The minds of the most incredulous were changed in a few minutes. Before the boat had made the progress of a quarter of a mile, the greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine. thanked his stars that... Scientific Tracts - Página 771832Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1893 - 332 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to waste his money on such idle schemes, changed his mind as the boat moved from the wharf and gained speed, and his complacent expression gradually... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1894 - 462 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to...who had neither sense nor feeling enough to suppress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for a moment by a vulgar astonishment, which... | |
| 1894 - 678 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to...ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to repress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for the moment by a vulgar astonishment,... | |
| Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1895 - 330 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to waste his money on such idle schemes, changed his mind as the boat moved from the wharf and gained speed, and his complacent expression gradually... | |
| Edgar Mayhew Bacon - 1902 - 656 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to...who had neither sense nor feeling enough to suppress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for a moment by a vulgar astonishment, which... | |
| John Harrison Morrison - 1908 - 654 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to...who had neither sense nor feeling enough to suppress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for a moment by a vulgar astonishment which... | |
| 1909 - 1110 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to...gradually stiffened into an expression of wonder." On the voyage up the river the Clcrmont made one hundred and fifty miles in thirty-two hours ; the... | |
| 1909 - 356 páginas
...greatest unbeliever must have been converted. The man, who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to...the boat moved from the wharf and gained her speed. The jeers of the ignorant who had neither sense nor feeling enough to suppress their contemptuous ridicule... | |
| Henry Whittemore - 1909 - 196 páginas
...the greatest skeptic must have been converted. The man who, while he looked on the expensive machine, thanked his stars that he had more wisdom than to...expression of his features as the boat moved from her wharf and gained her speed, and his complacent expression gradually changed into one of wonder.... | |
| Henry Whittemore - 1909 - 192 páginas
...moved from her wharf and gained her speed, and his complacent expression gradually changed into one of wonder. The jeers of the ignorant, who had neither sense nor feeling enough to suppress their contemptuous ridicule and rude jokes, were silenced for a moment with vulgar astonishment, which... | |
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