Triumphs

Examples

• On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The first triumphs of Joshua are not repeated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The triumphs of Greek abstract thought teach the lesson that p ractical men should pay homage to speculation even when they fail to comprehend a fraction of it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The forty-seventh proposition of the first book of Euclid was regarded as one of the supreme triumphs of the human mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Arsenal at Frankford, Philadelphia, devised a series of cartridge-making machines which ranked among the highest triumphs of American invention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Hargreaves was in the midst of his troubles and his early triumphs, in 1765-1769, when Richard Arkwright entered the field. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is true I little respect women or girls who are loquacious either in boasting the triumphs, or bemoaning the mortifications, of feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The railways and early engines of all sorts were the mere first triumphs of the new metallurgical methods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such scenes were her triumphs--she was the child of pleasure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He led the Greek armies to victory; their triumphs were all his own. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then when you go to America you'll tell about your triumphs at the Scala. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• On me school-triumphs shed but a cold lustre. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I had reason to believe that in accomplishing these failures we incurred a far greater expense than if we had achieved a series of triumphs. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• No one could ever be jealous of her triumphs because she managed to give the feeling that she would have been just as serene if she had missed them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But his greatest triumphs were in wood-working machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• You have enjoyed exquisite moments of triumphs, and you have written the _Corsair! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Rawdon Crawley was scared at these triumphs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Should she take laudanum, and end it, to have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Reminiscences of the most becoming dresses and brilliant ball triumphs will go very little way to console faded beauties. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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