 As I had occasion to pass daily to and from the buildingyard, while my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle....  The Northern Light - Side 631844Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1875 - 558 sider
...unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense; the dry jest ; the wise calculation... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 sider
...unknown, near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense; the dry jest; the wise calculation... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1879 - 380 sider
...unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathered in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense. The dry ROBERT FULTON. Jest, the wise... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1883 - 412 sider
...unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathered in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh ofter. -ose at my expense. Thedn ROBEHT FULTON. Jest, the wise... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1885 - 556 sider
...unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 sider
...unknown, near the idle groups of strangers gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was...the dry jest, the wise calculations of losses and expenditure ; the dull but endless repetition of "the Fulton folly!" Never did a single encouraging... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 sider
...unknown near the idle groups of strangers gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 474 sider
...unknown near the idle groups of strangers gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 sider
...unknown, near the idle groups of strangers gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was...sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh rose at my expense ; 15 the dry jest, the wise calculations of losses and expenditure ; the dull but endless repetition... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 220 sider
...unknown, near the idle groups of strangers gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as. to the object of this new vehicle. The language was...sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh rose at my expense; 15 the dry jest, the wise calculations of losses and expenditure; the dull but endless repetition of... | |
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