Pontellier should call upon you, play for her that
Impromptu of Chopin's, my favorite.
Finding us distinguished, as a nation, by our love of athletic exercises, the little man, in the innocence of his heart, devoted himself
impromptu to all our English sports and pastimes whenever he had the opportunity of joining them; firmly persuaded that he could adopt our national amusements of the field by an effort of will precisely as he had adopted our national gaiters and our national white hat.
Famous for writing that kind of
impromptu descriptive verse which the Chinese call "Ying".
He was supremely happy, perched like an amorphous bundle on the high stool, with his head thrown back, his eyes fixed on the opposite cornice, and his lips wide open, sending forth, with all his might,
impromptu syllables to a tune of Arne's which had hit his fancy.
Want of breath brought the
impromptu ball to a close, and then people began to go.
On the nineteenth the
impromptu army had attempted a sortie, more to assure itself and others of its actual existence than with any more serious intention.
He made his way slowly to the
impromptu shed which served for a garage.
In the eyes of the audience this apparent
impromptu was always the ultimate scream, and the laughter and applause would compel the curtain up again to reveal Duckworth and an assistant stage-hand, as if caught by surprise, fanning the two belligerents with towels.
He was no fool though, though a futile idler; he was curiously clever at all kinds of things that couldn't be the slightest use; a sort of
impromptu conjuring; making fifteen matches set fire to each other like a regular firework; or cutting a banana or some such thing into a dancing doll.
A new union was the result of this outburst, but the
impromptu strike went to pieces in three days, owing to the rush of new labor.
He had hardly returned from the marquee with the prize in his hand, when it began to be understood that Wiry Ben proposed to amuse the company, before the gentry went to dinner, with an
impromptu and gratuitous performance--namely, a hornpipe, the main idea of which was doubtless borrowed; but this was to be developed by the dancer in so peculiar and complex a manner that no one could deny him the praise of originality.
Eulalie raised her unmoved eye to mine, and seemed to expect, passively but securely, an
impromptu tribute to her majestic charms.