Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprioling
Literary usage of Caprioling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"... and in the circle, a little caprioling creature. And outside of all, are two
palm trees, one on each side; and under each palm tree, two baskets of ..."
2. St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice Written for the Help of the Few by John Ruskin (1908)
"Helpless, with his childish art, to carve Christ, he carves a cross, and caprioling
little thing in a ring at the top of it. You may try—you—to carve Christ ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... know him: here a gallant, eagle-featured little gentleman, brisk in the smiles
of youth, with plumes, with truncheon, caprioling on his war- charger, ..."
4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"... with truncheon, caprioling on his war- charger, view of tents in the distance;—
there a sedate, ponderous, wrinkly old man, eyes slightly puckered (eyes ..."
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