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Definition of Rhapsodies
1. rhapsody [n] - See also: rhapsody
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhapsodies
Literary usage of Rhapsodies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1853)
"INTERMITTENT rhapsodies ON THE ... It was nothing more nor less that the following—"
Intermittent rhapsodies on the ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1833)
"Such is the substance of this small publication, which we recommend to the
attention of the scientific. AET. XXXIX.—Rhymes and rhapsodies. ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"The history of the latter piece is similar to that of the Hungarian rhapsodies —portions
of which were originally published under the title of ' Mélodies ..."
4. The Life of Johannes Brahms by Florence May (1905)
"... Concerto : first performance by Joachim—Pianoforte Pieces, Op. 76—Sonata for
Pianoforte and Violin—First performances—Brahms at Crefeld—rhapsodies for ..."
5. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1820)
"... and by them cited out of Orpheus's hymns and rhapsodies, that the opinion of
monarchy, or one self-existent Deity, the original of all things, ..."
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