"Well, he is a plucky youngster, and will make a
player," says Brooke.
Thus the man, as well as the
player, may condemn what he himself acts; nay, it is common to see vice sit as awkwardly on some men, as the character of Iago would on the honest face of Mr William Mills.
The
players glanced at one another, and Kearns announced, "The roof's off."
It was this fact that aroused a faint spark of interest in Tarzan, and so as he speculated upon the future he watched in the mirror the reflection of the
players at the table behind him.
The
players took up their cards, but could not keep their eyes off the clock.
Yet never once did the
player throw him a glance as he staked and staked, and raked in his winnings.
Blanche's voice naturally picked him out as the first
player on her side.
The game is won when a
player places any of his pieces on the same square with his opponent's Princess, or when a Chief takes a Chief.
Then, too, the
players ceased to be monks and priests, and the acting was taken up by the people themselves.
Yet even in England
players had need of [80] powerful protectors.
For it is through the Muses and Apollo that there are singers upon the earth and
players upon the lyre; but kings are from Zeus.
An hour and a half later most of the
players were but little interested in their own play.