Old Père Paragot had taught her to play the zither indifferently well, but he had made her dance divinely: and Blanquette, I may here mention incidentally, had been my instructress in the art.
Peter read into this judgement a deep irritation--Miriam clearly set the teeth of her instructress on edge.
But making due allowance for human incompetency and human weakness, still will a mother be bound to the utmost of her power to be the instructress of her child, equally by the lesson she inculcates and the pattern she exhibits.
And to a mother's lot it falls to be the instructress of her children--their guide and pattern, and she fails in her duty when she fails in either of these points.
In the spring of 1799, Serbia's instructress died; which event moved Novalis the more deeply, because he knew that sorrow for the loss of her beloved pupil had chiefly contributed to hasten her death.
Will a refined and gifted instructress of youth, whose mission in life it is to lead the young in the paths of virtue, evade the law by a subterfuge?
Dramatis Personae: A Refined and Gifted Instructress of Youth on the home passage from a summer's vacation abroad, and your Philosopher.
This Miss Betsy assured her ladyship she would do; so that, according to all appearance, the benefits she might have received, by being under the eye of so excellent an instructress were but delayed, not lost.
He was received by the servant at the front door not more ceremoniously than the instructress of a few hours earlier.
Their would-be instructress had to acquiesce in their removal when the servant came to clear away the tea things.
Some tell us that it is the bounden duty of the State to educate the democracy; and others inform us that the Church of the country is the proper instructress of the people.
From time to time she made violent efforts to be diligent, and set to work with sudden zeal upon books which her instructress assured her were most interesting and improving.
I'm not certain exactly where I shall be for the next few days," said the dismissed instructress of youth; "you might keep my luggage till I wire my address.
Mr. Quabarl made a welcome diversion by asking what studies the new instructress proposed to inaugurate on the morrow.
She had been the servant of that very king of whom she was now the helpmate; a wise instructress to his children, and a mother in her affection and care.
The instructress was worthy of a princess destined, as it was believed, to govern France.
One day, not long after her arrival, her instructress gave her the word egg, placing one at the same time before her; and Anna immediately made signs that she wished to eat it.
With the blessing of God, it is probable that this instructress laid the foundation of the exertions and usefulness of her pupil in after-life.
It is all based upon supposition," said the erstwhile mathematical instructress of the school in the Rue du Cherche-Midi.
The little girl was not yet allowed to leave her room, and of this, for one reason, her instructress was glad, for a dinner alone with the handsome youth brought extreme gratification to her mature heart.
When my friend, Lady Fuddleston, mentioned that her dear girls required an instructress (I am too poor to engage a governess for mine, but was I not educated at Chiswick?
She should ever remember Mr. Crawley's kindness to her in early days when she was a friendless orphan, the instructress of his little sisters, in whose welfare she still took the tenderest interest.
So he made the daughter of Athaliah the nurse and the instructress of him who was to reform the kingdom of Judah.
And here let me remind young ladies of fortune, that they are too apt to neglect the instructress under whose care they have spent the early part of life.
Myrtis, a native of Anthedon, is reported to have been the instructress of Pindar, and is said to have contended with him for the palm of superiority.
Religion purifies and sanctifies the frontier home because she is the repository and early instructress in its Holy Creeds.
She was confirmed in her suggestion by the cringing, dry-looking instructress of German.
Then Trirodov mentioned the search that had been made lately, and the beating the instructress Maria received at the police station.
The golden-haired instructress went up to the sisters and asked: "Have you come from town?
The instructress to whom the sisters were listening ended her discourse and suddenly scampered off somewhere.
At the instance of the headinstructress our Eastern friend called out a little girl who possessed a face indicative of more than ordinary intelligence, to go through her paces in spelling.
She casually mentioned the rencontre to the Viscountess, but did not mention the hints she had received; thus showing to her instructress her first essay in the practice of her own lessons in the art of dissimulation.
Further off a lady instructress in cookery, Miss Frere, was conversing with a tutor of bridge.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "instructress" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dame; duenna; governess; mistress
