Word: conquere
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Boston Museum-She Stoops to Conquer...
...female parts in the comedy are of minor importance, but Miss O'Leary and Miss Addison made the most of theirs. The Heir at Law will be given tonight and tomorrow afternoon and evening. The rest of the week will be devoted to She Stoops to Conquer...
...less stilted than usual. Mr. Charles Barron's Sir Peter Teazle was interesting, but hardly a just conception of the part. Mr. Wilson is always amusing, but perhaps his Crabtree bordered a little too closely on the farcical. Next week The Heir at Law and She Stoops to Conquer will be presented...
Boston Museum.- She Stoops to Conquer...
...that one can acquire more good and get more practice when one is beaten than when one is victorious. It is always better to play with a more powerful rival than it is to play such teams as our nine is compelled to meet. To know that you can conquer, to feel no respect for your opponent, is to give rise to feelings of laxity and carelessness which are positively injurious to a good team. In such contests the weak points of the team have no chance of being found out, and are thus left uncorrected till the most important...