Word: mephistopheleans
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...point,' or tip, fell to the floor; a bystander put his foot on it. As Drew left, apparently not noticing the incident, the others pounced upon the piece of paper, which proved to be an order. They bought Erie stock in large quantities, and were soon gulled." Mephistophelean Jay Gould, who was so hated that at times he had to have a bodyguard, "would pursue a deliberate policy of mismanagement 'as a matter of principle.' deriving his gains from the discrepancies between the real value
...played by the by-no-means dwarfish Mr. Donaldson; but, as it was hardly suited to him, his success was not so great as in the Friday performance. The costumes were capital, particularly those of Messrs. Story, Donaldson, and Twombley, and that of Mr. Churchill, who made a most Mephistophelean detective, and whose appearance closely resembled that of the Majiltons...