 | Osgood Eaton Fuller - Conduct of life - 1881 - 658 pages
...it then was ? He looked at his watch and told me. As he did that with so much good-nature, I begged him to show me the inside of his watch ; and, though...stranger, he immediately opened the watch, and put it in my hands. I saw the springbox, with part of the chain round it; and asked him what it was that made... | |
 | England - 1883 - 830 pages
...and told me. As he did that with so much good-nature, I begged of him to show me the inside of the watch ; and though he was an entire stranger, he immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hands." Imagine the excitement, the eagerness, the almost awe, as keen curiosity and dormant faculty peeped,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - Success - 1897 - 392 pages
...told me with so much good nature that I begged him to show me the inside of it. Although a perfect stranger, he immediately opened the watch and put it into my hands." Imagine the excitement, the eagerness, the awe, as he peeped into that turnip-case of wonders. A steel... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 534 pages
...it then was ; he looked at his watch, and told me. As he did that with so much good-nature, I begged of him to show me the inside of his watch ; and though...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;... | |
 | English literature - 1774 - 760 pages
...good-nature, I begged of him to (hew me the infide of his watch ; and though he was an entire ftranger, he immediately opened the watch, and put it into my hands. I faw the fpring-box with part of the chain round it, and afk" ed him what it was that made the box turn... | |
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But happening one day to see a gentleman ride by my father's house, which was close by a public road, I asked him what o'clock it then was : he looked at his watch, and told me. As he did that with so much... 
