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... writes the latter in 1794 , " as far as the " Point of Toward , was done by my uncle before I was " born ; the remainder was added by my father and my " brother , but is not over accurate . " 10 CHAP . II . LIFE OF WATT .
... writes the latter in 1794 , " as far as the " Point of Toward , was done by my uncle before I was " born ; the remainder was added by my father and my " brother , but is not over accurate . " 10 CHAP . II . LIFE OF WATT .
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... write , " says Sir Walter Scott , " an old - fashioned custom on the " English road , which I suspect is now obsolete , or prac- * Mr. Marr's wife was a cousin - german of Mr. Watt . " tised only by the vulgar . Journeys of length 34 ...
... write , " says Sir Walter Scott , " an old - fashioned custom on the " English road , which I suspect is now obsolete , or prac- * Mr. Marr's wife was a cousin - german of Mr. Watt . " tised only by the vulgar . Journeys of length 34 ...
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... writes the poor lad . " I find that if any of them agree with me at all , it will not be for less than a year ; and " even at that time [ they ] will be expecting some money . " ‡ Having been nurtured in the observance of rigid ...
... writes the poor lad . " I find that if any of them agree with me at all , it will not be for less than a year ; and " even at that time [ they ] will be expecting some money . " ‡ Having been nurtured in the observance of rigid ...
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... writes Mr. Marr to Mr. Watt , sen . , at Greenock , * " your son began to divert himself in cutting " letters and figures , & c . , in the shop of Mr. Neale , watch- maker , from whom I had the small patent globes . Mr. " Neale is the ...
... writes Mr. Marr to Mr. Watt , sen . , at Greenock , * " your son began to divert himself in cutting " letters and figures , & c . , in the shop of Mr. Neale , watch- maker , from whom I had the small patent globes . Mr. " Neale is the ...
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... writes , " I think I shall be " able to get my bread anywhere , as I am now able to work " as well as most journeymen , though I am not so quick " as many . " * And when his year's toil was completed , and the " leafy month of June ...
... writes , " I think I shall be " able to get my bread anywhere , as I am now able to work " as well as most journeymen , though I am not so quick " as many . " * And when his year's toil was completed , and the " leafy month of June ...
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Page vii - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 393 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Page 442 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Page 475 - ... might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted, too, with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer...
Page 471 - Not to perpetuate a name which must endure while the peaceful arts flourish, but to show that mankind have learned to honour those who best deserve their gratitude, the King, his ministers, and many of the nobles and commoners of the realm, raised this monument to James Watt, who directing the force of...
Page 462 - The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 241 - 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, " I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have — POWER.
Page vii - That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use.
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