Book/Printed Material The treasures of Terpsichore or, A companion for the ball-room. Being a collection of all the most popular English country dances, arrange alphabetically, with proper figures to each dance
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Companion for the ball-room THE Treasures of Terpsichore; OR, A COMPANION FOR THE BALL-ROOM. BEING A COLLECTION OF ALL THE MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES, Arranged Alphabetically, with proper Figures to each Dance. BY T. WILSON,...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room PREFACE. Having had the honor to lay before my Friends and the Public an “Analysis of Country Dancing,” the success of which so far exceeded my expectations, that I am again tempted...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room ii for differing from the Country-dance books published by music-sellers, (which are generally filled with such butterfly Dances as exist only in the brain of the publisher or engraver), it contains all...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room iii as fast as it has done for sometime past, that that once delightful amusement will shortly dwindle into mere running, and that beautiful regularity of movement, which should always be displayed...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room iv daughter of a cheesemonger or oil-man—no member of the ton,—a jackdaw among pigeons. It indeed appears now, in fashionable life, a crime to attempt any thing that requires a capacity beyond...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room v to have originated in an attempt at simplicity, an effort to do every thing with the greatest apparent ease. But it should be remembered, that though simplicity is the greatest ornament...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room vi it once was, they rather seem to confirm whatever follies the fops and puppies of the day attempt to practise, in defiance of the rules of art and the numbers of...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room vii exactness, the inhabitants of the metropolis, with all the aid of Dancing-masters, complain of the difficulty of remembering a Dance set to a double figure. By these remarks, I do not...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room viii previously informed to the contrary by the Master of the Ceremonies. It has been asserted by a great author, that a people may be known by their amusements. If so, I...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room ix It is indeed lamentable that our amusements should be on the decline, while the arts, sciences, and manufactures flourish beyond all precedent among us. At a period too when a powerful...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room x describe at his court the present state of English Country Dancing, it would be considered a national disgrace; and what is more probable than that some ambassador or nobleman, at this...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room “The English, particularly the Londoners, are passionately fond of Dancing, in which they are certainly far below mediocrity, and may I think be justly considered the worst Dancers in Europe. “During my...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xii “On entering the ball-room with my friend Dr. J. I was not a little surprised at seeing a Gentleman dancing in boots with a beautiful girl of eighteen, who seemed almost...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xiii me was a widow of distinction, and that it was positively the first time since her lord's decease that she had lain aside the sable garb of Melpomene for the gay...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xiv step and gentle pause, but was soon convinced of the fallacy of my ideas; far we no sooner began the dance than my partner, complaining of the difficulty of the figure,...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xv “The Ladies I soon discovered were far superior to the Gentlemen in dancing, but both were so shamefully deficient in most of the requisites to make good dancers, that had I...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xvi engaging parisian belles would in their presence, to an impartial observer, have lost their attractions. “As for the Gentlemen, they were not only deficient in dancing, but they were also in...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xvii taking refreshments, I was remarking to Dr. J. how preferable I considered English Country Dancing would be, if practised in France, to their Cotillions. At this instant we were interrupted by...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xviii here rescued from the enraged musician by his friends, who finding the company more disposed to censure than applaud his conduct, contented themselves only with calling the fiddler a presumptuous scoundrel,...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xix to answer him, in defence of himself and colleagues. “I was by this time so completely disgusted with the foppery of some, and the want of talent in all, (for among...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xx the sacred standard of liberty wantons in every breeze,—whose invincible navies sweep the vast bosom of the ocean,—where the stores of rich Pomona's lap are showered spontaneously,—where Thames, the world's great...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xxi male, who boast with conscious pride the birth of a Shakespeare, a Newton, a Locke, a Reynolds, and a thousand other illustrious names, whose merits have so largely and eminently contributed...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xxii sought merit at a pavilion, whose portals are never opened but by golden, keys.—I must henceforth seek for science in the humbler walks of life. I was here abruptly interrupted by...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xxiii It will doubtless be considered by many who read this Preface. a ridiculous attempt of mine in endeavouring to prove that good Dancing is requisite to preserve a high national character....- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xxiv his son incapable of Dancing well? He would doubtless have told him to seclude himself from his friends and the world, till he could appear among them like a gentleman. I...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xxv appear only to present the contrast between excellence and deficiency. This certainly can be accounted for in no other way than by the want of talent in the community; for it...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xxvi painter. Now, on the contrary, since the establishment of the Royal Academy by our present Gracious Sovereign, that divine art has arrived to a degree of perfection unparalleled in England: our...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room xxvii by its professors, not being formed into a corporate body as the Painters are; its advancement therefore must depend on those who teach it. With this view I present the British...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room TREASURES OF TERPSICHORE. &c. &c . Africans (The). 2 PARTS REPEATED. Single Figure. Set and change sides [???], down the middle, up again, right and left [???]. Or thus: Hey of your...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 2 Andrew Carey. 2 PARTS REPEATED. Set and change sides [???], down the middle, up again, and right and left [???]. Or thus: Hands across and back again [???], down the middle,...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 3 Ap Shenkin. 2 PARTS AND DA CAPO. Single Figure . Hands across and back again [???], down the middle, up again, allemande [???], and swing corners [???]. Or thus: The first...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 4 Arthur a'Brose. 2 PARTS REPEATED. Single Figure . Hands across and back again [???], down the middle, up again, and right and left [???]. Double Figure . Cast off two couple,...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 5 Astley's Hornpipe. 2 PARTS. Single Figure . Set and change sides [???], down the middle, up again, and right and left [???]. Double Figure . Hey contrary sides [???], hey on...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 6 Braes of Auchentyre. 2 PARTS. Single Figure . Set and change sides [???], down the middle, up again, and hands four at top [???]. Double Figure . Hey of your own...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 7 Brighton Waltz. 3 PARTS REPEATED Set, and half right and left [???], down the middle, up again, hands four round at top [???], and swing corners [???]. Or thus: Hands across...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 8 Brunswick Waltz. 3 PARTS REPEATED. Set and half right and left [???], down the middle, up again, allemande [???] and turn corners [???]. Or thus: Hands across, back again [???], down...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 9 Caledonian Reel (The). 2 PARTS. Single Figure . Set and change sides [???], down the middle, up again, and right and left [???]. Or thus: Hey of your own sides [???],...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 10 Hibernia. 2 PARTS. Single Figure . Set and change sides and back again [???], down the middle, up again, and right and left [???]. Double Figure . Hands across and back...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 11 Captain Flemming. 3 PARTS REPEATED. Set and change sides [???], down the middle, up again, allemande [???], and turn corners [???]. Or thus: Hands three of the Ladies' side, ditto of...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
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Companion for the ball-room 12 Italian Monfrina. 2 PARTS. Single Figure . Cast off two couple and back again [???], down the middle, up again, and right and left [???]. Double Figure . Chase round two...- Contributor: Printed for the Author - Wilson, Thomas - Wilson, Thomas (Dancing Master) - And to Be Had of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
- Date: 1816
