And later, while Daddy played an ancient tune that was written originally as a mazurka yet did duty now for a two-step, he danced with Mother too, and the children paused to watch out of sheer admiration.
"A Prisoner in Fairyland"
Algernon Blackwood
Her partners were often very rough, and on one occasion Balzac relates that a handkerchief belonging to the young Countess, which had cost more than 500 francs, was torn to pieces in a figure of the mazurka, in which men contend for the dancer's handkerchief.
"Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings"
Mary F. Sandars
It was not yet November when Paul stopped in the middle of a Chopin mazurka: "Ellenora, have you heard from Vibert?"
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker