spinet

Example Sentences

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Mostly Madam slept late, wrote letters, and picked out melodies on a badly tuned spinet.

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It appeared that he had two rooms, a sitting-room and another, the door to which was closed; he slept on a pallet, clearly, in the sitting-room, next to his spinet.

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Johnny could hear the tiny tinkle, seemingly far away, of Miss Lavinia’s spinet.

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He saw the glitter of candles throughout the great mansions, guests coming and going, heard the music of a spinet.

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It was a mahogany spinet, and it was shiny and beautiful.

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