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There was a zithern accompaniment by the girl in orange, but it was soft and unobtrusive, that the lines themselves might not be obscured.
From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn
If now and then thou shouldst hear the string of a lute or a zithern, Mine is the hand, dear country, and mine is the voice that is singing.
From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by Rizal, José
"Go, then," I said, in my sternest accents,—"go fetch a zithern, or a banjo, or a kit, or a hurdy-gurdy, or a fiddle."
From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Hale, Edward Everett
Well, Jeppo was terribly woeful and that word zithern was bothering him.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen
Blaney read some of his poems, to a zithern accompaniment, but they weren't very impressive, and not nearly so poetic as the lines he had written for her.
From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn
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