canzonet
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The little canzonet "J'aime mieux ma mie," is, I believe, the first Wordsworthian poem298 brought forward on philosophical principles to oppose the schools of art and affectation.
From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by John Ruskin
Percy sings a Spanish seguidilla, or a German lied, or a French romance, or a Neapolitan canzonet, which, I am bound to say, excites very little attention.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
Presently a single voice rose, singing an exquisite little French canzonet, the refrain of which was a passionate repetition of the word "Amie."
From Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott
You find not the apostrophes, and so miss the accent; let me supervise the canzonet.
From Canterbury Pieces by Samuel Butler
With a canzonet and tabor, Yea, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi!
From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by A. H. (Alexander Hamilton) Laidlaw
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