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The numbers are smooth and sprightly, and the diction is seldom faulty.— The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II
It is sprightly, and contains a fetching cadenza One of the most prolific writers of American song is Clayton Johns.— Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
The scene is laid in an English country house, where an amiable English nobleman is the centre of matrimonial interest on the part of both the English and Americans present Graceful, sprightly, almost delicious in its dialogue and action.— The Forsaken Inn A Novel

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