figurante

In the first he told me that he had followed my instructions as to the Corticelli, and in the second that she would probably he paid for dancing at the carnival as first 'figurante'.

Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 19: Back Again to Paris Giacomo Casanova 1761

In the first he told me that he had followed my instructions as to the Corticelli, and in the second that she would probably he paid for dancing at the carnival as first 'figurante'.

The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761

All this was true, except about the French figurante.

Mens Wives 2006

“Regent;” but as to the French figurante, it must be confessed, that Mrs. Walker was in a sad error: THAT lady and the

Mens Wives 2006

At ten years of age I was a _ballet girl_ at the theatre; at fourteen, my Chevalier, it was my good fortune to meet you; you initiated me, not only into the mysteries of love, but into the art of making money with far greater facility than as a _figurante_ in the opera.

Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life George Thompson

She is a flirt and a _figurante_, as long as she lives.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various

Their malignant modesty does not deserve the respect of an intelligent _figurante_.

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 Various

Monday what the leading _figurante_ is to the opera or ballet, and dances about as gracefully as the hippopotami described by Dr. Livingstone.

A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton

Mademoiselle Prévost, alarmed at such a triumph, intrigued with such success that Mademoiselle de Camargo was soon forced to fall back to the position of a mere _figurante_.

The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various

She started well as a figurante in a comic opera company up-town, but from that she dropped to a female minstrel troupe in the Bowery, and now, Lewy Tusch told Cordelia, she was "tooing ter skirt-tance in ter pickernic parks for ter sick-baby fund, ant passin 'ter hat arount afterwarts."

Different Girls Various