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«I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.»
«As Romeo Irving reminded me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle. He did it cleverly, but would be better employed in squealing.»
«Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight.»
Author: H. G. Bohn | About: Friends | Keywords: fiddle, fiddled, fiddles, fiddling, screwed, strings, tight
«A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases its worth and sweetens its tone»
«ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection. The most famous English example begins somewhat like this:The cur foretells the knell of parting day; The loafing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The wise man homeward plods; I only stay To fiddle-faddle in a minor key.»
«The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune»
«We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.»
«There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.»