 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.  The Ohio School Journal - Page 1921846Full view - About this book
 | 1831 - 336 pages
...my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as...my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the Fulton Folly. Never did a single encouraging... | |
 | 1831 - 336 pages
...my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as...my expense; the dry jest; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures; the dull but endless repetition of the Fulton Folly. Never did a single encouraging... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as...my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the Fulton Folly. Never did a single encouraging... | |
 | 1833 - 426 pages
...often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and hearing various inquiries as to the object of this new vehicle....or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at ray expense : the dry jest; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless... | |
 | 1833 - 222 pages
...circles, and heard various enquiries as to the object of this new vehicle. The language was uuiformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh...my expense ; the dry jest; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the ' Fulton Folly.' Never did a single... | |
 | 1834 - 498 pages
...my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as...my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the ' Fulton Folly.' Never did a single... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of-strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as...sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expence ; the dry jest; tfte wise c'alcuation of losses and expenditures; the dull but endless repetition... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1835 - 558 pages
...my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as...my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly. Never did a single... | |
 | edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 pages
...poet— "Truths would you teach, to Rare a pinking land, "All shun, none aid you, and few understand." "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:" »nd e»en when the... | |
 | 1836 - 378 pages
...my boat was in progress, I have often loitered unknown near the idle groups of strangers, gathering in little circles, and heard various inquiries as...my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly. Never did a single... | |
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