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...by patent and elaborate fireplaces, warranted to give out no smoke, recent inventions of the people who are so clever at drawing up a prospectus. Then... ...otal amount of debt rapidly increased, he had recourse to those commercial inventions known as accommodation bills. This form of bill does not represe...

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... the firm of Claparon and Company, founded by du Tillet, one of the finest inventions—” “Y es,” said Blondet, “the responsible editor in business mat-...

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...thorne’s method of basing his compositions, the result in the main of pure invention, on the solid ground of par- ticular facts. Allusion is made, in ... ...offered. “It had just occurred to me, on the contrary, that this admirable invention of the railroad —with the vast and inevitable im- provements to b...

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...nt out in a closed carriage. Yet with all the marvels of modern luxury and invention about her, she looked more like an indolent queen than an invalid...

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...en in an irritated tone. It was of this kind:— What is the date of the invention of paper? What is the latitude and longitude of Otaheite? ... ...y are not out of the din- ing-room yet!” “No; they are talking of some new invention, and most likely will not come for an hour.” “Are you going to be... ... say what they please of me; besides that, I believe it is all Harry’s own invention.” “Nay, that is a libel on my invention!” exclaimed Harry. “If I ...

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...d this confession,’ resumed Ralph, ‘is to the effect that his death was an invention of hers to wound you—was a part of a system of annoyance, in shor... ...h improvements on the truth as happened to occur to him, and the ingenious invention and application of which had been very instrumental in recommendi...

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...ew Year, dresses for the New Year, schemes of fortune for the New Year; new inventions to beguile it. Its life was parcelled out in almanacks and po...

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...sion begotten of our pride, we have translated these effects into poetical inventions, because we did not understand them. It is so convenient to deif...

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...teer, from the workshop or the mill, to undertake works which were at once inventions and adventures. It was not a science then – it was a living art;...

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...tue of a player, should be placed so high, above those other noble parts, of invention, elocution, and the rest; nay, almost alone, as if it were all ... ... unsound men, to serve their own turn. The fortune in being the first, in an invention or in a privilege, doth cause sometimes a wonderful overgrowth... ... Therefore if a man can play the true logician, to have as well judgment, as invention, he may do great matters; especially if the times be fit. He th... ...ous and cunning propositions of banks, discovery of men’s estates, and other inventions. But few have spoken of usury usefully. It is good to set befo... ... The sixth, that it doth dull and damp all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring, if it were not for this slug... ...he second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages. And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations... ... percussion; wherein likewise ordnance do exceed all arietations and ancient inventions. The third is, the commodious use of them; as that they may se...

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...ess of defending his innocence. The putting men to the rack is a dangerous invention, and seems to be rather a trial of patience than of truth. Both h... ... fair a reward as life being in his prospect? I believe the ground of this invention pro- ceeds from the consideration of the force of conscience: for... ...military recompenses before he had ever been in the field. It was a pretty invention, and received into most gov- ernments of the world, to institute ... ...an for ever to lose, as we have lately done, the fruit of so profitable an invention. No man of spirit will deign to ad- vantage himself with what is ... ...rge and victory. And now that our musketeers are in credit, I believe some invention will be found out to immure us for our safety, and to draw us to ... ... borrow, if I have known how to choose what is proper to raise or help the invention, which is always my own. For I make others say for me, not before... ...onger tickled with Ariosto, no, nor with the worthy Ovid; his facility and inventions, with which I was formerly so ravished, are now of no more relis... ... divine justice by sacrificing hogs in effigy and represen- tation; a bold invention to pay God so essential a substance in picture only and in show. ... ...be greater, but it was recompensed with the pleasure the remembrance of my inventions and doctrines brought to my soul. Now, as the affection thou has...

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...ds and materials, to the evolution of conve- niences, and the direction of invention to lessening the cost and complication of building wholesome dwel... ...forts of ignorant men to supply the unnecessary. And side by side with the invention of inferior cheap substitutes for existing words and phrases, and... ...utes for existing words and phrases, and infinitely more serious than that invention, goes on a perpetual misuse and distortion of those that are insu... ...use, therefore, they have to humbug the parent and pass the time by unreal inventions. The case is not a bit better in the higher grade schools. They ... ...on and clings to apprenticeship, he fights for time-work, he obstructs new inventions, he clings to the ideal of short hours, high pay, shirk and let ... ...lection, and the negative voting of Doctor Grece; and the defects of these inventions have been sufficiently obvious to prevent even a trial. The chan... ... than our present method. And, moreover, it is a way that is typically the invention of the English people, and which they use to-day in another preci... ... Universities and Colleges are still but imper- fectly aware of the recent invention of the Printed Book; and its intelligent use in this stage of edu... ...rable to the scale on which it is true to-day, because of these particular inventions. This need in its greatness is a peculiar feature of the present...

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... A quaint, pathetic figure, this of uncle John, with his dung cart and his inventions; and the romantic fancy of his Mexican house; and his craze abou... ... while, he was pursuing the course of his electrical studies, making fresh inventions, taking up the phonograph, filled with theories of graphic repre... ...h this new term of service, he brightened visibly. He showed tact and even invention in managing his wife, guiding or restraining her by the touch, ho... ...e was not only worn out with sorrow, he was worn out by hope. The singular invention to which he gave the name of telpherage, had of late consumed his... ...ng Jenkin pied with a new mode of electric locomotion, a very remark- able invention of his own, to which he gave the name of ‘T elpherage.’ He persev...

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...he greatness and importance of its merchants and manufac turers; upon its inventions, which are constantly in progress; upon the skill and intelligen... ...t spirits displayed extraordinary aptitude in the acquisition, even in the invention, of mili tary tactics, in the combining and commanding of great ... ... in every study and in every pur suit is the quality of attention. My own invention or imagi nation, such as it is, I can most truthfully assure yo... ...My vestry even took upon itself to deny the existence of cholera as a weak invention of the enemy, and that denial had little or no ef fect in stayin...

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...e the word: he was not bad; He was not … well, he was not anything. Has your invention ever entertained The picture of a dusty worm so dry That even t... ...rance, and all through me, That I had undergone the last and worst Of love’s inventions. There was a boy who brought The sun with him and woke me up w...

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...ag dealt in exaggeration, and in- troduced the monosyllable when any fresh invention was in course of coinage in her brain; others, that when she want... ...ever get them back again. I don’t indeed.’ After concluding this effort of invention without being in- terrupted, Miss Knag fell into many more recoll... ...es Dickens ‘My dear,’ said Ralph, ‘you wrong the worthy man. These are not inventions. The man is assaulted, your brother is not to be found; this boy... ..., pooh,’ replied Mr Crummles. ‘But really I can’t,’ returned Nicholas; ‘my invention is not accustomed to these demands, or possibly I might produce—’... ...vention is not accustomed to these demands, or possibly I might produce—’ ‘Invention! what the devil’ s that got to do with it!’ cried the manager has...

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...ag dealt in exaggeration, and in- troduced the monosyllable when any fresh invention was in course of coinage in her brain; others, that when she want... ...ever get them back again. I don’t indeed.’ After concluding this effort of invention without being in- terrupted, Miss Knag fell into many more recoll... ...es Dickens ‘My dear,’ said Ralph, ‘you wrong the worthy man. These are not inventions. The man is assaulted, your brother is not to be found; this boy... ..., pooh,’ replied Mr Crummles. ‘But really I can’t,’ returned Nicholas; ‘my invention is not accustomed to these demands, or possibly I might produce—’... ...vention is not accustomed to these demands, or possibly I might produce—’ ‘Invention! what the devil’ s that got to do with it!’ cried the manager has... ...d this confession,’ resumed Ralph, ‘is to the effect that his death was an invention of hers to wound you—was a part of a system of annoyance, in shor... ...h improvements on the truth as happened to occur to him, and the ingenious invention and application of which had been very instrumental in recommendi...

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... contribution, nor any accompanying benediction and compliment—these are all inventions. [General buzz and hum of astonishment and delight.] Allow me ...

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...GINNING OF THE GAME of Little War, as we know it, became possible with the invention of the spring breechloader gun. This priceless gift to boyhood ap...

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... make a long story short, I will only tell you what happened to this notable invention of the scythe spear. He was fighting, and the scythe was caught...