 | Samuel Smiles - 1904 - 536 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." Mr. Stephenson stood before the Committee to prove what the public opinion of that day held to be impossible.... | |
 | Frank Puterbaugh Bachman - 1918 - 284 páginas
...day. He stood alone. He was called "ignorant," "out of his senses," and "mad"; but as he said later, " I put up with every rebuff and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down." When the Liverpool and Manchester road was nearly done, the directors were puzzled as to whether it... | |
 | Alfred Edward Carey - 1920 - 328 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 plan, determined not to be put down." All this had taken place but a few years before. Now the pendulum... | |
 | John R. Raynes - 1921 - 372 páginas
...Commissioners. These gentlemen proved it was practically and commercially inexpedient. I put up with insult and rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down. Improvements were made every day, and to-day a train has brought me from London in the morning and... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 2001 - 240 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... | |
 | 1851 - 432 páginas
...satisfy either the Committee or myself. One inquired 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." Everybody now knows that Stephenson was right, and that the Parliamentary Commtitee and Quart«rly... | |
 | 1870 - 646 páginas
...me. Some member of the committee asked if I wa* a foreigner, and another bio tod that / WHS mad. Bat 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... | |
 | Frank P. Bachman - 2010 - 292 páginas
...day. He stood alone. He was called "ignorant," "out of his senses," and "mad," but, as he said later, "I put up with every rebuff and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down." When the Liverpool and Manchester railroad was nearly done, the directors were puzzled as to whether... | |
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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... 
