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Examples
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"I am the lady of the house, Mr. Crow," said the lady, performing a graceful Delsartian movement with her long bare arms.
Anderson Crow, Detective George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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He had a new way of juggling an egg phosphate that was worth going miles to see, and as for the manner in which he sprinkled nutmeg over the surface -- well! no Delsartian movement ever was so full of grace.
What's-His-Name George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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A somewhat sophisticated form of this goal is sought by several Delsartian schemes of relaxation, decomposition, and recomposition of movements.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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Delsartian flexibility of this solo dance, which one can not find in its Keltic or African congeners, associate it in mind with the joy and light-heartedness of man's Arcadian period.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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Delsartian grace one gained new appreciation of "the charm of woven paces and of waving hands."
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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