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"Spinster" is equally uncomfortable, suggesting, as it does, corkscrew curls and immoderate attenuation of frame; while "maiden lady," which the ultra-punctilious substitute, is entirely too mincing for sensible, whole-souled people to countenance I dare say that more women would have the courage to remain unmarried were there so euphonious a title awaiting them as that of "bachelor," which, when shorn of its accompanying adjective "old," simply means unmarried The word "bachelor," too, has somewhat of a jaunty sound, implying to the sensitive ear that its owner could have been married--oh, several times over--if he had wished.— The Love Affairs of an Old Maid
Finer in a vocal sense was Thalberg's touch than Liszt's; finer Henselt's than Thalberg's, because more euphonious, and nobler in tonal texture; and more poetic than either of these two was Chopin's ethereal touch.— Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
Musical, euphonious, regal, "the crowned"!— A Truthful Woman in Southern California
It is well worth the penny one gives for a bill to con over those rich, euphonious, delicious syllables--TEN THOUSAND A-YEAR!— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
Its natural manifestation is beautiful and euphonious, but its written expression increases in power and perfection under the guidance of the great Master The divine hand led me into a new world of light and Life, a fresh universe--old to God, but new to His "little one."— Retrospection and Introspection

Century Dictionary (1)
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