James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... ment of mechanical force known to man . The fond mother having lost several of her children born previously was intensely solicitous in her care of James , who was so delicate that regular attendance at school was impossible . The ...
... ment of mechanical force known to man . The fond mother having lost several of her children born previously was intensely solicitous in her care of James , who was so delicate that regular attendance at school was impossible . The ...
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... ment . " Scott has left on record that he never had met and conversed with a man who could not tell him something he did not know . Watt seems to have resembled Sir Walter , " who spoke to every man he " met as if he were a brother ...
... ment . " Scott has left on record that he never had met and conversed with a man who could not tell him something he did not know . Watt seems to have resembled Sir Walter , " who spoke to every man he " met as if he were a brother ...
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... ment of powers which otherwise would probably lie dormant . Scotch boy as Watt was to the core , with the lowland broad , soft accent , and ignorant of foreign literature , it is very certain that he then found support in the lessons ...
... ment of powers which otherwise would probably lie dormant . Scotch boy as Watt was to the core , with the lowland broad , soft accent , and ignorant of foreign literature , it is very certain that he then found support in the lessons ...
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... ment , to give him the " stout heart for the stye brae , " when manhood arrived . His mother had planted deep in him , and nurtured , precious seed from her Celtic garden , which was sure to grow and bear good fruit . We are often met ...
... ment , to give him the " stout heart for the stye brae , " when manhood arrived . His mother had planted deep in him , and nurtured , precious seed from her Celtic garden , which was sure to grow and bear good fruit . We are often met ...
Page 79
... . He writes : You cannot conceive how mortified I am with this disappoint- ment . It is a damned thing for a man to have his all hanging by a single string . If I had wherewithal to pay the PARTNERSHIP WITH ROEBUCK 79.
... . He writes : You cannot conceive how mortified I am with this disappoint- ment . It is a damned thing for a man to have his all hanging by a single string . If I had wherewithal to pay the PARTNERSHIP WITH ROEBUCK 79.
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