They danced first a waltz, then a polka, then a quadrillewith a grand chain which Captain Polyansky led through all the rooms, then a waltz again.
When the quadrille began, young Von Rabbek came up to those who were not dancing and invited two officers to have a game at billiards.
Her partner in the first quadrille had been her aged father, who danced no more that night.
How light her step, how graceful her movement, as the tall, comely girl walked through the quadrille by the side of her promised husband!
He had honored the Queen's ball with his presence and was dancing the first quadrille with Mrs. Wright.
After the dancers were seated when thisquadrille was finished, Bill took Hunch aside and asked: "Hunch, are you afraid of the devil?
A quadrille of the two Establishments, Bishop to Bishop vis-à-vis, Footing away prodigiously.
Quadrille is not so absorbing but that we may talk and laugh over it, and yet is quite as interesting as anything of the kind has need to be.
Opimian, established his own quadrille party in a corner of the smaller drawing-room, where they could at once play and talk, and enjoy the enjoyment of the young.
On leaving the Throne-room, the quadrille company went by the Picture Gallery to join the general company in the ballroom.
After supper her Majesty danced in a quadrille with Prince George of Cambridge, opposite the Duke of Beaufort and the Duchess of Buccleugh.
There were also Italian, Scotch, Greek and Russian quadrilles, a Crusaders' quadrille led by the Marchioness of Londonderry, and a Waverley quadrille led by the Countess De la Warr.
One evening there was a ball for the benefit of the county people, at which the Queen danced a quadrille with Lord Breadalbane; Prince Albert and the Duchess of Buccleugh being the vis-a-vis.
As soon as the King came the Queen went into the ball-room and made the King dance a quadrille with her, which he did with all suitable grace and dignity, though he has long ceased to dance.
A quadrille may be very properly described as a conversation dance, as there are long pauses between the figures, when the dancers must have a fund of small talk ready for their partners.
A quadrilletakes no more steps than a graceful walk.
One quadrille we must have, Laura, if you are not tired?
Mind, Sir Guy, if you make us all too late, you shan't have the ghost of a quadrille with me.
Afterward went with the Quadrille Band to the Council House agreeably to previous notice and played for a party of men (70's) and their families who had assisted in building the house.
Council House with the Quadrille Band and played for another company of those who had assisted in building the house.
Then went with the Quadrille Band in Eldridge's carriage to play round the city, but the weather was so cold we could not play much.
After that the quadrille band met in my tent and played on the violins.
Thursday, January 28 At the store till noon, and then at the Council House with the Quadrille Band playing for the third party of those who had assisted in building the house, together with the poor basket makers.
Afterwards at the Council House with the Quadrille Band to play for a family meeting of the Young family.
Friday, April 9 Went with the Quadrille Band over the River as the twelve do not start for the Horn today.
Friday, February 5 At the store till noon, then with the Quadrille Band to play for the Silver Greys till midnight.
The quadrille band have gone to give concerts in the Platte.
Afterwards at the Council House with the Quadrille Band playing for Brigham's family generally.
I went and tarried till dark, wrote a letter to the Quadrille band to meet tomorrow also wrote orders for all the men in camp to meet.
And then, when the quadrille was ended, all came flocking round to be presented to his beautiful wife, whose Juno-like beauty and grace was the theme of every tongue.
The ball at the Town Hall was fashionably and numerously attended and dancing was kept up to the music of Hulley’s quadrille band with unflagging spirit until an early hour the following morning.
Having talked, flirted, and laughed, through one quadrille and several reels, the clock struck eight.
He skips about in the quadrille like an industrious flea!
What does it matter to a man dancing a quadrille with any girl, that she is miraculously amiable, if she be miraculously ugly too!
I detest these hunting, racing, smoking, and betting men; but you may introduce him to me when the quadrille is over.
We shall give some quadrille parties ourselves, but scarcely a living soul is within reach except the Towercliffes, and those odious Granvilles!
Well, girls, the best reward you can give him, is to look delightfully with all your might, and to waltz and quadrille yourselves into husbands immediately!
Next she was besieged by candidates for the delight of dancing with her in the quadrille that was immediately to follow the waltz.
Meanwhile the only couple that was wanted to complete the quadrille now came up, and the dance began.
At this moment the music for the quadrille struck up, and gentlemen began to select their partners.
And so, after another quadrille and another waltz, and the final Virginia reel, the company, in consideration of their hostess, began to break up and depart.
The mask that was Sybil's partner in the quadrille which we danced with them," laughed Lyon Berners.
The last quadrille before supper was over, the supper-rooms were thrown open, and the company were marching in.
When the quadrille was over you met jolly comrades everywhere, with their partners astride on their shoulders, shaking hands as it were two stories at a time.
The beautiful Madame Liadieres shone in a quadrille of light cavalry men of the time of Louis XV, and shepherdesses dressed a la Pompadour.
Madame Thiers wore a rich moyen age costume; Madame de Plaisance headed a wholequadrille of hunters and huntresses.
For what can equal the music of a violin, a guitar, a cornet, and a bass viol to trip the quadrille to at a picnic?
He had not danced a single waltz or quadrille with Manuela, but had deserted her for Claralie, blonde and petite.
The quadrille was over, and once more I found myself constrained to look at her.
When the quadrille was over, the circle opened, and the shepherds and shepherdesses mingled with the rest of the company.
You probably never heard--' At that moment one of the shepherds ran up, and carried her off hurriedly to a quadrille which was just forming.
Mr. Malderton, as the obsequious Sparkins and his partner joined the quadrille which was just forming.
The time of these Quadrille tunes will be pretty accurately judged.
Palmer has just come back to his mountain home from Kingston, and is urged to show the latest step for a quadrille figure or other dance.
So much does it belong to him that it occurs as a descriptive adjective to the dog in the tune for the third Quadrille figure, which will be found among the dance tunes.
For instance, at the third quadrille it was customary, as it were accidentally, by changing the dances, to cause confusion among the dancers, who with uproar and laughter did their part in increasing the general disorder.
At your desire I have kept the third quadrille for you.
And you, my dear Romashov, kindly look after my wife here for a bit--they are starting the quadrille there.
It was a touching sight to see her joining, with evident enjoyment, in a quadrille at an evening party at home or elsewhere.
She could join in a quadrille at Chichester, could dine at the palace when there was a party, and "what she was to take" had been arranged in the morning.
The irritating quadrille went pounding on in the distance, through the hackneyed turns of the familiar figures, accompanied by the sound of many voices talking and of broken laughter now and then.
The quadrillewas very noisy, and she did not understand.
During some moments neither spoke, and the music of the quadrille irritated Orsino as he listened to it.
They would carry many away with them--there would be more room for the dance--and the quadrille could reassume its legitimate form.
But if the waltz appeared to Mr Bloomfield like dancing gone mad, the quadrille which divided the evening with it, formed a sort of compensation by carrying matters to the opposite extreme.
She was solicited to dance, but neither the waltz nor the quadrille were at all enticing, and she contented herself with the part of spectator.
We always look for a quadrille at one of the best functions--at home.
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