I played the csardas with such spirit as an impassioned dancer alone can give to the measure he delights in, and two enthusiastic encores rewarded my triumph.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
In every symphony of Haydn the adagio or andante is sure to be repeated each time, after the most vehement encores.
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden
So pathetically and tenderly did I pronounce these words that the hall rang again with the applause, and the encores from four hundred throats made me repeat the words which, indeed, came from my heart.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt