Doa

When Didi and Rae enroll at the Flamenco Academy, Doa Carlota becomes an inspiring fi gure in each of their lives.

The Flamenco Academy by Sarah Bird: Questions 2006

Why does Doa Carlota feel compelled to tell the story of Rosa and

The Flamenco Academy by Sarah Bird: Questions 2006

Doa Carlota says that a true Gypsy singer’s voice “is the sound a man makes when the world tries to choke him to death at birth and he sings anyway.

The Flamenco Academy by Sarah Bird: Questions 2006

We took the hint, and hastily extricating man and beast, though not until they had experienced a severe ducking, we proceeded onwards to where the waters enclose within their fertilizing arms the grassy fields of the mountain Doa [= u] b.

A Peep into Toorkisthhan Rollo Gillespie Burslem

Kh [= a] n, the chief of the Doa [= u] b, who accordingly came out to welcome us to his territory; he embraced us in the Uzbeg fashion, telling us in eastern phraseology "to consider his dominion as our own, and that we might command all he possessed."

A Peep into Toorkisthhan Rollo Gillespie Burslem

The approach to Doa [= u] b is through one of the most romantic glens conceivable.

A Peep into Toorkisthhan Rollo Gillespie Burslem

Doa Rita added, ` ` Mr. Mills and I are friends from old times, you know. ''

The Arrow of Gold 1919

Doa Rita moved slightly her beautiful shoulders and went on:

The Arrow of Gold 1919

It was followed without any transition, preparation, or warning, by a positively bellowed: ` ` Speak, perjured beast! '' which I felt pass in a thrill right through Doa Rita like an electric shock, leaving her as motionless as before.

The Arrow of Gold 1919

Doa Rita sprang to her feet at my side with a loud cry, ` ` No, George, no, '' which bewildered me completely.

The Arrow of Gold 1919