country dance
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From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Cooper, my daughter, sir—Miss Billsmethi, sir, who I hope will have the pleasure of dancing many a quadrille, minuet, gavotte, country-dance, fandango, double-hornpipe, and farinagholkajingo with you, sir.
From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Dickens, Charles
Miss Linton," he exclaimed, seizing her hand fervently—they were seated on a sofa in the back drawing-room, while the others were labouring through a country-dance in the front—"Miss Linton, hear me for a moment.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
She replied that Henry Harford had engaged her, at the last ball, for this country-dance.
From Stories for Helen by Leslie, Eliza
The Miss Darnels and their partners took their places near the top of the country-dance.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
