... the fair city of New York ; we passed through the romantic and ever-varying scenery of the highlands ; we descried the clustering houses of Albany ; we reached its shores ; and then, even then, when all seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment.... Great Inventors and Their Inventions - Seite 43von Frank Puterbaugh Bachman - 1918 - 272 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1831 - 336 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was then doubted, if it could be done again ; or...was doubted if it could be made of any great value. Such was the history of the first experiment, as it fell, not in the very language which I have used,... | |
| 1831 - 336 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was then doubted, if it could be done again ; or...was doubted if it could be made of any great value. Such was the history of the first experiment, as it fell, not in the very language which I have used,... | |
| John Fanning Watson - 1832 - 244 Seiten
...achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was J,hen doubted if it could be done again, or if done, it...was doubted if it could be made of any great value." Such is the graphic history of the first experiment ; a memorable and momentous epoch. How affecting... | |
| 1832 - 406 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was then doubted if it could be done again ; or, if dons, it was doubted if it could be made of any great value." THUS I THINK. [From I.uokc'., Miscellaneous... | |
| 1833 - 222 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was then doubted if it could be done again ; or...was doubted if it could be made of any great value. Such was the history of the first experiment, as it fell, not in the very language which I have used,... | |
| 1833 - 426 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superceded the influence of fact. It was then doubted if it could be done again ; or...was doubted if it could be made of any great value." SINKING WEH/S.— Bishop Heber mentions a curious way of sinking wells in some parts of Asia. When... | |
| 1834 - 440 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was then doubted if it could be done again; or,...was doubted if it could be made of any great value." THE MUSIC OF NATURE. NATUUI; seems to have mingled harmony in all her works. Each crowded and tumultuous... | |
| 1834 - 498 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was then doubted if it could be done again ; or...was doubted if it could be made of any great value. — Such was the history of the first experiment, as it fell, not in the very language which I have... | |
| 1834 - 116 Seiten
...achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact : it was doubted if it could be done again ; or, if done, it...was doubted if it could be made of any great value." Of any great value! — even so ; and yet the conduct of Great Britain, with regard to the application... | |
| Joseph Story - 1835 - 558 Seiten
...seemed achieved, I was the victim of disappointment. Imagination superseded the influence of fact. It was then doubted, if it could be done again ; or...was doubted if it could be made of any great value. Such was the history of the first experiment, as it fell, not in the very language which I have used,... | |
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