Many a diplomat, financier, military or naval commander has been raised to position of favourite because he first secured-by payment, of course, according to his means-the good graces of the ex-ballerina.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
For over a century this country has been the happy dumping-ground of Italian opera and Italian singers and dancers; for there was a time when a ballet and a prima ballerina were of paramount importance in an operatic season.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
"She looks half like a Madonna and half like a ballerina," she said.
"Roderick Hudson"
Henry James