 Upon this occasion," says Doctor Mitchill in a letter with which he has favoured me, " the wags and the lawyers int the house were generally opposed to my bill. I had to encounter all their jokes, and the whole of their logic. One main ground of their...  Life and Character of Robert Fulton - Side 831839 - 120 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 400 sider
...occasion," says Doctor Mitchill in a letter with which he has favoured me, " the wags and the laAvyers in the house were generally opposed to my bill. I...whimsical project, unworthy of legislative attention." A venerable friend,* who was a men> "* The late Senator L'Hommedieu. 146 her of the senate at that... | |
 | Cadwallader David Colden - 1817 - 406 sider
...occasion," says Doctor Mitchill in a letter with which he has favoured me, " the wags and the lawyers int the house were generally opposed to my bill. I had...whimsical project, unworthy of legislative attention." • A venerable friend,* who was a mem. * The late Senator L'Hommedien. TJ ber of the senate at that... | |
 | 1832 - 602 sider
...causes not exactly kn awn. No less than sixty boats have been building or contracted for within the present year. (Philadelphia Chronicle.) afterwards...objection was, that it was an idle and whimsical project, umoorthy of legislative attention.' Another gentleman, then a member of the senate, has stated that... | |
 | 1836 - 496 sider
...from this city. ' Upon this occasion,' says Dr. Mitchell, in a letter with which he has favoured me, ' the wags and the lawyers in the house were generally...encounter all their jokes, and the whole of their logick. One main ground of their objection was, that it was an idle and whimsical project, unworthy... | |
 | 1836 - 496 sider
...were generally opposed to my bill. I had to encounter all their jokes, and the whole of their logick. One main ground of their objection was, that it was...whimsical project, unworthy of legislative attention.' " A venerable friend, who was a member of the senate at that time, has described the manner in which... | |
 | Boyman Boyman - 1840 - 210 sider
...Livingstone's bill being brought before the House of Assembly, Dr. Michell, who introduced it, says, " The wags and the lawyers in the House, were generally...whimsical project, unworthy of legislative attention. ... It was a standing subject of ridicule throughout the session; and, whenever there was a disposition... | |
 | 1843 - 488 sider
...this city i ' Upon this occasion,' says Dr. Mitchell, in a letter with which ho has favoured me, ' the wags and the lawyers in the house were generally...encounter all their jokes, and the whole of their logick. One main ground of their objection was, that it was an idle and whimsical project, unworthy... | |
 | 1855 - 624 sider
...from this city. ' Upon this occasion,' says Dr. Mitchell, in a letter with which he has favoured me, 'the wags and the lawyers in the house were generally opposed to my bill. 1 had to encounter all their jokes, and the whole of their logick. One main ground of their objection... | |
 | John Franklin Reigart - 1856 - 408 sider
...by Dr. Mitchell, then being a representative from the city. Dr. Mitchell said : "Upon this occasion, the wags and the lawyers in the House were generally...whimsical project, unworthy of legislative attention." A venerable friend, the late Senator L'Hommedieu, who was a member of the Senate at that time, has... | |
 | De Alva Stanwood Alexander - 1906 - 426 sider
...however, would not be suppressed by the funmaking legislators or the reasoning of a conservative engineer. "I had to encounter all their jokes and the whole of their logic," he wrote a friend. His bill finally became a law, and Livingston, with the help of the Doctor, placed... | |
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