Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridottos
Literary usage of Ridottos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handel by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1901)
"... Presentment by the Grand Jury against ridottos—Giulio Cesare—Tamerlano—The
fashion of publishing Handel's operatic airs adapted to sacred words. ..."
2. The Romance of the Irish Stage by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1897)
"... at Bishop Clayton's—Concerts and ridottos—Miss Letitia Pilkington—Dancing the
order of the day— That dear Dean Swift—Miss Constantina Grierson. ..."
3. The Romance of the Irish Stage by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1897)
"... at Bishop Clayton's—Concerts and ridottos—Miss Letitia Pilkington—Dancing the
order of the day— That dear Dean Swift—Miss Constantina Grierson. ..."
4. Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) by Edward Gibbon, Henry North Holroyd Sheffield (1897)
"Pray give my compliments to Mrs. Williams, and try to convince her that business
not pleasure, Writings not ridottos* detain me here. ..."
5. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal by Robert Chambers, William Chambers (1845)
"At the playhouses, indeed, at ridottos, ... ridottos, oratorios, Vauxhall, Ranelagh
gardens ; and at races, balls, assemblies, in almost every large town, ..."
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