| 单词 | barrel organ |
| 例句 | The families of the oligarchy forgot all about the barrel organ, and Marcos became the star attraction of the season. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I also like the barrel organ and how its punched hole musical notation could be seen as primitive computer code, or even mimicking a decoded piece of DNA. Westworld recap: episode one – a rootin' tootin' welcome to a sordid sci-fi fantasy 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The basic setup is this: A seemingly innocent family goes to the fair and stops by an old-fashioned barrel organ ornamented with a herky-jerky dancing automaton. Paul Taylor’s Canon: Flippant, Savage, Idyllic 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z But after a month of cast illnesses and walkouts, and faulty sets and props — the barrel organ used for “Mack the Knife,” malfunctioned on opening night — the show opened, and was an immediate hit. ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ Without the ‘Cabaret’ Clichés 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The highlight package includes a “Phantom” prop: A music box in the shape of a barrel organ with the figure of a monkey playing the cymbals attached. Memorabilia from Springsteen to ‘Phantom’ set for auction 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z “I work because I need to pay rent,” said Nadia Iglesias, who plays a barrel organ near the city center. In Mexico, here’s what a day without women looks like 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z One is a little reminded of the trousered monkeys on the barrel organs. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z He went out of the building and a beastly cheerful barrel organ mocked him in the street. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z It danced with the maids in the alleyways to the tune of the barrel organs. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Little piano-fortes, played like a barrel organ, go about the streets, giving a pulse to the quick rhythm of life. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z He was not “a human barrel organ,” like Mr. Feeder, “playing a little list of Greek and Latin tunes over and over again without any variation.” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z I listened with all my might, and I could not hear anything except the usual barrel organs and German bands in the street. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Some thought it must be the cook playing a tune in the early morning upon his barrel organ; but the sound did not come from the direction of the old ship. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z A man with a barrel organ had been engaged for a long while beforehand, and when he arrived every face beamed with joy. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z A great novelty at the Christmas Fair was “the striking feature of a roundabout worked by a steam engine, which at the same time turns a barrel organ.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Mr. Feeder is the perfect type of a mechanical crammer, “a sort of barrel organ with a little list of tunes at which he was continually working, over and over again, without any variation.” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The magnet and other wonders Stefan was able to show them caused the greatest delight to the natives, but their merriment reached its height when Józef started to play the barrel organ. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z It was Pepper, the cheery little cook, the foster father of Demos, playing a tune upon his barrel organ. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z "Give your imitation of church bells and a barrel organ, Alec," said a humble admirer, insinuating a trifle more ease into his bearing. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z The thing, in the opinion of one traveller in that train, was to wear cap and bells, to dance through life to a barrel organ, to defeat a foolish universe with its own weapons. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z He was a kind of musical box or barrel organ in conversation, because he could only play one tune. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z They were playing the District Administrator's barrel organ and dancing—even Otowaka himself was stamping his foot.... More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z "That barrel organ of yours, Master Pepper, may grind away at the same old tune for ever for all I care; but I have my sticking point," said the carpenter. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Rogers loved a barrel organ to distraction, and Ruskin went into mild raptures over Halle’s playing of Thalberg’s “Home, sweet home.” Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work A barrel organ was playing a pretty tune I knew quite well, and had forgotten. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 He remained quite a long while watching half a dozen young girls dancing to the music of a barrel organ, and again, to his wife's disgust, Mr Clinton gave money. Orientations I could also reconcile myself to a general extrusion of concertinas for this useful purpose—or for any other; not to mention barrel organs. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The cook being placed in easy circumstances, by the profits he received from his barrel organ, could afford to be virtuously indignant. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Unwashed children from the uncleanly houses which made up the rest of the street seemed to spend the whole day, and half the night, dancing to barrel organs. People of Position In the evening the keyboard was removed, and your humble servant ground out the hymn tunes as on a barrel organ. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria One of these he taught to dance and tumble on the rope, whilst the other held a candle with one paw for his companion, and with the other played a barrel organ. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. The poor child could hardly believe in an existence without Czerny's scales being played on three or four pianos at once, and a barrel organ and brass band in the street. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World The same thing year after year, and the same sounds—the dismal barrel organs, and brazen instruments, and pipes, wailing, droning, booming. Nature Near London Somehow, thorough little English girl though she was, she reminded one of the small Savoyard boys one sees with a box of marmots slung in front of them, or a barrel organ and a monkey. The Rectory Children A barrel organ outside was playing a music hall ditty. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Profanity oozes from him like music from a barrel organ. Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force In the distance a barrel organ became more and more distinct and as I drew nearer and the noise grew louder, I wanted to dance and sing. Balloons All music was music to him; he loved it with an unreasoned, uncritical love, enjoying even the barrel organs and hand pianos of the streets. Vandover and the Brute “You knew I played the barrel organ all down Regent Street?” she ventured, blushing. The Lion's Share On Thursday there is a handsome Italian with a barrel organ that bears in its belly the very latest and most popular tunes. The Golden Scarecrow "As you talk of her to me I get the notion of a little monkey just cut loose from a barrel organ." Marcella The big market square was noisy, swings were going, barrel organs were playing, accordions were squeaking, drunken voices were shouting. The Bishop and Other Stories On a crowded corner she paused to listen to the vague carollings of a barrel organ, to pat the head of a frayed looking little monkey that hopped about in time to the music. The Island of Faith But you didn’t read about me playing the barrel organ all the way down Regent Street, because that wasn’t in any of the papers.” The Lion's Share So Walker changed the tune and played a melody of the barrel organs and Piccadilly circus. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories It is undeniable that the gentleman is not unlike a respectable Troubadour with a barrel organ, and that his guitar is like an ancient harp. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Another day a street musician regarded him curiously from behind a barrel organ which he was turning with the lifeless celerity of one without interest in the sounds created by the process. The Moon Rock The manÂge whirled and the barrel organ still wheezed its thin thread of sound across the still air. Madcap It’s quite an art to turn a barrel organ. The Lion's Share "Two organ grinders, aged 23 and 16, were taken to Charing Cross Hospital to-day with bad injuries and severe shock, the result of a barrel organ getting out of control in Rosebery-avenue." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917 Thus, as Charles Mathews says, "every footman whistles Frieschutz;" and the barrel organ which does not play two or three of its airs may be consigned to the brokers. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828 A small barrel organ now graces its gallery, which responded to the morning and evening service in Yorick's day. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 The sun was not long in the heavens before the barrel organ, silenced at midnight, renewed its plaint and the business of the day began. Madcap Never since I played the barrel organ all the way down Regent Street have I—! The Lion's Share The mother girl was drinking tea and crying into it out of red swollen eyes, and twenty feet off one of the red nightgowned kids was playing "Louisiana Lou" on the barrel organ. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis He stole my rhythms and set them for the barrel organ. The Road to Damascus No doubt, if I asked him, this stout old gentleman could grind out Sussex, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and so on, like the tunes in a barrel organ. Tremendous Trifles The husband, quite depressed, admitted that it reminded him of a barrel organ. Married “I dare say you don’t remember me playing the barrel organ all down Regent Street that day, do you?” said Miss Ingate. The Lion's Share The other end of the line was a small square box, which was furnished with four handles, similar to that of a barrel organ. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece The vision kept coming and coming, like the same tune played over and over on a barrel organ, and when he woke seemed to fill all the time he had slept. Malcolm He drank a barrel of beer a day, and his voice has now become a barrel organ. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 People passed to and fro, bareheaded, running, and laughing; and with the bawling noise of the crowd, was mingled the lamentable strains of the barrel organs. Theresa Raquin They don’t have processions and things now, and barrel organs are quite out of fashion. The Lion's Share No doubt that it would be a nuisance, and a very serious nuisance, if a person with a barrel organ, or the bagpipes, were to come and station himself under a person's window all day. Practical Argumentation The table ran, as if on invisible legs, to the side of the room, and a barrel organ decorated with a red cloth and two pots of paper flowers reeled out waltz music. Jacob's Room He was sitting by number fourteen with a sign on his breast, grinding industriously at a small barrel organ before him on which rested a tin cup. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" It's worse than barrel organs when They play from night till morn; It's worse than having large-sized men A-standing on your corn. The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff After all, I did play the barrel organ all the way down Regent Street. The Lion's Share He carries, not a barrel organ and monkey, but a blinking tame crow perched on his shoulder, and at every farmstead he halts to whine his nasal ditty and ask his dole. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life "Yes—the Sicilian and the barrel organ—I remember," said Paul, with a shiver. The Fortunate Youth He had come to close too a huge barrel organ, and so his right leg got entangled in the gears; as a consequence, the leg had to be amputated below the knee. My Life and My Efforts A dark-haired young man with a barrel organ was standing in the road in front of a little general shop and was grinding out a very sentimental song. Crime and Punishment I know a bit about barrel organs now. The Lion's Share He procured an old barrel organ somewhere, and would enter her apartments playing it and singing in a hoarse, grating voice. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Our Mr. Trip interviewed the girl, fearing that she was in an unbalanced state, and was not much reassured when she merely remarked that she always went like that when she heard the barrel organ. Manalive Our mistuned and unplayable organs and pianofortes replaced by harmonious instruments, as manageable as barrel organs! An Unsocial Socialist It is like listening, in the sad yellow evening, to the strains of a barrel organ, faint and sweet, and far away. Essays in Little I then felt the ridicule of my position; for the first time I realized that I was dressed like the monkey of a barrel organ. The Lily of the Valley |
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