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" Johnson had been with us: for it was a scene which I should have been glad to contemplate by his light. The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have " matched his mighty mind." I shall never forget Mr. Boulton's expression to me,... "
The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His Correspondence - Seite 241
von James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 580 Seiten
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a tour to ..., Band 2

James Boswell - 1851 - 326 Seiten
...to contemplate by his light. The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have " matched his mighty mind." I shall never forget Mr...." I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have—POWER." He had about seven hundred people at work. I contemplated him as an iron chieftain,...
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The Juvenile messenger of the Presbyterian Church in England, Bände 7-11

1857 - 954 Seiten
...steam-engine the great working power of England. He said to a gentler man once who came to see him, " I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have...Power." He had about seven hundred people at work, ar.d was like a father of his tribe. A lady speaks of him as a man of noble, open, and friendly manners,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Band 3

James Boswell - 1858 - 464 Seiten
...to contemplate by his light. The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have " matched his mighty mind." I shall never forget Mr...." I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have—POWER." He had about seven hundred people at work. I contemplated him as an iron chieftain,...
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The Quarterly Review, Band 104

1858 - 592 Seiten
...machinery. ' I shall never forget,' he says, ' Mr. Boulton's expression to me, when surveying the works : " I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have — POWER."' 'He had,' continues Boswell, 'about 700 people at work. I contemplated him as an iron chieftain ; and he seemed...
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ENGLISH HISTORY

HENRY INCE - 1860 - 326 Seiten
...to contemplate by his light,—the vastness of the contrivance of some of the machinery would have matched his mighty mind. I shall never forget Mr....sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have— POWEK !'" Aye, too, he went on multiplying this power, harmonizing it with every form of British labour...
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Biography & criticism

Samuel Lucas - 1860 - 368 Seiten
...glad to contemplate by his light. The vastness and contrivance of some of the machinery would have ' matched his mighty mind.' I shall never forget Mr....expression to me, ' I sell here, sir, what all the wprld desires to have — POWER.' He had about 700 people at work. I contemplated him as an iron chieftain,...
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The popular history of England, Band 7

Charles Knight - 1861 - 622 Seiten
...glad to contemplate by his light. The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have matched his mighty mind. I shall never forget Mr....sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have— POWEB ! ' " * It is unnecessary, for our purpose, that we should pursue the history of the final establishment...
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Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Samuel Smiles - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...steam-engine as the great working-power of England. With pride he said to Boswell, when visiting Soho, " I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have, — POWER." " He had," continues Boswell, " about seven hundred people at work ; I contemplated him as an iron chieftain ;...
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MEMOIRS OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE

ROBERT HUNT F.R.S, F.S.S. - 1862 - 256 Seiten
...sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have—Power.' He had," continues Boswell, " about 700 people at work ; I contemplated him as an iron chieftain, and he seemed to be the father of his tribe."* In 1785 Mr. Boulton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and two or...
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Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain: Living in the ...

William Walker - 1862 - 256 Seiten
...machinery. " I shall never forget," he says, " Mr. Boulton's expression to me when surveying the works : ' I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have — Power.' He had," continues Boswell, " about 700 people at work ; I contemplated him as an iron chieftain, and he seemed...
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