 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 284 pages
...may fatigue us to think of, the question is, Will it fatigue us to do f Would you now do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes, to illustrate...complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. dulum ; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions." 12. " Very good,"... | |
 | H.J. Infield - 1879 - 256 pages
...do; and though this may fatigue us to think of, the question is, will it fatigue us to do? Would you now do me the favour to give about half a dozen strokes,...complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. . 11. " Now," resumed the Dial, " was that exertion fatiguing to you ? "—"Not in the least," replied... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 362 pages
...do. Would you now do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes to illustrate my argument?" 7. The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its...dial, " may I be allowed to inquire if that exertion is at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you?" "Not m the least," replied the pendulum; "ft is not of... | |
 | George Melville Baker - Elocution - 1879 - 734 pages
...fatigue us to think of, the question is, whether it will fatigue us to do. Would you now do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes to illustrate my...argument? " The pendulum complied, and ticked six times in its usual pace. "Now," resumed the dial, "may I be allowed to inquire if that exertion was at all... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 296 pages
...could scarcely keep its countenance during this harangue; but resuming its gravity, thus replied:— The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. ' Now,' resumed the dial, ' was that exertion fatiguing to you ?' ' Not in the least,' replied the pendulum ; ' it is not of... | |
 | Kate (fict.name.) - 1881 - 136 pages
...although this may fatigue us to think of, the question is, whether it will fatigue us to do : would you now do me the favour to give about half a dozen strokes...be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ? " " Not in theleast," replied the pendulum ; — " it is not of... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...do. Would you now do me the favour to give about half-a-dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument Î " The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. " Now," resumed the dial, " may 1 be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you 1 " " Not in... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - Readers - 1853 - 396 pages
...Would you, now, do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument?" 8. The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its...be allowed to inquire if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ?" — " Not in the least," replied the pendulum ; " it is not of... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1884 - 248 pages
...the question is, will it fatigue us to do ? Would you now do me the favour to give about half-a-dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument ?' The pendulum...times at its usual pace. 'Now,' resumed the dial, 'was that exertion fatiguing to you ?' ' Not in the least,' replied the pendulum: ' it is not of six... | |
 | Howard Sandison - Education, Primary - 1886 - 496 pages
...may fatigue us to think of, the question is, Will it fatigue us to do? Would you now do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes, to illustrate...times at its usual pace. 'Now,' resumed the Dial, 'was that exertion fatiguing to you ? ' — ' Not in the least,' replied the Pendulum ; ' it is not... | |
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may I be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ?" " Not in the least," replied the pendulum; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions. 
