 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...visage or countenance had not i кое, pray who would, or who could, wear spectacles then ? С pon this the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm. To speak of nothing else, the arrival of the English in her father's «laminions must h;ive appeared... | |
 | 1823 - 450 pages
...old clock that had stood for fifty years in & farmer's kitchen, without giving its owner any i;ause of complaint, early one summer's morning before the...stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the rabie) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; фе... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...Indians of the Missouri, hearrived at the Fort. LESSON CXLI. The discontented pendulum YOUTH'S MAGAZINE. AN old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise : the weights hung speechless : each member felt disposed to lay... | |
 | Theology - 1824 - 314 pages
...it no recommendation of religion, that it is abstruse, cloudy, and mystical, and no objection to iti that it coincides with the lessons of experience,...vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to lay... | |
 | 1824 - 602 pages
...we shall take, is of a sportive cast, • THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. - ' "' •«*• ' 1 if • ' An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...fable) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made an ineffectual effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1824 - 624 pages
...varied character. The first that we shall take, is of a sportive cast, • THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. 1 An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...summer's morning, before the family Was stirring, suddenNr stopped. ' Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...will be found by the readers of the Every-Day Book. This is the tale. ; THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. " e seven days following. 2. The space for this calculation...occupies from ten at night till two next rooming. remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...it will be found by the readers of me Every-Day Book. This is the tale. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. 8 05 \P g &v fable,)changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...it will be found by the readers of the Every-Day Book. This is the tale. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we'may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort to continue... | |
 | Etiquette - 1826 - 320 pages
...Contributions of QO" — Vol. II. p. 9.) . AN old clock that had stood for fifty years in a far* mer's kitchen without giving its owner any cause of complaint,...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial plate, (if we may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm : the hands made an ineffectual... | |
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An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable,)... 
