 | Henry James Nicoll - 1881 - 506 páginas
...possible, to bewilder me. Some member of the Committee asked if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went...on with my plans, determined not to be put down.' It was during his examination before the Committee that Stephenson, when asked, ' Suppose, now, one... | |
 | John F. Layson - 1881 - 140 páginas
...possible to bewilder me. Some member of the committee asked if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put dovm." Mr. Nicholas Wood, who was present during Stephenson's examination as to the possible speed... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1882 - 514 páginas
...possible, to bewilder me. Some member of the committee asked if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went...on with my plans, determined not to be put down." It was during his examination before the committee that Stephenson, when asked, " Suppose, now, one... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1883 - 472 páginas
...to make them understand my meaning. Some said, ' He's a foreigner.' ' No,' others replied ; ' he's mad.' But I put up with every rebuff, and went on...not to be put down. Assistance gradually increased ; great improvements were made in the locomotive ; until today, a train which started from London in... | |
 | Frederick Smeeton Williams - 1883 - 548 páginas
...one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad." " I put up," he continued, "with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined...Assistance gradually increased — improvements were made — and to-day, a train, which started from London in the morning, has brought me in the afternoon... | |
 | 1884 - 518 páginas
...hostility, ridicule and personal insults in the court, were brought against him, but to use his own words : I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down." The road completed, the question was how it should be worked — whether by horses, stationary engines,... | |
 | George Walter Macgeorge - 1894 - 602 páginas
...the committee or myself; some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans,...Assistance gradually increased — improvements were made — and to-day, a train which started from London in the morning, has brought me in the afternoon to... | |
 | George Walter Macgeorge - 1894 - 616 páginas
...the committee or myself; some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans,...Assistance gradually increased — improvements were made — and to-day, a train which started from London in the morning, has brought me in the afternoon to... | |
 | Cortland Myers - 1900 - 558 páginas
...to bewilder me. Some members of the committee asked me if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went...on with my plans, determined not to be put down." The committee asked him " whether, if the engine were upset, going at nine miles an hour, the cargo... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1902 - 290 páginas
...possible, to bewilder me. Some member of the committee asked if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went...on with my plans, determined not to be put down." George Stephenson stood before the committee to prove what the public opinion of that day held to be... | |
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... to wish for a hole to creep out at ! I could not find words to satisfy either the Committee or myself. I was subjected to the crossexamination of eight or ten barristers, purposely, as far as possible, to bewilder me. Some member of the Committee... 
