 | 1833 - 426 lapas
...experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I invited my friends to go on board to witness the first successful trip. Many of them did me the favor to attend, as a matter of personal respect ; but it was manifest that they did it with reluctance,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1835 - 558 lapas
...the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I invited many friends to go on board to witness the first successful trip. Many of them did me the favor to attend, as a matter of personal respect ; but it was manifest, that they did it with reluctance,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1838 - 604 lapas
...to be made (on the Hudson River). To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I wanted some friends to go on board to witness the first successful...a matter of personal respect; but it was manifest they did it with reluctance, fearing to be partners of my mortification, and not of my triumph. I was... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1840 - 302 lapas
...arrived when the experiment was to be made. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I wanted many friends to go on board to witness the first successful...a matter of personal respect; but it was manifest they did it with reluctance, feigning to be partners of my mortification, and not of my triumph. I... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 lapas
...when the experiment was to be made. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I wanted my friends to go on board, to witness the first successful trip. Many of them did me the favor to attend, as a matter of personal respect; but it was manifest they did it with reluctance,... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 652 lapas
...the experiment was to be got into operation. To me it ica» a matt trying and interesting occasion. I invited many friends to go on board to witness the first successful trip. Many of them did me the favor to attend as a matter of personal respect; but it was manifest they did, it with reluctance,... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 754 lapas
...the experiment was to be got into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting Ktasion. I invited many friends to go on board to witness the first successful trip. Many of them did me the favor to attend as a matter of personal respect ; but it was manifest they did it ii itli reluctance,... | |
 | Journal - 1844 - 296 lapas
...made. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I wanted my friends to go on board, and witness the first successful trip. Many of them did...a matter of personal respect, but it was manifest they did it with reluctance, fearing to be partners of my mortification and not of my triumph. I was... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 lapas
...made. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I wanted many friends to go on board and witness the first successful trip. Many of them did...a matter of personal respect ; but it was manifest they did it with reluctance, fearing to be partakers of my mortification, and not of my triumph. I... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 lapas
...the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I invited many friends to go on board to witness the first successful trip. Many of them did me the favor to attend, as a matter of personal respect; but it was manifest that they did it with reluctance,... | |
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At length the day arrived when the experiment was to be put into operation. To me it was a most trying and interesting occasion. I invited many friends to go on board to witness the first successful trip. Many of them did me the favor to attend, as a... 
