successful stroke
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This successful stroke had put him in the best of humours, and from time to time he laughed quietly to himself as if enjoying some rich joke.
From My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France by Hayens, Herbert
He tore off the wrapper eagerly, for now at last he would learn whether he had made a bold and successful stroke, or only a frightful mistake.
From The Giant's Robe by Anstey, F.
To Count Louis of Nassau the credit of this bold and successful stroke was due.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
Wilkes and Johnson then fell to bantering the Scotch; Burke complimented Boswell on his successful stroke of diplomacy in bringing Johnson and Wilkes together.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
He was convicted at the next sessions, and sentenced to seven years' transportation; and the "celebrated" firm of Flint and Sharp, derived considerable lustre, and more profit, from this successful stroke of professional dexterity.
From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Warren, Samuel
