 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1831 - 620 páginas
...still.—We extract the following account of two very interesting echoes from Mr. Herschell's work:— ' In the cathedral of Girgenti, in Sicily, the slightest...length one listener, having had his curiosity somewhat overgratifiecl by hearing his wife's avowal of her own infidelity, this tell-tale peculiarity became... | |
 | 1831 - 472 páginas
...still. We extract the following account of two very interesting echoes from Mr. Herschell's work :— " In the cathedral of Girgenti, in Sicily, the slightest...seems to have been discovered accidentally), till at leHgth one listener, having had his curiosity somewhat overgratified by hearing his wife's avowal of... | |
 | 1831 - 632 páginas
...— We extract the following account of two very interesting echoes from Mr. HerschelFs work : — ' In the cathedral of Girgenti, in Sicily, the slightest...seems to have been discovered accidentally,) till at longth one listener, having had his curiosity somewhat overgratified by hearing his wife's avowal of... | |
 | 1832 - 424 páginas
...is borne with perfect distinctness from the great western door to the cornice behind the high ahar, a distance of 250 feet. By a most unlucky coincidence,...length one listener, having had his curiosity somewhat overgraüfied by hearing his wife's avowal of her own infidelity, this telltale peculiarity became... | |
 | 1841 - 504 páginas
...thus became known, to the dismay of tho confessors and the scandal of the people, by the resort of tho curious to the opposite point (which seems to have...had his curiosity somewhat overgratified by hearing a confession of a disagreeable nature from liis wife, this tell-tale peculiarity became generally known,... | |
 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 páginas
...confessional. Secrets never intended for the public thus became known, to the dismay of the confessor, and the scandal of the people, by the resort of the curious to the opposite point, (which seemed to have been discovered accidentally ;) till at length this tell-tale peculiarity became known,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 páginas
...was chosen for the place of the confessional. Seerets never intended for the public ear thus beeame known, to the dismay of the confessors, and the scandal...curious to the opposite point, (which seems to have becn discovered accidentally,) till at length, one listener having had his curiosity somewhat over-gratified... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 354 páginas
...still. We extract the following account of two very interesting echoes from Herschel's work : — " In the cathedral of Girgenti, in Sicily, the slightest...length one listener, having had his curiosity somewhat over gratified by hearing his wife's avowal of her own infidelity, this tell-tale peculiarity became... | |
 | George Dennis, John Murray (Firm) - 1864 - 664 páginas
...the high-altar, they can hold a conversation in low whispers, though the distance is nearly 280 ft. " By a most unlucky coincidence the precise focus of...(Which seems to have been discovered accidentally), until at length, one listener having had his curiosity somewhat over-gratified by hearing his wife's... | |
 | George Dennis - 1864 - 828 páginas
...nearly 280 ft " By a most unlucky coincidence the precise focus of divergence at the former station wits chosen for the place of the confessional. Secrets...(which seems to have been discovered accidentally), until at length, one listener having had his curiosity somewhat over-gratified by hearing his wife's... | |
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Sicily, the slightest whisper is borne with perfect distinctness from the great western door to the cornice behind the high altar, a distance of 250 feet. By a most unlucky coincidence, the precise focus of divergence at the former station was chosen... 
