estro

What she strives for, she says, is "estro" - Italian for spark.

JSOnline.com 2009

What she strives for, she says, is "estro" - Italian for spark.

JSOnline.com 2009

Frau Lenore remarked to him that he had, to be sure, possessed such an ‘estro’ — and yet ...

The Torrents of Spring 2006

‘And how do you know that Emil will not have enemies, even if this “estro” is found in him?’

The Torrents of Spring 2006

P. que dose aca en la tierra nu estro senõr Jesuchristo?

Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

Your dear letter has brought me still nearer to you in the crisis of the estro poetico, which the "Hungaria" [One of Liszt's symphonic poems.] brought forth in me; and, thanks to this good influence, I hope you will not be dissatisfied with the composition.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

To tell the truth, his arguments were somewhat feeble; he kept expatiating for the most part on the necessity, before all things, of possessing '_un certo estro d'inspirazione_' -- a certain force of inspiration!

The Torrents of Spring Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

In this light he may be said to bring to his subject not one mind, but several; he becomes not one poet, but many; for each actor in his drama has a share, and an important share, in the lyrical _estro_ to which he gives birth.

Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

He was first giddy, as after a deep draught of kindling spirit; this passed off, but the spirit was still in his veins -- the _estro_ was working in his brain.

Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

M. Savarin, wit, critic, and poet, with his pleasant, sensible wife; and a few others, who, the M.estro confided to me in a whisper, were authorities in the press.

The Parisians — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838