10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPROVISATRIX»
Discover the use of
improvisatrix in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
improvisatrix and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jane Eyre's American Daughters: From The Wide, Wide World to ...
The point of it all is not so much the story as the reception the little improvisatrix
herself received, which was not unlike that accorded Mme. de Stael's Corinne as
she held forth before the populace in Rome: "And how the audience was ...
2
The royal dictionary-cyclopædia, for universal reference, ...
... accompanied by a guitar. Improvisatory, im-pro-viz1 '-a-to-re, a. Relating to
extemporary composition of rhymes. Improvisatrice, im-prov-viz-a-tre1 -tsha,-\ fltal
.J Improvisatrix, im-pro-viz1 -a-trix, i ' (plur. Eng. improvisatrkes ; Ital.
improvvisatrici.) ...
3
English Grammar, with Chapters on Composition, ...
Tery (Lat. terium) denotes condition, as in — Mastery. Ministry. 28. Trix (Lat. trix)
denotes a female agent, as in — Executrix. Improvisatrix. Testatrix, (i) This ending
is disguised in empress (Fr. impe'ratrice from Lat. imperatrix) ; and in nurse (Fr.
John Miller Dow Meiklejohn, 1887
4
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, ...
An Italian (dlcfl l«r»). ScjRlcci (Tossawuw), nf Tuscany (17SS-1&3SA His tttnth of
Charles /., Death of Mary Queen of Scott, and fall of Uwtohmaki, are very
celebrated. Taddki (Rosa). (See Improvisatrix.) Zccco {Marco Antonio , of Verona
(died ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1898
5
Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots & Stories: ...
Beronicius (P. J.), who could convert extempore into Latin or Greek verse, a
Dutch newspaper or anything else which he heard {died 1676). Cori lla( J/arw
Magdalena), of Pistoia. Mde. de Stael has borrowed her Comnne from this
improvisatrix ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1892
6
The English Language: Its Grammar, History and Literature
Tery (Lat. terrain) denotes condition, as in — Mastery. Ministry. 28. Trlx (Lat. trlx)
denotes a female agent, as in — Executrix. Improvisatrix. Testatrix, (i) This ending
is disguised in empress (Tr. impiratrice from Lat imperatrue'i ( and in nurse (Fr.
John Miller Dow Meiklejohn, 1920
7
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama
Beronicius (P. J.), who could convert extempore into Latin or Greek verse a Dutch
newspaper or anything else which he heard (died 1676). Corilla (Maria
Magdalena), of Pistoia. Mde. de Stael has borrowed her Corinne from this
improvisatrix.
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Marion Harland, 1902
8
A new guide of Florence and its vicinity: with excursions to ...
... Caslelli. — A portrait of a man, unknown. — Apollo having a sea bird at his feet.
— A bust of Julia Mammea. — Ganymede in Jupiter's form, by Guido Cagnacci.
— The portrait of Fortunata Sulgher Fantastici, famous Florentine improvisatrix, ...
9
New Grammar of the English Tongue
Tery (Lat. terlum) denotes condition, as in — Mastery. Ministry. 28. Trlx (Lat. trlz)
denotes a female agent, as in — Executrix. Improvisatrix. Testatrix, (i) This ending
is disguised in empress (Fr. imperatrice from Lat. imperatrix) ; and in nurse (Fr.
John Miller Dow Meiklejohn, 1887
10
The Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and ...
Improvisateur, trice, smf. in-pro-vUsa-teur, tri-s, improvisator, improvisatrix, one
who docs something extempore. Improvisation, sf. 1я-рпмл-»*-*йт, talking
extempore, v, ithout forethought. Improvisé, e, adj. In-pro-vi-sé, extemporised,
done ...
Alexander Spiers, Gabriel Surenne, 1890
