 | edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 lehte
...none aid you, and few understand." "The loud laugh often rose at my expense, the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditures, the dull, but endless repetition of the "Fulton Folly:" »nd e»en when the boat moved and the experiment succeeded—"All (says he) were still incredulous:... | |
 | 1836 - 378 lehte
...of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull,...length the day arrived, when the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I invited many friends to... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1836 - 734 lehte
...laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure ; the all but endless repetition of the Fulton folly. Never...length the day arrived when the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I invited many friends to... | |
 | 1837 - 202 lehte
...of scorn, or snrier» or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the Fulton FoUy. 13. "Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. Silence... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1838 - 604 lehte
...ridicule. The loud laugh rose at my expense, the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure, the dull but endless repetition of 'the Fulton Folly....remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path." In spite of this painful discouragement, the boat was completed in August 1807. To continue his own... | |
 | Boyman Boyman - 1840 - 210 lehte
...that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense, the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditures, the dull,...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1840 - 302 lehte
...The loud laugh rose at my expense ; the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure ; the dull but endless repetition of " the Fulton folly." Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright iiope, or a warm wish, cross my path. " At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be made.... | |
 | 1841 - 412 lehte
...expense, the dry jest, the wise calculations of losses and expenditures, the dull but endless repetitions of the Fulton Folly. Never did a single encouraging...path. Silence itself was but politeness veiling its remarks or hiding its reproaches. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be brought into... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 lehte
...loud laugh rose at my expense ; with the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure; the dull but endless repetition of 'the Fulton Folly.'...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. 4. " At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be made. To me it was a most trying and interesting... | |
 | 1844 - 104 lehte
...of losses and expenditures, the dull but endless repetitions of the Fulton Folly. Never did asingle encouraging remark, a bright hope or a warm wish cross...path. Silence itself was but politeness veiling its remarks or hiding its reproaches. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be brought into... | |
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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 of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly. 
