Lexicographical Neighbors of Demivoltes
Literary usage of Demivoltes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1905)
"... demivoltes and somersaults which the Sun has editorially executed during the
past thirty years, and also, in a general way, it would serve as an object ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"With that, he executed two or three escapades, demivoltes, curvets, and other
antics of a truly equine character, and, galloping up to the amazed Nathan, ..."
3. The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856)
"With that he executed two or three escapades, demivoltes, curvets, and other
anties of a truly equine character, and galloping up to the amazed Nathan, ..."
4. Nick of the Woods: Or, The Jibbenainosay; a Tale of Kentucky by Robert Montgomery Bird (1853)
"With that, he executed two or three escapades, demivoltes, curvets, and other
antics of a truly equine character, and galloping up to the amazed Nathan, ..."
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