extempore

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With Finegas, Finn learned the three things that make a poet, and they are Fire of Song, and Light of Knowledge, and the Art of Extempore Recitation.

From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen

Extempore Reply to Verses addressed to the Author by a Lady, under the signature of "Clarinda" and entitled, On Burns saying he 'had nothing else to do.'

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Extempore blank verse, with a little practice, would be found as easy in English as rhyming is in Italian.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

Extempore playing is not to be compared with this, as the concerto was written for strings and piano, Beethoven taking the piano part.

From Beethoven by Fischer, George Alexander

Extempore, eks-tem′po-re, adv. on the spur of the moment: without preparation: suddenly.—adj. sudden: rising at the moment: of a speech delivered without help of manuscript.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various