Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics; Together with a Collection of Anecdotes, Descriptions, &c. &c., Relating to the Mechanic ArtsHarper & brothers, 1847 - 482 páginas |
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... says he , " was the fatal time of bringing me into existence . The house I was born in was upon the line between ... say Fitch's father was a farmer in good circumstances . His be- setting sin seems to have consisted in a want of ...
... says he , " was the fatal time of bringing me into existence . The house I was born in was upon the line between ... say Fitch's father was a farmer in good circumstances . His be- setting sin seems to have consisted in a want of ...
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... says he , " until I was five years of age , nothing material happened to me that I can recollect , any more than crawling along the floor and picking ants out of the cracks , and now and then catching a fly , which made as lively ...
... says he , " until I was five years of age , nothing material happened to me that I can recollect , any more than crawling along the floor and picking ants out of the cracks , and now and then catching a fly , which made as lively ...
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... says , " whilst I was thus occupied , my little sister Chloe being frightened , ran to the barn yard , and probably ... say a word in my behalf . As my father had that evening gone a courting , I had nowhere to apply to for redress ...
... says , " whilst I was thus occupied , my little sister Chloe being frightened , ran to the barn yard , and probably ... say a word in my behalf . As my father had that evening gone a courting , I had nowhere to apply to for redress ...
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... says , " I raised several bushels , and in the fall sold them , and got ten shil- lings in money , and went to a merchant in the neighborhood who dealt in New York , who promised me to get the book , and fulfilled his promise . But the ...
... says , " I raised several bushels , and in the fall sold them , and got ten shil- lings in money , and went to a merchant in the neighborhood who dealt in New York , who promised me to get the book , and fulfilled his promise . But the ...
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... says he , " I do not thank my unfeeling father and tyrant brother ; and although I have not seen him for twenty years , would not go to the nearest neighbor's to see him , unless he was in distress . Could I be set into a Virginia field ...
... says he , " I do not thank my unfeeling father and tyrant brother ; and although I have not seen him for twenty years , would not go to the nearest neighbor's to see him , unless he was in distress . Could I be set into a Virginia field ...
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