 | John Brown Dillon - 1879 - 822 頁
...all who referred to his wonderful achievement was that of ridicule and scorn. He was heard to remark, "Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope or a warm wish, cross my solitary path." [See 1812.] 1807. June 22d, the British ship-of-war Leopard attacked the frigate Chesapeake,... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1883 - 412 頁
...of losses and expenditures, and the dull repetition of the ' Fulton folly,' seemed to have no end. Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope,...politeness, veiling its doubts or hiding its reproaches. 15. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1885 - 556 頁
...of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull...endless repetition of the " Fulton Folly." Never did n single encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. Silence itself was but politeness,... | |
 | James Burnley - 1886 - 420 頁
...that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull...length the day arrived when the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I invited many friends to... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1888 - 316 頁
...The loud laugh rose at my expense; the dry jest, the wise calculations of losses and expenditure ; the dull but endless repetition of "the Fulton folly!"...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path. 3. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be made. To me it was a most trying and interesting... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 頁
...of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path." Possibly Fulton and Fitch, like other inventors, may have exaggerated the public apathy and contempt... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 468 頁
...of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path." Possibly Fulton and Fitch, like other inventors, may have exaggerated the public apathy and contempt... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1890 - 350 頁
...settled cast of incredulity on their countenances. Never did a single encouraging rcmark, a bright hope, a warm wish, cross my path. Silence itself was but...politeness veiling its doubts or hiding its reproaches." * Three or four years before Watt paten toil his engine and Arkwright his spinning-frame, there was... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 頁
...uniformly that of scorn or of ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures; the dull but...wish, cross my path. Silence itself was but politeness vailing its doubts or hiding its reproaches. 3. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 頁
...calculations of losses and expenditure ; the dull but endless repetition of " the Fulton folly !" Never did an encouraging remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path. At length the day arrived when the experiment 20 was to be made. To me it was a most trying and interesting... | |
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The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly. 
