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Definition of Minuets
1. minuet [n] - See also: minuet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minuets
Literary usage of Minuets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"Portuguese minuets. 30th June, 1787. WE sallied out after dinner to pay visits.
Never did I behold such cursed ups-and-downs, such shelving descents and ..."
2. Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha by William Beckford (1835)
"Tiresome minuets.—Ineffectual Offer. —Ceremonious " Good Nights." 7th June.
NOT long after daybreak, whilst all the dews of the morning were still waiting ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"On the other hand, we sometimes see in the same work two minuets, ... The detailed
examination of the numerous minuets which Haydn has left us in his ..."
4. The Book of Human Character by Charles Bucke (1837)
"SOME men's fortunes are like minuets; in which, after many turnings, approaches,
and crossings, the parties come to the very spot on which they began the ..."
5. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"On the other hand, we sometimes see in the same work two minuets, ... The detailed
examination of the numerous minuets which Haydn has left us in his ..."
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