 | Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1828 - 332 trang
...remain14 ed motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...the pendulum, who thus spoke; "I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage; and I am willing, for the general satisfaction, to assign... | |
 | 1823 - 450 trang
...remained motionless with surprise ; the weight« hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...pendulum, who thus spoke : — " I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage ; and I am willing, for the general satisfaction, to assign... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 trang
...remained motionless with surprise : the weights hung speechless : each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wjieels, weights, with one voice, protested their innocence. But now a faint tick was heard below from... | |
 | 1824 - 314 trang
...disposed to lay the blame on the; others, At length the dial instituted a 28 Christian Repository. formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation,...the pendulum, who thus spoke ; "I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage ; and I am willing, for the general satisfaction, to assign... | |
 | 1824 - 602 trang
...remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...with one voice, protested their innocence. But now a taint tick was heard below, from the pendulum, who thus spoke : i «WHT«J ' " I confess myself to... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 trang
...remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...pendulum, who thus spoke : — " I confess myself to be the sole rause of the present stoppage; and I am willing, for the general satisfaction, to assign... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 trang
...remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...pendulum, who thus spoke : — " I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage; and I am willing, for the general satisfaction, to assign... | |
 | 1826 - 320 trang
...remained motionless with surprise : the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...heard below, from the pendulum, who thus spoke : — I am tired of ticking." Upon hearing this, the old clock became so enraged that he was on the point of... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 trang
...remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...one voice protested their innocence. But now a faint lick was heard below from the pendulum, who thus spoke : — " I confess myself to be the sole cause... | |
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Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the... 
