 | English literature - 1790 - 820 pages
...Italian fcrapers, fingers, efpecially women. Skilful in the ufe of the (word, but not of a quarrellbme temper. Ready to accept a challenge, but backward...good-natured abroad, and ill-natured at home* More ifeiltui in the theoretic, than in the practical part of wife-governing. To wine and (huff, no objection,... | |
 | Kate Van Winkle Keller - Dance - 2007 - 720 pages
...proper to dance. —But no particular intimacy with Italian scrapers, singers, W— s, &c. Skilled in the use of the sword, but not of a quarrelsome temper .... An admirer of the fine arts A lover of poetry, both ancient and modern; and capable of relishing... | |
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He must be able to play tolerably well on the fiddle, and have more than a tolerable share of patience ; in short, he must be willing to play as long as I think proper to dance ; but no particular intimacy with Italian scrapers or singers, especially... 