 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...an entire stranger, he immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hands. I saw the spring box, with part of the chain round it ; and asked him what...never seen any other spring than that of my father's gun-lock, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the chain... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 pages
...immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hands. I saw the spring box, with part of the chain around, it and asked him what it was that made the box turn...never seen any other spring than that of my father's gun-loek, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the chain... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1831 - 446 pages
...an entire stranger, he immediately opened his watch, and put it into my hands. I saw the spring box, with part of the chain round it ; and asked him what...never seen any other spring than that of my father's gun-lock, I asked him how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1842 - 516 pages
...an entire stranger, he immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hands. I saw the spring box, with part of the chain round it ; and asked him what it was that made the _ box turn round ? He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then never... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hands. I saw the spring box, with part of the chain'round it ; and asked him what it was that made the box turn...never seen any other spring than that of my father's gun-lock, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the chain... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1847 - 388 pages
...inside of his watch ; and, though he was an entire stranger, he immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hands. I saw the spring-box, with part of...never seen any other spring, than that of my father's gun-lock, I asked how a spring, within a box, could turn the box so often round, as to wind all the... | |
 | Success - Conduct of life - 1851 - 362 pages
...immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hand. I saw the spring-box with part of the chain aronnd it, and asked him what it was that made the box turn round. He told me that it turned round by a steel spring within it. I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so as... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 pages
...he was an entire stranger, he immediately opened it and put it into my hands. I saw the spring box with part of the chain round it, and asked him what...never seen any other spring than that of my father's gun-lock, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round as to wind all the chain... | |
 | Popular educator - 1852 - 842 pages
...inside of his watch, and though he wai an entire stranger, he immediately opened his watch, and put it into my hands. I saw the spring-box, with part of...round it, and asked him what it was that made the box tarn round ? He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Ha ring then seen no... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1853 - 372 pages
...watch ; and though he was an entire stranger, he immediately opened the watch, and put it into ray hands. I saw the springbox with part of the chain...never seen any other spring than that of my father's gunlock, I asked how a spring within a box could turn the box so often round ;is to wind all the chain... | |
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I saw the spring-box with part of the chain round it, and asked him what it was that made the box turn round ; he told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then never seen any other spring than that of my father's gun-lock,... 
