 | 1839 - 648 pages
...his resting place, and the music of the steam-engine soothe his spirit. What an idea! Yet hownatural to the mind of an ardent projector, whose whole life...poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.' " ART. XXIV 7 .—Progressive Education. 2 vols. 12mo. London : .Longman. 1839. AN excellent translation... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulics - 1842 - 638 pages
...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame anJ riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulic machinery - 1842 - 608 pages
...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame and riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with... | |
 | J. D. Bell - Conduct of life - 1850 - 488 pages
...resting-place, and the music of the steam-engine soothe his spirit." In his journal, were found the sad words: "The day 'will come when some more powerful man will...poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention ! " As I peruse Fitch's history, I think that every great invention in the world has had its madman,... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - Pumping machinery - 1851 - 646 pages
...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame and riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the \vestern rivers would swarm with... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 pages
...What an idea ! Yet how natural to the mini] of an ardent projector, whose whole life had been deveted to one darling object, which it was not his destiny...poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention." ' VISIT TO THE CAVE OF CASTLETON IS DERBYSHIRE.* I HAD travelled 170 miles from London, when, on ascending... | |
 | History, Modern - 1848 - 622 pages
...What an idea! Yet how natural to the mind of an ardent projector, whose whole life had been devoted lo one darling object, which it was not his destiny to...poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.' '-'—Hall's Notes. MUSIC. Music, like painting, is intimately connected with poetry. They came together... | |
 | 1854 - 400 pages
...tho boatmen may enliven the stillness of his restingplace, and the music of the steam-engine soothe his spirit. What an idea ! Yet how natural to the...poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention." ' VISIT TO THE CAVE OF CASTLETON IN DERBYSHIRE.* I HAD travelled 170 miles from London, when, on ascending... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1856 - 812 pages
...shores of the Ohio, where the song of the boatmen may enliven the stillness of bis resting-place, and the music of the steam-engine sooth his spirit. What...-the United States : — 1. What is the corporate came of your company j 2. What is the date of its charter ? 8. When was it commenced I 4. When completed... | |
 | 1856 - 792 pages
...more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor Johu Fitch can do anything worthy of attention." RAILROAD...— 1. What is the corporate name of your company Î 2. What is the date of its charter ? 8. When was it commenced f 4. When completed ? or if not completed,... | |
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The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention. 
