 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 pages
...jumping, or a leaping round, " Where arm in arm, two dancers are entwin'd, "And whirl themselves in strict embracements bound, " And still their feet an anapest do sound: " An anapest is all their musick's song, " Whose first two fee' is short, and third is long, " As the victorious twr -i Leda... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...jumping, or a leaping round, " Where arm in arm, two dancers are entwin'd, "And whirl themselves in strict embracements bound, " And still their feet an anapest do sound : " An anapest is all their musick's song, " Whose first two feet is short, and third is long, " As the victorious twins of Leda... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 508 pages
...jumping, or a leaping round, " Where arm in arm, two dancers are entwin'd, " And whirl themselves in strict embracements bound, " And still their feet an anapest do sound : " An anapest is all their musick's song, " Whose first two feet is short, and third is long. " As the victorious twins of Leda... | |
 | 1822 - 362 pages
...leaping round, Where arm in arm, two dancers are entwined, And whirl themselves in strict embracement's bound, And still their feet an anapest do sound ; An anapest is all tbeir music's song, Whose first two feet are short, the rest are long. The dance was succeeded by the... | |
 | Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1825 - 508 pages
...KISSING-DANCE, mentioned in the Spectator. — 12. LAVOLTOES. Sir John Davies thus describes it: " A lofty jumping or a leaping round, Where arm in arm...embracements bound, And still their feet an anapest do sound 6." — 13. MINUET. Adam Smith says, that this dance, in which the woman, after passing and repassing... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 722 pages
...LAVOLTES, a lively dance among our ancestors, thus described by Sir John Da vies : " A lofty jumping ora leaping round, Where arm in arm two dancers are entwined,...bound, And still their feet an anapest do sound." LAWS, GOVERNMENT, &c. The prosperity of a nation and the happiness of a people materially depend on... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1849 - 412 pages
...Who with best order can all order shun;" the lavolta, also delineated by the same knowing hand, — "Where arm in arm two dancers are entwined, And whirl...bound, And still their feet an anapest do sound." Is not this very much like a waltz ? Yes , ladies , you have been dancing the lavolta of the sixteenth... | |
 | 1851 - 566 pages
...Who with best order can all order shun ; the lavolta, also delineated by the same knowing hand, — Where arm in arm two dancers are entwined, And whirl...embracements bound, And still their feet an anapest do sound. Is not this very much like a waltz ? Yes, ladies, you have been dancing the lavolta of the sixteenth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 544 pages
...it without the aid of sorcery. He has described the musical time of this dance very poetically : — "And still their feet an anapest do sound : An anapest is all their music's song, Whofie first two feet is short, and third Is long." 14 SCENE VI.—" Pax of liUle price." The ordinary... | |
 | 1853 - 748 pages
...we fondly boast of as one of the great inventions of the nineteenth century. It runs as follows : " Yet is there one, the most delightful kind, A lofty...strict embracements bound ; And still their feet an anapaest do sound ; An anapffist is all their music's song, Whose first two feet are short, and third... | |
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Yet is there one the most delightful kind, A lofty jumping, or a leaping round, Where arm in arm, two dancers are entwin'd, And whirl themselves in strict embracements bound, And still their feet an anapest do sound : An anapest is all their musick's... 
