If I had confessed my identity, should I have been kept awake, as I was last night, listening to his rhapsodies by the hour together? Big Game A Story for Girls
A high-flown rhapsody seemed far easier to accomplish, and at last, in despair, each girl was directed to compose an inscription and to read it aloud for general approval. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story
The commonplace explanation did more than a hundred protestations, and a remembrance of the Major’s rhapsodies over the handsome young Englishman whom he had met but a week before was still fresh in her mind. Pixie O'Shaughnessy
Having written a long rhapsody concerning Pyramus and Thisbe, he concludes it by a ridiculous parallel between the death of these unfortunate victims of love, and the passion of Jesus Christ. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
You may say, perhaps, that this is rhapsody; but what is love without rhapsody?—what, a love story? She and I, Volume 1
Liszt was a genius, but not a good biographer, and his life of Chopin is largely a rhapsody. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians
She played rhapsodies and paeans, and solos by the great masters. Skylark Three
Complaints had been made that the club had hitherto devoted itself almost altogether to abstract rhapsodies, and had omitted the cultivation of itself in the epic or heroic side of its genius. Boycotted And Other Stories
This observation brought down Charlie’s hearty approval, who forthwith launched into a rhapsody on athletic sports—particularly football—appealing in every sentence to the uncle, who now found himself fairly in the toils. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch
He would have gone on with his rhapsody, but she interrupted him: "Alas! child," said she, "what are you thinking of? you must be mad to talk thus." The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales
While the strides of a positive philosophy are crippled by enthusiastic rhapsodies about intuition and instinct, her footsteps are still indelible, and her progress is certain and accelerating. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Again I wish I had some example of my springtime rhapsodies, the veriest rubbish of the sort that ever a child perpetrated. The Promised Land
Robin, a young gardener, fond of the minor theatres, where he has picked up a taste for sentimental fustian, but all his rhapsodies bear upon his trade. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3
Cervantes, though in his own great work attaining that rhapsody of grotesqueness which lies on the edge of poetry, had yet established the idea of the novel as the antithesis of romance. An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times
Some goulash rhapsody, I believe it was, by a guy whose name sounds like a sneezin' fit. Torchy, Private Sec.
She can take a Hungarian rhapsody and turn it into a goulash in about 32 bars. You Should Worry Says John Henry
The year, in our pious house, was an endless song in many cantos of joy, lamentation, aspiration, and rhapsody. The Promised Land
There are occasional touches of caustic humour, but nothing of emotion, still less of rhapsody. A Short History of Greek Philosophy
There is a bottom of truth in Carlyle’s wildest rhapsodies Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1
My sweet day-dreams and midnight rhapsodies trooped back to mock at me. Lords of the North
Not very many days later Paul received the breeziest of letters; it was one of a series of racy rhapsodies that came to him bearing the Santa Rosa postmark. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
"It's late, sir," said I, "for the making of rhapsodies." Simon Dale
I had been listening to this rhapsody with the greatest admiration, when just then Bittra came in. My New Curate
Ulysses, the Odyssey tells us, occasionally took the lyre in his own hand and sang a rhapsody of his own adventures. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Do you ever treat her to such rhapsodies in the flesh? The Great Amulet
Liszt's rhapsodies irresistibly remind me of a cheap, tawdry, dirty table d'hôte, where evil-smelling dishes are put before you, to be whisked away and replaced by evil-tasting messes. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
What is it?" he protested, "it isn't criticism for it's half rhapsody; it isn't rhapsody because it is analytical.... A Preface to Politics
Let us not scoff too loudly at their mystic visions and religious rhapsodies! Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom
Jervis plunged into an immediate rhapsody on the subject of Mrs. Leonard's children, whom he declared to be the best little beggars he ever knew, unless it was Cranston's. Under Fire
Who'll manage a style like that—the style of which the rhapsodies she has just repeated are a specimen? The Tragic Muse
"She must have," was the answer, "I'm sure she has, but perhaps I thought it schoolgirl rhapsody—perhaps I had too many other things to think of." Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.
"Lots of girls are stage-struck," he said presently, breaking in on Mr. Martel's rhapsody. Quin
You do not recommend yourself to me by this rhapsody. The Young Duke
In the infancy of modern music the solo existed only in the folk song, in the rhapsodies of religious ecstatics and in the uncertain lyrics of the minnesingers and troubadours. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
I did not indulge in a soliloquy even then; so I certainly shall not inflict on you any rhapsodies about freedom; but, in good truth, the sensation was too agreeable to be easily forgotten. Border and Bastille
But the other swept on; and as he talked began to step up and down the little room, in a kind of rhapsody. By What Authority?
The epistle ended with a love rhapsody that deserved a better fate than to be torn into shreds and consigned to the waste-basket. Quin
It was a vague, poetic rhapsody, disconnected in thought, and made slight impression on Milly. One Woman's Life
Would not the two rhapsodies "L'Etang" and "La Cornemuse" have transmuted to music the macabre and sinister note of so much symbolist poetry? Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
Her tender, tremulous little smile and the turn of the buoyant little head stirred in him a lover's rhapsody. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North
He surely owed us this masterpiece after the last two or three rhapsodies he has been giving us. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters
I am trying a rhapsody on the autumn woods. The Fifth Wheel A Novel
It was a high-flown rhapsody on civic morality and purism. The French Revolution A Short History
Once again, the Ecclesiast utters his disillusion, his cruel disappointment, his sense of the utter vanity of existence in the soliloquy of the 'cello in the rhapsody "Schelomo." Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
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