 | James Hamilton Fyfe - 1863 - 270 pages
...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." Let them laugh that win. The success which shortly attended Fulton's scheme turned the tables upon... | |
 | 1866 - 68 pages
...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. " At length the boat was finished, and the day arrived when the trial was to be made. To me it was... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...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 of losses...politeness veiling its doubts, or hiding its reproaches. 4. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most... | |
 | 1867 - 88 pages
...laugh rose at my expense ; the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure ; the >lull but endless repetition of ' The Fulton Folly.'' Never...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. " At length the boat was finished, and the day arrived when the trial was to be made. To me it was... | |
 | Charles Clement Cotterill - 1868 - 380 pages
...ridicule. The loud laugh was at my expense, the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure, the dull but endless repetition of " The Fulton Folly."...bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. Silence was only a cold politeness, to conceal expressions of doubt and reproach. 'At length the day arrived... | |
 | 1867 - 90 pages
...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. " At length the boat was finished, and the day arriTed when the trial was to be made. To me it was... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 448 pages
...settled cast of incredulity on their countenances. Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, a warm wish, cross my path. Silence itself was but...politeness veiling its doubts or hiding its reproaches." Fulton's biographer describes the trial : " Before the boat had made the progress of a quarter of a... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1868 - 396 pages
...balcony, was filled with spectators.1 1 Can pleasures, or riches, or honors cure a guilty conscience ?' t Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path.' t Day after day, and hour after hour, passed heavily away.t His magnificence, his taste, his classical... | |
 | William Dealtry - 1869 - 460 pages
...The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The 19 loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses...politeness veiling its doubts, or hiding its reproaches." Fulton's biographer says : " Before the boat had made the progress of a quarter of a mile the greatest... | |
 | Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson - 1869 - 358 pages
...settled cast of incredulity on their countenances. Never did a single word of encouragement, or of bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path. Silence itself was but politeness, veiling doubts or hiding its reproaches." Fulton's biographer describes the trial : "Before the boat had made... | |
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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." Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. 
