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Definition of Sylphide
1. a little sylph [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylphide
Literary usage of Sylphide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Adventures of Col. L.A. Norton by Lewis Adelbert Norton (1887)
"THE sylphide. ALL hail to thee, sylphide, fair queen of the mountain; Let angels
thy dew-gleaming footsteps sustain, Whose impress a shadow ne'er made on ..."
2. Manual of French Poetry: With Historical Introduction, and Biographical by Albert Harrison Mixer (1874)
"LA sylphide. La raison a son ignorance ; Son flambeau n'est pas toujours clair.
Elle niait votre existence, Sylphes charmants, ..."
3. The Art of Ballet by Mark Edward Perugini (1915)
"CHAPTER XXVI MARIE TAGLIONI ("sylphide") THE great theatrical sensation of the
mid-'forties was the famous Pas de ..."
4. Life and Adventures of Col. L.A. Norton by Lewis Adelbert Norton (1887)
"THE sylphide. ALL hail to thee, sylphide, fair queen of the mountain; Let angels
thy dew-gleaming footsteps sustain, Whose impress a shadow ne'er made on ..."
5. Manual of French Poetry: With Historical Introduction, and Biographical by Albert Harrison Mixer (1874)
"LA sylphide. La raison a son ignorance ; Son flambeau n'est pas toujours clair.
Elle niait votre existence, Sylphes charmants, ..."
6. The Art of Ballet by Mark Edward Perugini (1915)
"CHAPTER XXVI MARIE TAGLIONI ("sylphide") THE great theatrical sensation of the
mid-'forties was the famous Pas de ..."
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