Then the oldest player reads from his (or her) slip all the names he or she has written down.
Each player is provided with a long strip of paper and a pencil, and if one of the players has a watch so much the better; if not a clock must be used.
At eighteen he was said to be the best flute-player in Georgia.
One of his college friends at the time made record of his admiration in writing,--"Tutor Lanier is the finest flute-player you or I ever saw.
Martin Paz, protected by the obscurity of the saloon, could look the player in the face, and he turned pale.
The banker shook the dice, and the player burst into imprecations.
His father was a tenor player in the Royal band, but went away with his family to Amsterdam, where his son at fourteen years of age began with piano playing under Richard Hol.
He has a fine, distinct tone, manages the fingerboard with ease, and is not only a distinguished solo player but also an excellent quartet player.
On his recovery he still further endeavoured to perfect himself, in which the friendly advice of Popper was of service to him, and in 1880 he was appointed solo player at the Imperial Opera.
This convenient instrument enabled the player to execute more easily the high and rapid passages which occurred.
Under his direction, Merk made such rapid progress that already after the lapse of a year he was engaged as quartet player by a Hungarian magnate.
Besides his official post he is also prominent as a solo player and an appreciated teacher.
After his education was concluded Schapler was heard as solo player in the Opera House at Berlin, as well as in the Gewandhaus at Leipsic, with great applause.
Boccherini had far more in view the object of giving to the player starting-points for the finger positions to be used in each case.
As a player Breval had a finished style, but in his rendering lacked force and energy.
Weber, who began his career at the Breslaw Theatre, took part in these musical entertainments, as did also the Director of music in the University at Berne and the piano player Klingohr.
In 1878 Cello instruction at the Conservatoire was divided between him and Hummer, who in the interval had been nominated first Cello player of the Imperial Hofkapelle.
As we approached the tee the player turned to look at us.
Our new acquaintance was a fair player and he played to win.
So to the end did this amiable appreciation applaud the player and tolerate the play for her sake.
Difficult as it is for a player upon the stage to identify those in the stalls, she peered intently, nevertheless, at the serried ranks before her and was conscious of a sense of disappointment when her search was vain.
Let us assume that my client, a manufacturer of an automatic piano player in the city of New York, ships one of these with a box of music rolls to Manila or some inland town in the Philippines.
And they pay a cornet player $4 to blow one of his blasts into it.
Then the Chichimec warriors dressed in full war costume and bearing their weapons in their hands, formed themselves into a great circle, with the teponaztli player in the centre, and the solemn mitote commenced.
Then the bassoon player made a terrible scramble to get out, and I think he succeeded in getting out.
Even when the last player and stage hand had reached the alley we could not realize the awfulness of what had happened.
True, the Friends of Music in 1825 had permitted him to substitute for a viola player at some of their concerts—after first rejecting his plea to do so on the ground that he “made a living of music” and that professionals were ineligible!
I do not perceive why the profession of a player should be despised[689]; for the great and ultimate end of all the employments of mankind is to produce amusement.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage.
Mr. Boswell thinks that the profession of a lawyer being unquestionably honourable, if he can show the profession of a player to be more honourable, he proves his argument.
French modification of the game of euchre, each player receiving five cards and playing for himself: a kind of rich iced cake.
Zmeskall von Domanowecz, Court secretary at Vienna, one of Beethoven's earliest friends in the Imperial city, a good violoncello player and also a composer.
Perhaps his execution did not equal his conception of a character, but we may rest assured that he who wrote the incomparable instructions to the player in Hamlet would never offend his audience by an injudicious performance.
But the cunning flute-player replied: 'I will give you back your beard, but you must first help me as you have promised to do.
The flute-player was good-naturedly just going to pick it up, when he perceived that the little dwarf was in the act of springing on his back.
Scarce a mile has been traversed from the town, ere the eye of the player catches sight of a gray and massive ruin on his right, and the steps of both are turned towards it.
In the midst of the melee, the player who we have before seen amongst the first to board the Spaniard, is now fighting hand-to-hand with the Spanish captain.
His avocations as a player had too frequently led him into scenes of revelry.
Long lingered their footsteps beside that magnificent relic, and deeply ponders the player upon the surrounding scene.
Ah," said the player thoughtfully, "then well may I.
Anxious for the poor boy, the gallant player lifts him up, throws him across his shoulder, and carries him upon deck, never leaving him till he has placed him in safety in his own vessel.
Scarcely had he thus commenced when a slight tap at his door disturbed him, and his new friend the player entered.
Whilst they did so, it was evident the tongue of that poor player made some impression on his fair hearer.
On the morning which followed the night Shakespeare made acquaintance with the poor playerhe awoke in a small, low roofed apartment in the upper floor of the hostel of the Globe.
During a pause of consideration, he observed theplayer and his companion, "Ah!
The artilleryman turned twice on his heel, with his arms stretched out before him, and his head raised as if to breathe the air, and then fell across the cannon motionless.
It was clear that this was what he ought to do, but he could not do it.
It would have been better to call the other insurgents to his aid against Jean Valjean, and have himself shot by force.
Thought, no matter on what subject beyond the narrow circle of his destiny, would have been to him in any case useless and wearisome; but thinking about the day which had just passed was a torture.
He was set at liberty on account of his proved intoxication on the night of the attack, and returned to the woods.
He perceived in the darkness the rising of an unknown moral sun, and he was horrified and dazzled.
At the Madelonnettes there are only two gratings to the canteen, which allows the canteen woman to let the prisoners touch her hand.
Other facts which he remembered, and which he had formerly treated as falsehoods and folly, now returned to his mind as realities.
A player who is thus carried beyond his imaginary stopping-place must feign a violent passion, and imitate angry gesticulations.
While the player is supposed to be down, all the rest must remain seated as before, and not rise from him until the referee by counting forty and blowing his whistle announces that in his opinion the other player is stifled.
Should the first player fail to rise before forty seconds are counted, the player with the watch declares him suffocated.
Any player who scores in this manner is entitled to remain seated while he may count six, after which he must remove himself or pay philopena No.
The playercalled the referee then blows a whistle and the players select another player and score a down off him.
They then challenge him to get up, while one player stands with a stop-watch in his hand and counts forty seconds.
The players who are in the car may elect to adopt a standing attitude, or to seat themselves, but no player may seat himself in the lap of another without the second player's consent.
The player in distinctive costume at the front of the car controls a crank, by means of which he is enabled to bring the car to a sudden stop, or to cause it to plunge violently forward.
Any player who escapes paying the philopena scores one.
Each player may elect which philopena he will pay.
About fifty years ago most organs were so tuned that the player had to limit himself to certain key signatures if his music was to sound at all pleasant.
The "stop switch" enables the player to prepare in advance any special combination of stops and couplers, bringing them into play at the moment desired.
An organist himself, he was always thinking of the playerin laying out his instruments.
The piano player has done a very great deal to popularize the pianoforte and in the same way it is believed that the automatic player will do a very great deal to popularize the organ.
It frequently leads to a player upsetting his Pedal combination when he has no desire to do so.
The console is movable, connected with the organ by a cable about one inch thick, containing about 1,000 wires, enabling the player to hear the organ as the audience hears it.
More celebrated, however, than Melitta as a favorite of Demetrius was the beautiful Lamia, the most renowned flute player of antiquity.
One player after another plunged into the woods and joined in the search.
The German students at Heidelberg are proud of the scars they win in duels, and any reputable ball player is equally pleased with his corkscrew fingers and battered face.
If batted in the other direction they would disappear among the trees and undergrowth, and what player can send the ball in a straight line in front of the plate?
