Performances

Examples

• The same Signor Jupe was to 'enliven the varied performances at frequent intervals with his chaste Shaksperean quips and retorts. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Wireless press messages between America and Europe are also matters of daily performances. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I trembled to think of the ruined purses this day's performances might result in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This had been very quiet for one of Marty's performances. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and research. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The associate in this was a man whom he had found endeavoring to make electrical apparatus for sleight-of-hand performances. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• After his performances were over he used to come down to '65' and talk economics, philosophy, moral science, and everything else. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Nain, famous for the raising of the widow's son, and Endor, as famous for the performances of her witch are in view. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In 1886, however, a machine was placed in the office of the _New York Tribune_ whose performances astonished and alarmed the old-time compositor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Some of his performances made their appearance in Paris. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It was late, for I had been playing in the last piece; and, as it was a benefit night, the performances had been protracted to an unusual length. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The Major's musical taste has been before alluded to, and his performances on the flute commended. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A likeness pleases every body; and Miss Woodhouse's performances must be capital. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Such shows were the best possible form of advertising, but in time they degenerated into absurd performances. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A self-conscious person is partly thinking about his problem and partly about what others think of his performances. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• How often do you give performances? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• This success flattered my vanity; but my father discouraged me, by criticising my performances, and telling me verse-makers were generally beggars. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The idea amused Jo, who liked to do daring things and was always scandalizing Meg by her queer performances. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I do not know whether you have ever happened to see any of her performances before, but she is in general reckoned to draw extremely well. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• That's nothing compared to some of her brilliant performances. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She was laughingly resolved to put Jip through the whole of his performances, before the coach came. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They care nothing for spectacular performances or establishing new records for their own glory. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Hence, Edison saw early the necessity of providing a place especially devised and arranged for the production of dramatic performances in pantomime. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• George didn't know the tunes, either, which was also a drawback to his performances. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The reason is very simple: a platform is a list of performances that are possible within a few years. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Typist: Ralph