Ranelagh resuscitates, and she is dancing a minuet in powder and a train.
I think no gentleman in New York can move a minuet with Walter Butler's grace.
But there was no chance during the minuet for mademoiselle's promised confidence, and as the evening went on I began to think there would be none at all.
I had never seen the minuet danced with more grace and spirit.
You know there is a minuet to be danced, and a song to be sung; and as Le Piq and Madame Rossi were the first dancers when I was young, I had taken lessons of both in London, and was said to dance a minuet well.
There will be a grand minuet of Cathay, but I will not detain you now with farther particulars of this entertainment.
To say truth, this exotick minuet of strange perfumes and processions, was not the sanest amusement for a maid who should have lived always among the roses.
For a moment, amid the bleak utility of the stores, I half fancied the swish of a broidered petticoat and the whisper of a painted fan, smelt Eau de Chypre and heard the Minuet in Ariadne.
I remember when I was a young woman, I stepped a minuet with young Mr. Heavibois of Heavibois Hall, and I declare he might have been taking the grossest liberties all through the evening, for the way my wrist was marked.
The musick had stopped; the Grand Minuetof Cathay was finished.
In the ballroom the attendants busily ran hither and thither in preparation for the Grand Minuet of Cathay.
Charles, having disposed her friend, offered his hand to Phyllida and soon they were stepping the minuet with infinite grace, admired by every one who saw them.
Miss Morton, amid a deal of simpering, confessed she favoured a minuet on occasions, so Mr. Lovely hurried off to fetch Mr. Chalkley before the musicians began to play the opening bars of the dance.
I have stepped a minuet with him," replied Phyllida, now more than ever on her guard against the steel-grey eyes of the elderly gentleman.
I certainly think so, but I am never easy in my mind until the Grand Minuet has concluded the entertainment, yet even so, I do not think you will ever find me preying upon my extremities.
If my duties prevent my walking theminuet with you, I shall find a suitable partner for you, cousin.
It was a fascinating and alarming spectacle to see Sir Lupus walking a minuet with Lady Schuyler, and I marvelled that the gold buttons on his waistcoat did not fly off in volleys when he strove to bend what once, perhaps, had been his waist.
When you parted from him after the minuet he stood and watched you, for a moment or two, with a look which gave me to understand that something had happened between you.
It was now close upon eleven, the last minuet was being danced, with Sir Andrew Ffoulkes and beautiful Lady Blakeney leading the couples, through its delicate and intricate figures.
When the minuet was over, she asked Sir Andrew to take her into the next room.
One room had been set apart for dancing, and the dainty strains of the minuet made a soft accompaniment to the gay chatter, the merry laughter of the numerous and brilliant company.
There is much to admire in the 3rd, in E flat, especially the Minuet and Trio; yet the music is not pure Schubert.
The Minuet and Trio are effective, but the final Allegro is hopelessly long, and by no means equal to the rest of the work.
Allegro, a slow movement, a Scherzo or Minuetand Trio, and a final Allegro or Rondo.
Then, again, there are two sketches for a movement of the Minuet or Scherzo kind, which were almost certainly intended for the Sonata No.
In Fischer all the movements are in one key; only the Trio of the Minuet is in the tonic minor.
The sonata concludes with an attractive Minuet and variations.
Even Haydn, who is said to have introduced the Minuet into the Symphony, remained faithful to the three-movement form of sonata.
Trio of the Minuetis in the key of the subdominant.
Haydn, entering, inquired, "Whose minuet is that you are playing?
It is strange enough that the final movement of this sonata contains the very same minuet and trio that you asked me for in your last letter.
Later in the evening, Mrs. Mack danced the minuet for us, holding up her skirt and singing in a delicate old-lady voice.
We have danced a minuet our whole life through, and the memories of youth have been our music.
When her singing had been applauded by the company, her mother told her to dance a minuetwith her brother, who had learnt in Paris, but danced badly for want of a good carriage.
To change the subject, Madame Cornelis remarked that Sophie had learnt the minuet and danced it admirably.
In the second minuet her Majesty had her brother, the Prince of Leiningen, for her partner.
This minuet also included several of the most beautiful women of the time and of the Court; notably Lady Seymour, one of the Sheridan sisters, the Queen of Beauty at the Eglinton tournament; and Lady Canning.
There were many gay and gallant figures and fair faces in thatminuet of minuets.
Lady Chesterfield's minuet was the last dance before supper, served with royal splendour in the dining-room, to which the Queen passed at twelve o'clock.
Then her Majesty left the ball-room and repaired to the throne-room, where the first minuet was formed.
It was on this festive occasion that General Washington danced a minuetwith Mrs. Willis" (one of the Gregory girls).
The minuet was much in vogue at that period, and was peculiarly calculated for the display of the splendid figure of the chief and his natural grace and elegance of air and manner.
If you have a Voice, then sing; if you have handsome Legs, cut Capers, or slide into the Minuet Step.
Behold, says she, how the Slut dances a Minuet on the Grass before him: Let me die, but she is silly enough to think her Airs become her in my Love's Eyes.
A tune much iterated has the ridiculous effect of making the words in my mind perform a sort of minuet to keep time--an effect hardly tolerable, I imagine, after boyhood.
Madam Compton was there, looking queenly in black velvet and point lace, and she and Jack were delighted when after supper Gwen danced a minuet with her brother.
Mrs. Gordon said the way he led me through a minuet was adorable; and Major Andre told me that in a skirmish or a cavalry charge, no one could match him.
Every gentleman danced one minuet with his partner, and then began cotillon and allemand dances; and there were some songs sung by Major Andre, and a fine supper at midnight.
Scarcely were they placed when the minuet commenced.
Miss Scarve,' he added, after a significant look at Hilda, 'this gentleman wishes to have the honour of dancing a minuetwith you.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minuet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
