Do we say play or success

play 20305 occurrences

312; let nobody attack him, i. 27, n. 2, 393, n. 1; iii. 70, 312, n. 1; in the Lichfield play-house, ii. 299; low opinion of his acting, ii. 92, n. 4; iii.

[Illustration] Sometimes the vapor is condensed by being allowed to play against the inside of a conical cover which is adapted to a saucepan, and is kept cool by the external application of cold water; and in this case the still takes the form represented by the subjoined diagrams; such compact and portable stills being largely employed in Ireland for the private manufacture of whisky.

In addition to this capital defect, it is regrettable that it is necessary to shake the flask that contains the solution after every insufflation of air, and also that the play of the valves soon becomes imperfect.

That torpedoes will play an important part in the next naval war is evident from the fact that great activity is being displayed by the various governments of the world in the construction of this weapon.

1942 bidding and play.

NM: pref., general introd., introd., notes to each play & new translations of 13 plays.

How to write a play; the principles of play construction applied to creative writing and to the understanding of human motives.

How to write a play.

SEE Wilson, Frank E. GOREN, CHARLES H. Better bridge for better players; the play of the cards.

Susanna, 1653; a critical edition of the Latin text with a study of the play and its influence on Bruey's Gabinie, 1699.

Jacland Marmur (A); 5Sep69; R467902. Double play.

Bob Hope (A); 28Jun71; R508225. HOPKINS, GERARD. Work and play.

How to play Rumenu.

SEE Wilson, Frank E. GOREN, CHARLES H. Better bridge for better players; the play of the cards.

The blues and how to play 'em.

Simple as was the usual diet at Cherbury the cook was permitted on Sunday full play to her art, which, in the eighteenth century, indulged in the production of dishes more numerous and substantial than our refined tastes could at present tolerate.

And I cannot help thinking your ladyship has not been looking so well of late, and a little society would do your ladyship good; and Miss Venetia too, after all, she wants a playfellow; I am certain sure that I was as tired of playing at ball with her this morning as if I had never sat down in my born days; and I dare say the little lord will play with her all day long.'

'There was a little play last Christmas,' continued Mrs. Cadurcis, 'and he acted quite delightfully.

When the hours of study were past, the children, with that zest for play which occupation can alone secure, would go forth together, and wander in the park.

They strolled about some time, until Plantagenet at length took it into his head that he should like to learn to play at bowls; and he said, if Venetia would wait in the grotto, where they then were talking, he would run back and ask the Doctor if the servant might teach him.

I do not want to play at bowls now,' added Plantagenet; 'let us go and see the cows.'

"There has been foul play then!"

Are you going to play snap-dragon?

Isn't it a significant thing that, within a year of his coming into the title and estates, two highly mysterious individuals turn up here, and that all this foul play ensues?

"There's been foul play!

success 12852 occurrences

So when Moppet and Betty appeared, rosy with success and a fair-sized bag of nuts as the result of their joint labors, they found the household in a state of suppressed excitement, and lo!

This time Moppet's astonishment was real, and Peter chuckled at his success in news-telling.

She calls every one by their Christian name, and always catches hold of the men's coats, or fixes their buttonholes or ties, or holds their arms and whispers: and every one is in love with her, and she has the greatest success.

" "I will not ask what the plan is," rejoined the grocer, "because I doubt its success.

None of its inhabitants thought of retiring to rest, or if they sought repose after the excessive fatigue they had undergone, it was only in such manner as would best enable them to rise and renew their exertions to check the flames, which were continued throughout the night, but wholly without success.

They speak of the utility and success of railroads, when, according to their showing, there is no produce to be sent to market, when agriculture has been paralyzed, and Jamaica swept to destruction.

The expedition was in peril, and it was wise to take every chance possible that would help secure success.

The docks, the dredging operations, the warehouses, the stores and shops, all tell of energy and success in commercial life.

Zoologically the trip had been a thorough success.

His success will depend on his presence of mind.

Goyn, a most winsome man and eloquent preacher, ministered with marked success to the churches of Niskayuna, Green Point, Rhinebeck, and Port Jervis, New York, and Paramus, New Jersey.

In Philadelphia, an earlier pastorate, "he preached to great congregations of eager listeners, and with a success unparalleled in the history of that city and rare in modern times."

"For the present life they can think of no higher happiness than success in acquiring wealth, and the highest happiness after death consists in having sons to supply the wants of their spirits.

Mr. Talmage continues: "I cannot close this letter without saying a word in reference to our prospects of success.

Heretofore He has given success to His servants.

(In Success, Aug. 1926)

SEE Birmingham, George A. HARBAN, CAROLINE HUGHES. Christianity and success.

Stephen Schappler (E); 14Nov55; R159517. HUGHES, EDWIN HOLT. Christianity and success.

HUGHES, FRANCES MONTGOMERY. Christianity and success.

The committee went to the Board of Education once more, this time with better success.

How much the women attempt, how difficult they find their task, how much opposition they encounter, and how certain their success in the end, is indicated in a modest report of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Women's Civic Club.

Follows an era of feminist control and a Bolshevist revolution contrived by one Cohen (with the authentic properties, "Crimson Guards" and purple morality), and finally the Restoration through the loyalist Navy, the complacent Anymoon consoling himself with the reflection that if he was a failure as CROMWELL he can at least be a success as General MONK.

If I cannot credit him with complete success it is because the subsidiary tale of love which he gives us is really too anaemic.

Not to go out with the conviction that he was vanishing amid the glory of success, was to him to be wretched at his last moment, and to be wretched at his last moment, or to anticipate that he should be so, was to him,even so near his last hours,the acme of misery.

How much of life was left to him, so that he might recover something of success?

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