 | John Fanning Watson - 1832 - 244 páginas
...of this new vehicle. The 'language was uniformly that of scorn, sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh rose at my expense, the dry jest, the wise calculation...of the Fulton folly. Never did a single encouraging remark,.a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. Silence itself was but politeness veiling its... | |
 | 1833 - 426 páginas
...strangers, gathering in little circles, and hearing various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at ray expense : the dry jest; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless... | |
 | 1834 - 440 páginas
...of-strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expence ; the dry jest; tfte wise c'alcuation of losses and expenditures; the dull but endless repetition... | |
 | edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 páginas
...poet— "Truths would you teach, to Rare a pinking land, "All shun, none aid you, and few understand." "The loud laugh often rose at my expense, the dry...dull, but endless repetition of the "Fulton Folly:" »nd e»en when the boat moved and the experiment succeeded—"All (says he) were still incredulous:... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1836 - 734 páginas
...groups of strangers, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language «as uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule ; the...; the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure ; the all but endless repetition of the Fulton folly. Never did a single encouraging remark,... | |
 | 1837 - 202 páginas
...inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or snrier» or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense...expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the Fulton FoUy. 13. "Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. Silence... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1838 - 604 páginas
...object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh rose at my expense, the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure, the dull but endless repetition of 'the Fulton Folly. .' Never did a single encouraging... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1840 - 302 páginas
...The loud laugh rose at my expense ; the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure ; the dull but endless repetition of " the Fulton folly." Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright iiope, or a warm wish, cross my path. " At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be made.... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 594 páginas
...The loud laugh rose at my expence ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditure ; the dull, but endless repetition of ' The Fulton Folly.' Never did a single encouraging remark, or bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path. "At length the day arrived, when the experiment was to... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 530 páginas
...The loud laugh rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditure ; the dull but endless repetition of ' The Fulton Folly.' Never did a single encouraging remark, 01 bright hope, or warm wish cross my path. " At length the day arrived when the experiment was to... | |
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As I had occasion to pass daily to and from the building yard, while my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle.... 
