Performing

Examples

• According to that doctrine, motives deprive us not of free-will, nor take away our power of performing or forbearing any action. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The important feature of this boat was a diver’s compartment, enabling divers to leave the vessel when submerged, for the purpose of operating on wrecks or performing other undersea duties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Only the most powerful electric furnaces are capable of performing this work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Holmes stood before us with the air of a conjurer who is performing a trick. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Nowhere was there evidence of a man tilling the fields or performing any of the homely duties of the village. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Neither must they represent slaves, male or female, performing the offices of slaves? Plato. The Republic.
• From the treating and cutting of the raw material, from the outer bound edge, and the band about the body, to the tip of the crown, a machine may be found for performing each separate step. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This arrangement permits of performing a few experiments more than does the one just described. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Merrylegs;' she whispered the awful fact; 'is his performing dog. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• We should only be in the way of the manoeuvres that the gallant fellows are performing overhead. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I wanted but one motive to sanction the act to my own conscience, and to give me courage enough for performing it--and that motive I had. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• That destined for performing the same office with regard to the freeman is managed by the freeman himself. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The former Protector tendered him the oaths, and presented him with the insignia of office, performing the ceremonies of installation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I am capable of the most exalted acts of virtue--when I have the chance of performing them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The close observer will discover a well-defined division of labor, different groups of bees performing certain operations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Typist: Terrence