| Charles Burdett - 1862 - 412 strani
...present, he could not have found in his heart to grudge the good old padre the pleasure that beamed from his honest countenance. "The, band consisted of two...seemed to me, but three pieces alternately, for waltz, contra dance, and quadrille. The latter dance was evidently an unfamiliar one, for once or twice the... | |
| Charles Burdett - 1865 - 410 strani
...present, he could not have found in his heart to grudge the good old padre the pleasure that beamed from his honest countenance. " The band consisted of two...for once or twice the music ceased in the middle of the figure. The etiquette of the dance was marked by that grave, stately courtesy, which has been handed... | |
| Charles Burdett - 1865 - 408 strani
...present, he could not have found in his heart to grudge the good old padre the pleasure that beamed from his honest countenance. " The band consisted of two violins and two guitars, whose music made up iu spirit what it lacked in skill. They played, as it seemed to me, but three pieces alternately, for... | |
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