Lexicographical Neighbors of Courantos
Literary usage of Courantos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forest Princess, and Other Masques by Constance D'Arcy Mackay (1916)
"... galliards, and courantos in which both actors and audience took part! Kings and
Queens felt the spell of participation. One of the first examples of the ..."
2. The Secret Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon: With the Princess Des by Maintenon, Marie-Anne de la Trémoille Ursini (1827)
"The King is so feeble that he could only dance two courantos, his head became so
giddy that he could not attempt a third ; he is sad and downcast, ..."
3. The Secret Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon: With the Princess Des by Maintenon, Marie-Anne de La Trémoille Ursins (1827)
"The King is so feeble that he could only dance two courantos, his head became so
giddy that he could not attempt a third ; he is sad and downcast, ..."
4. Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, 1845-1846 (1857)
"... high and swift courantos, Saying our grace is only in our heels." Adam Clarke
says, that dancing " weakened the moral principle within me, ..."
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