opera comique
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The attendant attempted to push it on behind, at the same time he gave it a sharp blow with his sheathed sword; this changed the scene to the "opera comique."
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
He haf found him when he was a child—der orang-outang—und he was child und brother und opera comique all round to Betran.
From Life's Handicap by Kipling, Rudyard
"La Dame Blanche," opera comique in three acts, words by Scribe, adapted from Walter Scott's novels, "The Monastery" and "Guy Mannering," was first produced at the Opera Comique, Dec.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
He haf found him when he was a child—der orangoutang—und he was child and brother and opera comique all round to Bertran.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
"What think you of this opera comique?" asked Leopold.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
