On this the gamester, finding that I had cut my teeth of wisdom sooner than suited his purpose, turned me off very coolly, saying: Go about your business, master Scipio, and speed as you may deserve. I do not like to play with folks who are in the habit of revoking. Get out of my sight, or I shall set your solfeggio in a crying key.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 10
On this the gamester, finding that I had cut my teeth of wisdom sooner than suited his purpose, turned me off very coolly, saying: Go about your business, master Scipio, and speed as you may deserve. I do not like to play with folks who are in the habit of revoking. Get out of my sight, or I shall set your solfeggio in a crying key.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 10
An exercise for the voice in which the sol-fa syllables are used.