Even recounted by her, there was a strange adventurous character that ran through these recitals, showing that Mary Martin, in all she thought and said and acted, was buoyed and sustained by a sort of native chivalry that made her actually court the incidents where she incurred the greatest hazard.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Presently he went to the art galleries with the lady, and to all the piano recitals he could bid her.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
His fat amiable face, flat and corpulent fingers, his swarthy skin and upturned nose, were called comical by the women who thronged his recitals; but Mychowski at the keyboard was a different man from the Mychowski who sat all night at a table eating macaroni and drinking Apollinaris water.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker