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" Romalis by their gipsies ; the soul and essence of it consists in the expression of certain sentiment, one not indeed of a very sentimental or correct character. The ladies, who seem to have no bones, resolve the problem of perpetual motion, their feet... "
The Spaniards and Their Country - Page 176
by Richard Ford - 1847
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The Spaniards and Their Country, Volume 2

Richard Ford - Spain - 1847 - 202 pages
...Ghowasee of the Egyptians, and the Nautch of the Hindoos, is called the Ole by Spaniards, the Romalis by their gipsies ; the soul and essence of it consists...form and Terpsichore figure of a young Andalucian girl — be she gipsy or not — is said by the learned, to have been designed by nature as the fit...
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Programme, Volumes 1915-1916

Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1915 - 1142 pages
...Ghowasee of the Egyptians, and the Nautch of the Hindus, is called the Ole by Spaniards, the Romalis by their gipsies; the soul and essence of it consists...the flexible form and Terpsichore figure of a young Andalusian girl — be she gipsy or not — is said by the learned to have been designed by nature...
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Music and Bad Manners

Carl Van Vechten - Music - 1916 - 268 pages
...Spaniards, the Romalis by their gipsies ; the soul and essence of it consists in the expression of a certain sentiment, one not indeed of a very sentimental...the flexible form and Terpsichore figure of a young Andalusian girl — be she gipsy or not — is said, by the learned, to have been designed by nature...
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Music and Bad Manners

Carl Van Vechten - Music - 1916 - 256 pages
...Ghowasee of the Egyptians, and the Nautch of the Hindoos, is called the Ole by Spaniards, the Romalis by their gipsies ; the soul and essence of it consists in the expression of a certain sentiment, one not indeed of a very sentimental or correct character. The ladies, who seem...
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The Music of Spain

Carl Van Vechten - Music - 1918 - 244 pages
...Ghowasee of the Egyptians, and the Nautch of the Hindoos, is called the Ole by Spaniards, the Romalis by their gipsies ; the soul and essence of it consists in the expression of a certain sentiment, one not indeed of a very sentimental or correct character. The ladies, who seem...
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Seville, Córdoba, and Granada: A Cultural History

Elizabeth Nash - Travel - 2005 - 270 pages
...which the chaperones and invited are seated, among whom quantity is rather preferred to quality. . . The ladies, who seem to have no bones, resolve the...trembles like an aspen leaf; the flexible form and Terpischore figure of a young Andalucian girl — be she gipsy or not — is said by the learned to...
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Volume 37

Boston Symphony Orchestra - Concert programs - 1917 - 1506 pages
...Egyptians and the Nautch of the Hindoos"? It is the Ole of the Spaniards, the Romalis of the gypsies. "The ladies, who seem to have no bones, resolve the problem of perpetual motiont their feet having comparatively a sinecure, as the whole person performs a pantomime, and trembles...
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