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Definition of Serenading
1. serenade [v] - See also: serenade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serenading
Literary usage of Serenading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
"Years ago serenading was the very soul of romance, and even now, in this utilitarian
... Shall I tell you a story of serenading? You do not answer, lady, ..."
2. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1882)
"serenading the Young Ladies.—Song.—Ceremony attending the Delivery of Degrees.
— Diplomas. — The Banquet. — Bill of Fare.—The Ball.—Swedish Young Ladies. ..."
3. The Lincoln Memorial: Original Life Pictures, with Autographs, from the by Abraham Lincoln, Matthew Simpson, Isaac Newton Arnold (1882)
"... SPEECH TO A serenading CLUB OF PENNSYLVANIANS ON THE NIGHT OF HIS SECOND
ELECTION, 1864. EVEN before I had been informed by you that this compliment was ..."
4. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"I then began the beautiful serenading song of ' Lilla, come down to me,' with no
other motive than that of hearing myself sing it. ..."
5. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"... the beautiful serenading song of ' Lilla, come down to me,' with no other
motive than that of hearing myself sing it. At the con- clusion of the air, ..."
6. The Romance of Old Philadelphia by John Thomson Faris (1918)
"... or SLEIGH-RIDING AND serenading— A DINNER AT PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S MANSION
PHILADELPHIA'S social life has long been famous for its unusual combination ..."
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