| 1839 - 272 páginas
...looked on the expensive machine thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to waste his money in such idle schemes, changed the expression of his features...ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to repress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for the moment by a vulgar astonishment,... | |
| History - 1849 - 270 páginas
...The man, who while he had looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more sense than to waste his money on such idle schemes, changed...the boat moved from the wharf and gained her speed: the jeers of the ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to repress their contemptuous ridicule,... | |
| 1852 - 318 páginas
...wisdom than to waste hie money ou such idle schemes, changed tho expression of his features as tinboat moved from the wharf and gained her speed ; his complacent smile gradually stillonod into an expression of wonder ; the jeers of tho ignorant, who had neither smise nor feeling... | |
| Robert Scott Burn - 1854 - 214 páginas
...progress of a quarter of a mile, the greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars...ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to repress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for the moment by a vulgar astonishment,... | |
| 1854 - 850 páginas
...progress of a quarter of a mile, the greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars...wonder. The jeers of the ignorant, who had neither íense nor feeling enough to suppress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for... | |
| 1856 - 754 páginas
...progress of a quarter of a mile the greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars...ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to repress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for the moment by a vulgar astonishment,... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 páginas
...expensive-machine, thapked his stars that he had more wisdom than to waste his money .on : 'sueh : ;idle schemes, changed the expression of his features...'boat moved ^from the wharf and gained her speed, and his complacent expression 'gradually stiffened into one of wonder. The jeers of the ignorant, who... | |
| William Dealtry - 1869 - 460 páginas
...The man, who while he had looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more sense than to waste his money on such idle schemes, changed...the boat moved from the wharf and gained her speed; the jeers of the ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to repress their contemptuous ridicule,... | |
| 1909 - 1106 páginas
...progress of a quarter of a mile the greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars...gradually stiffened into an expression of wonder." On the voyage up the river the Clermont made one hundred and fifty miles in thirty-two hours ; the... | |
| Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 642 páginas
...progress of a quarter of a mile the greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man, who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars...ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to repress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for the moment by a vulgar astonishment,... | |
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