Do we say set up or setup

set up 2534 occurrences

P.S.Since the above was set up in type, MR. PUNCHINELLO has learned that the Canton in which this occurrence took place is not in China, but is a thriving village in Norfolk county, Massachusetts, about eighteen miles from Boston, and that the assailants were consequently not pig-tailed heathen, but genuine Christian children, who, in a few years, will belong to the cultivated voters of Massachusetts.

The Shoshones live like their trees, with great spaces between, and in pairs and in family groups they set up wattled huts by the infrequent springs.

Yet even in this moment of exultation Marie Antoinette could not forget her first-born, nor the feelings which had made her rejoice at the birth of a daughter, who still had, as it were, no rival in her eyes, because no rival claim to her own could be set up with respect to a princess.

The whole of this house can be easily pulled down and taken to pieces, like a tent, and readily set up again, as it is all built of cane, and very light; and when it is erected, it is fastened by two hundred silken ropes, after the manner of tent cords, to prevent it from being thrown down by the winds.

There was the tomb itselfan earth grave and a rough obelisk without so much as a name or a date upon it set up at its head by some past Resident at Kohara.

The poorest persons have a bit of pageant going towards the tomb; memorial stones are set up over the least memorable; and, in order to preserve some show of respect for what remains of our old loves and friendships, we must accompany it with much grimly ludicrous ceremonial, and the hired undertaker parades before the door.

In 1878, however, it was decided that further exposure might be injurious, and so the statue was moved here to its frigid niche and a replica in marble afterwards set up in its place.

[When Pharasmanes the Iberian came to Rome with his wife, he increased his domain, allowed him to offer sacrifice on the Capitoline, set up a statue of him on horseback in the temple of Bellona, and viewed an exercise in arms of the chieftain, his son, and the other prominent Iberians.]

And then I think of a little income for your mother, and a little income for my father, to save him from being dependent when he is no longer able to preach!" Felix put his hand on her shoulder, said, lifting up his eyes with a smile: "Why, I shall be able to set up a great library, and lend the books!" They laughed merrily, each holding the other's arms, like girl and boy.

Maybe you ought to forget programming and set up a cabinet shop.

Now what I mean to do is to give Charles a chance to set up for himself as attorney, wherever he pleases.

Can the privations of the camp so instantaneously dethrone Bacchus and set up Mars?

He was attended by about 150 persons, including priests, who carried their gods, altars, incense, gongs, records, theological works, and all the appurtenances required to set up a Hindu temple in London.

I failed to understand when you wanted to set up a hermitage on Castle Island.' 'Yes, you did; you have better sense than I.

im Seyn beharren will,' etc. ('For all must melt away to nothing Would it continue still to be') which are stupid, and which my Berlin friends, on the occasion of the late assembly of natural philosophers, set up in golden letters, to my annoyance.

Some of these men introduced new techniques from the old provinces of China into the "colonial" areas and set up dye factories, textile factories, etc., in the new towns of the south.

His mother and female friends gathered about him and set up a dismal wailing; they besmeared themselves with his blood and endeavored by other Indian customs to restore his life.

In ten or twenty years, perhaps, I will set up a carriage; but it is not even to be thought of now.

When they saw the salad they set up such shouts of joy that papa came to see what was the matter.

As soon as the keel was laid, Mark set up the frame, which came together with very little trouble.

"A statue of Venus was set up on Mount Calvary.

In this case it becomes necessary to dispense with the simple and cheap arrangement of rails as conductors, and to set up, instead, a number of poles to support the electric conductors.

"Sometimes a barrel of molasses would set up in the smokehouse and turn to sugar.

SIR, 'The Opera at the Hay-Market, and that under the little Piazza in Covent-Garden, being at present the Two leading Diversions of the Town; and Mr Powell professing in his Advertisements to set up Whittington and his Cat against Rinaldo and Armida, my Curiosity led me the Beginning of last Week to view both these Performances, and make my Observations upon them.

Many others set up wireless stations, some of them infringing upon Marconi's patents.

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I don't know whether the whole setup was run down because of lack of funds or lack of interest.

Why then do we build temples, why setup statues to Zeus, as well as to evil demons, such as to Fever; and how is Zeus the Saviour, and how the giver of rain, and the giver of fruits?

"Here's a booklet that explains our fees and general setup.

When the printer does a run of a book, it always runs a few extra at the start and finish of the run to make sure that the setup is right and to account for the occasional rip, drop, or spill.

She lowered her foresail half way down: her manoeuvre made us think that she was going to take the first tow-rope: she remained so a moment, lowered her foresail entirely, setup her main-mast, hoisted her sails, and followed the rest of the division.

She's sort of a secretary; with the new tax setup, I figure she's only costing me eight cents on the dollar.

Trieste's music and radio setup.

Myra Cohn Livingston (A); 12Aug74; R583643. R583644. Mount Sinai Hospital pioneers in modern psychiatric setup.

She's sort of a secretary; with the new tax setup, I figure she's only costing me eight cents on the dollar.

Trieste's music and radio setup.

Myra Cohn Livingston (A); 12Aug74; R583643. R583644. Mount Sinai Hospital pioneers in modern psychiatric setup.

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