Performer

Examples

• The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• If every record cylinder had to be made by the separate act of a performer such records would be very expensive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• To my horror and amazement, the performer of the soft little knock proved to be an exception to general rules. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Upon these occasions, a lady's character generally precedes her; and Highbury has long known that you are a superior performer. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The apparatus required is, first, a kind of iron corset, for which the performer doing this trick must be properly measured and accurately fitted with it, according to his or her size and build. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Anne would have been a delightful performer, had her health allowed her to learn. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But this simple motion has permitted the performer to cause the ring to drop into his hand through a small trap opening beneath the box. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The performer will have to provide a specially made costume to suit the working of the apparatus. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Being acquainted with Mr. Charles Young the performer, I ventured to request him to look over my dramatic labours. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am but an indifferent performer, sir,' returns the other; 'but I'll accompany you with a whiff or two at intervals. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A superior performer! Jane Austen. Emma.
• He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew's-harp. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Elliston himself is kind enough to play one of my characters, and the others he has given to his very best performers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Agamemnon could not be got to show in his classical tunic, but stood in the background with Aegisthus and others of the performers of the little play. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The performers were called by the whole house, which sounded with cries of Manager! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There was no scenery to render gay this lugubrious environment, but the black interior served as the common background for the performers, throwing all their actions into high relief. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She is fairly introduced into our _corps de ballet_, and will figure, from time to time, in her turn, with other performers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Servants brought in salvers covered with numerous cool dainties, and the performers disappeared to get ready for the second charade-tableau. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She was dining with Mrs. Fisher, who had gathered at an informal feast a few of the performers of the previous evening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• We bespeak your indulgence, you understand, as young performers; we bespeak your indulgence. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He was certainly much indebted to the exertions of all the very excellent performers who played in it, particularly Elliston and Harley. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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