"Valse" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... away, or was it that big chafer spinning round and round the room? Now it nearly died out, and then it grew louder again and seemed to double into a duet, just as if the great stag beetle had whisked in at the casement and had joined in the nocturnal valse, the duet seeming to be intended to lull the naturalist and his nephew to sleep in the soft musky sweetness of that delightful ...
— The Ocean Cat's Paw - The Story of a Strange Cruise • George Manville Fenn
... important piece of work. The Marchesino could not realize work. He knew his friend published books. He even saw him sometimes actually engaged in writing them, pen in hand. But he was sure anybody would far rather sit and chatter with him, or hear him play a valse on the piano, or a bit of the "Boheme," than bend over a table all by himself. And Artois always welcomed him. He liked him. But it was not only that which made him complaisant. Doro was a type, and a ...
— A Spirit in Prison • Robert Hichens
... me a drawing-room song, darling! Sentiment may be false, Yet it will worry along, darling! Set to a tum-tum valse; See that the verses are few, darling! Keep to the rule of three; That will be better for you, darling! Certainly better ...
— The Battle of the Bays • Owen Seaman
... sol, mi, do,—this other brings Back to the mind a valse of long ago, The fife's shrill laughter mocked the sounding strings That wept their notes of ...
— Bohemians of the Latin Quarter • Henry Murger
... imagine any one so obtuse to musical impressions as not to find Nevin's "Valse Caprice," Op. 6, No. 1, thoroughly delightful. It is the first of a set of several pieces comprised in his sixth work, this fact being expressed by the designation Opus 6, No. 1. The piece is full of pretty sentiment and I always like to imagine that ...
— The Pianolist - A Guide for Pianola Players • Gustav Kobb |
