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A lame youth, whom Apollo had recompensed with a pipe, and to which he had added a tabourin of his own accord, ran sweetly over the prelude, as he sat upon the bank — Tie me up this tress instantly, said Nannette, putting a piece of string into my hand — It taught me to forget I was a stranger — The whole knot fell down — We had been seven years acquainted.
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The youth struck the note upon the tabourin — his pipe followed, and off we bounded — ‘the duce take that slit!’
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A lame youth, whom Apollo had recompensed with a pipe, and to which he had added a tabourin of his own accord, ran sweetly over the prelude, as he sat upon the bank — Tie me up this tress instantly, said Nannette, putting a piece of string into my hand — It taught me to forget I was a stranger — The whole knot fell down — We had been seven years acquainted.
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The youth struck the note upon the tabourin — his pipe followed, and off we bounded — ‘the duce take that slit!’
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'Elles dancent au son du petit tabourin & de la fluste, & par fois auec ce long instrument qu'ils posent sur le col, puis s'allongeant iusqu'auprés de la ceinture; ils le battent auec vn petit baston: par fois auec vn violon.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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The 'chanson' -- _i. e._, the dance tune, was played on the flute, and accompanied by the 'tabourin' or drum, which beats all the time.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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(he carefully adds) the three doubles are achieved in 12 'battements et mesures du tabourin.'
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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The sun was set — they had done their work; the nymphs had tied up their hair afresh — and the swains were preparing for a carousal — my mule made a dead point — ’Tis the fife and tabourin, said
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The sun was set — they had done their work; the nymphs had tied up their hair afresh — and the swains were preparing for a carousal — my mule made a dead point — ’Tis the fife and tabourin, said
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