Amused oneself

Usage examples of played.

These two Bacchantes began to imitate the caresses I lavished on my housekeeper, who was quite astonished at the amorous fury with which my attendant played the part of a man with the other girl.

As they played after supper, and Lord Lincoln followed the noble English custom of drinking till he did not know his right hand from his left, he was quite astonished on waking the next morning to find that luck had been as kind to him as love.

The Bailo Dona sent one of his men who played the violin well enough for dancing purposes.

We began another game, Pauline played carelessly, and I placed her in a difficult position.

The part was no easy one, but I played it right well, and at last my reward came of itself.

She played on the figure of an abbe which came out fifth twenty times.

I said that very likely, and to reciprocate her kindness, Angela must likewise have been her husband, but she answered, with a smile, that Angela played husband only to Nanette, and Nanette could not deny it.

I took a violin, and played the forlana, but, even if the partner had been found, I could not play and dance at the same time.

I thought that the trick he had played upon me might have cost my life, and I could not help deriving consolation from that idea.

I said that, notwithstanding the pleasure I felt in seeing her, the trick played upon me by her friend was a very bad one, that it could not do otherwise than displease me greatly, because it was an insult to me.

I laughed to myself, for the doctor could not have played his part better if I had given him the word.

Nevertheless, I could not help feeling amazed at the way Veronique played the part.

Her behaviour, now free and now reserved, as the occasion demanded, shewed me that she was no new hand, and that she could have played the part of a princess in the best society.

A girl of her age could not have played the part so well unless she had been already tried in a hundred battles.

Far this first tine the princess had made up her mind to take them to the Torre di Nonna Theatre, as comic pieces were played there, and they could not help but laugh.