The count swallowed his fifth glass of chartreuse, made a demi-pirouette, and almost fell, because he was very dizzy; but his valet held him up, and he finally succeeded, after much bumping against walls, in reaching his carriage, into which he threw himself, saying: "Deuce take me!
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
The pirouette, which the artists of the ballet invented a hundred years ago, and which was applauded as the wonder of its time, as we now know, was danced by old Egyptians.
"Psychology and Social Sanity"
Hugo Münsterberg
Molly, attempting a pirouette with the baby, now stumbled amid the debris, and for an instant distracted Sara's attention, as she sprang to steady her, and catch the imperilled little one from her irresponsible arms, and Morton remarked hesitantly,- "Say, Sara, I guess I wasn't feeling just right about things, and I declare this makes me sort of ashamed!"
"Sara, a Princess"
Fannie E. Newberry