scenes

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There are operatic scenas, dealing with abduction and all sorts of uncomfortable situations, and again youngsters declaim of their somewhat indecorous emotions with gusto and—let us hope—a sublime insensibility of all that they imply.

From Spirit and Music by Hunt, H. Ernest

We had good wine and the choicest company, and these kept us from sleep through numerous scenas and cantos, and if we formed any judgment in the premises we believe we did not express one.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. by Various

Mrs. Errington was always singing scenas to her, which, so far as Rhoda's share in them went, might just as well have been uttered in the shape of a soliloquy.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

A private or subscription concert will soon give an opportunity of hearing some of its scenas, quatuors, etc.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

My lady's piano was open, covered with scattered sheets of music and exquisitely-bound collections of scenas and fantasias which no master need have disdained to study.

From Lady Audley's Secret by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)