22 July 2018
volta
[vohl-tuh, vol-; Italian vawl-tah]
noun, plural volte [vohl-tey, vol-; Italian vawl-te]. Music.
1. turn; time (used in phrases): una volta(“once”);
prima volta(“first time”).
Origin of volta
1635-1645; Italian: a turn; see volt2
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Examples from the Web for volta
Historical Examples
But it was too late: the volte face was too sudden and complete.
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
George Bernard Shaw
He was not an uneducated man, but volte face, correctly pronounced, was unfamiliar in his ears.
The Postmaster’s Daughter
Louis Tracy
If I had inwardly reproached him for fickleness when he confessed his volte face, I exonerated him at sight of his old love.
The Brightener
C. N. Williamson
Pretending concern in her, had he not really joined the camp of her enemies and detractors, the volte face thing!
The Shriek
Charles Somerville
The simplicity of M. Fnelon was rudely shocked by this ” volte face.”
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime
William Henry Atherton
Morley speaks of the volte, and says it is characterised by ‘rising and leaping,’ and is of the same ‘measure’ as a coranto.
Shakespeare and Music
Edward W. Naylor
The miserable state of the nation seemed to demand a volte face.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Robert E. Park
His cabinet pictures were also lively; witness the four Seasons at volte, a seat of the noble family of Chigi.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6)
Luigi Antonio Lanzi
Of all things, the ‘ volte sciollo’, and the ‘pensieri stretti’, are necessary.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield’s Letters to His Son
The Earl of Chesterfield
The volte is a circular movement, executed by the horse upon a curved line, not less than twelve of his steps in length.
Hand-book for Horsewomen
H. L. De Bussigny
Today’s quote
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
– Benjamin Franklin
Today’s quote
22 July 1298 – Battle of Falkirk in which the English, led by King Edward VI, defeated the Scots, led by William Wallace. It was part of the First War of Scottish Independence.
22 July 1456 – Siege of Belgrade, or Siege of Nandorfehervar, in which Hungarian troops defeated the Ottoman Turks under the leadership of Sultan Mehmed II. Since 22 July 2011, Hungary celebrates this as their National Memorial Day.
22 July 1933 – Wiley Post completes the world’s first solo flight around the world.
22 July 1946 – Irgun, a militant Zionist group under the leadership of Menachim Begin, bombs Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, which housed the British administrative headquarters for Palestine. The bombing killed 91 people and injured 46.
22 July 1968 – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacks its first plane, an El-Al Israel Airlines flight travelling from Rome to Tel Aviv, carrying 32 passengers and 10 crew. The plane was diverted to Algiers where 7 crew & 5 Israeli passengers were held hostage for 5 weeks until Israel agreed to exchange imprisoned Palestinian militants.
22 July 1983 – Dick Smith, Australian entrepreneur and adventurer, completes first solo helicopter flight around the world.
22 July 1983 – World’s coldest day recorded at Vostok, Antarctica where the temperature dropped to -89.2oC (128.6oF)
