In 1888, to my surprise and delight, my western trips had become ovations that no human being could fail to enjoy.
There was something significant in the welcome and the ovations which my husband received over there.
While Bonaparte, almost completely overwhelmed and disturbed, could have held aloof from these ovations of the people of Paris, they, on the contrary, filled the heart of his wife with pride and joy.
The ovationsof a later period may have originated in political motives—may even have been promoted by a political party; but the honors now spontaneously heaped upon him were awarded to the man and the Christian pastor.
The progress of the Holy Father was a series of joyous ovations from the time that he left Rome—4th May—till his return on the 5th September.
The young ruler had hitherto been used to storms of ovations when he showed himself to the sight-loving and loyal inhabitants of Munich.
He was received with ovations in the evening, when he appeared at the performance of Wagner's Die Walküre.
All these ovations in public places and these receptions by the Institute sufficed for a time to distract a brain so active as Bonaparte's, but they could not satisfy him for long.
Horatius Codes; but all these ovations did not blind his eyes to facts.
VII Two More Deeds of Distinction Alvin was not prepared for theovations that awaited him.
There were ovations for him at the railroad stations along his way to Fort Oglethorpe, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was mustered out of service.
She left there the 14th, and the ovations were renewed along the route.
He felt himself capable of fighting the whole audience in defence of a bull-fighter friend, and he disturbed the ovations with extemporaneous protests when they were offered to an athlete who failed to enjoy his affection.
To fulfil his duty and nothing more; only to throw his banderillas like a journeyman of tauromachy, without desire for ovations and merely well enough to avoid being hissed!
Ovations had everywhere been prepared, and a semblance of popularity, so dear to Maximilian's heart, was the result.
He issued a farewell address to his army, was given ovations by radical Republicans in different parts of the country, but was not again intrusted with an independent command.
He was made chancellor, he received enthusiastic ovations from his compatriots, he became the idol of the nation by the side of M.
In April, 1891, after the triumph of his tragedy on the stage, Ibsen was the guest at a public banquet at Vienna, when the ovations were overwhelming and were extended until four o'clock next morning.
On the trip through the Southwest, one of the grandest ovations took place at Nashville, Tennessee.
The little ovations raised Lucien in his own eyes, and taught him to know his power.
It was one of the most remarkable things about Jasmin, that he was never carried off his feet by the brilliant ovations he received.
The raptures of the New Yorkers and Bostonians with Jenny Lind are weak and cold compared with the ovations which Jasmin has received.
His father, full of pride, wished him to return to Paris to receive the ovations of the people; but, like a true strategist, the Duke was anxious before all else to reap the advantages of his victory.
The streets were adorned with flowers, and public enthusiasm was so great that she was compelled to show herself on the balcony of her palace until midnight to receive the ovations of the populace.
The ovations were even more hearty, and the gifts more costly, than at the first concert.
The hall was full to overflowing, and the ovations endless.
The ovations began the day after his arrival, when, on his appearance at the rehearsal of Pique Dame, he was welcomed by the theatrical direction and the entire opera company.
Nevertheless, Tchaikovsky felt instinctively that the ovations were accorded to him personally, and to such of the singers who were favourites with the public, rather than to the opera itself.
It was obvious to me that the ovations I received were prompted more by my earlier work, and that the Symphony itself did not really please the audience.
It includes any number of ovations and receptions.
Torrini proposed to give some performances in the chief town of the Puy-de-Dôme, after which he intended returning straight to Italy, whose gentle climate and quaint ovations he regretted.
I took charge of this duty, and without saying a word to my master, I prepared him several ovations which extended and prolonged his success.
The progress of Don Fernando from district to district presented occasions for the most ardent and sincere ovations that had been offered to him during his long life.
Raucourt, the ovations of which she was every evening the recipient, had begun to arouse the alarm and jealousy of her colleagues.
At Strasburg--her birthplace and the town where she had made her first appearance on the stage--which she visited in the summer of 1787, the ovations continued.
But I passed on, serene as a god, without paying any attention to these ovations from the common herd.
They had been greeted with ovations for four years.
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