 ... case, very little bigger than a breakfast tea-cup ; but a clumsy neighbour one day looking at my watch, happened to let it fall, and turning hastily about to pick it up, set his foot upon it, and crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father,...  Frank: A Sequel to Frank in Early Lessons - Page 10by Maria Edgeworth - 1822Full view - About this book
 | James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man ; and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...convinced. I could never make one that would be of anv real use. •/ natnred, fiiciidlv< inquisitive gentleman. He received me in a very kind manner,... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1830 - 312 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he •was almost ready to beat the man ; and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...could never make one that would be of any real use. As soon as I was able to go abroad, I carried ray globe, clock, and copies of some other maps besides... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...could never make one that would be of any real use." What a vivid picture is this of an ingenuous mind thirsting for knowledge ! and who is there, too,... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1830 - 314 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man ; and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...could never make one that would be of any real use. As soon as I was able to go abroad, I carried my globe, clock, and copies of some other maps besides... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...crushed it all to pieces; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...could never make one that would be of any real use." What a vivid picture is this of an ingenuous mind thirsting for knowledge! and who is there, too, that... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 484 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...machine again, especially as I was thoroughly convinced 1 could never make one that would be of any real use." What a vivid picture is this of an ingenuous... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...machine again, especially as I was thoroughly convinced 1 could never make one that would be of any real use." What a vivid picture is this of an ingenuous... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1832 - 510 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...could never make one that would be of any real use." ' Having supported himself for some time by performing for his neighbours various little services for... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Biography - 1832 - 336 pages
...almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to make another such machine again, especially as I was thoroughly convinced...could never make one that would be of any real use." " What a vivid picture is this," says his biographer, in the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, "of... | |
 | 1833 - 444 pages
...crushed it all to pieces ; which so provoked my father, that he was almost ready to beat the man, and discouraged me so much, that I never attempted to...could never make one that would be of any real use." What a vivid picture is this of an ingenuous mind thirsting for knowledge! and who is there, too, that... | |
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