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The Hudson River in Literature: An Anthology

Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 pages
...loud laugh rose at my expense; the dry jest, the wise calculation of losses and expenditure; the dull but endless repetition of "the Fulton folly." Never...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my path. "At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be made. To me it was a most trying and interesting...
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Rivalry: In Business, Science, Among Nations

Reuven Brenner - 1990 - 260 pages
...full but endless repetition of "Fulton's folly." Never did a single encouraging remark, a bright hope, a warm wish, cross my path. Silence itself was but...politeness, veiling its doubts, or hiding its reproaches, [as quoted in Stern (1937, p. 46)] Recently, Franklin (1986) has pointed out that although the submarine...
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The Jeffersonian Transformation: Passages From The "History"

Henry Adams - 2006 - 244 pages
...laugh often rose at my expense; the dry jest; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures; the dull but endless repetition of the Fulton Folly. Never...remark, a bright hope, or a warm wish cross my path." Possibly Fulton and Fitch, like other inventors, may have exaggerated the public apathy and contempt;...
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... The American Educational Readers: First[-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

1873 - 342 pages
...often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the ' Fulton Folly.' Never...cross my path. • Silence itself was but politeness vailing its doubts or hiding its reproaches. 8. " At length, the day arrived when the experiment was...
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The American Educational Readers: Fifth Reader : Arranged and Graded for the ...

1873 - 350 pages
...often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull but endless repetition of the ' Fulton Folly.' Never...wish cross my path. Silence itself was but politeness vailing its doubts or hiding its reproaches. 8. " At length, the day arrived when the experiment was...
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The Western Literary Messenger, Volumes 7-8

1847 - 844 pages
...remark, a bright hnpe. or a warm wish, cross my path. Silence itself was bnt politeness veiling Ħis doubts or hiding its reproaches. At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be got into operation. " To me it was .1 most trying and interesting occasion." I invited many friends...
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