 The Dutch Prometheus declared, that to please Mynheer Von Wodenblock, he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and undertook to bring him, within six days, a leg which would laugh to scorn the mere common legs possessed by common men....  The Adventures of Count D'Orveau: A Romance ... - Էջ 1001832 - 180 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1829 - 642 էջ
...ingenuity had ever done before, and arulcrt.mk t.» bring him, within six days, a leg which would laugh U> scorn the mere common legs possessed by common men....there was a favourite discovery which he had long been endeavouring to make, and in accomplishing which, he imagined be had at last succeeded that very morning.... | |
 | 1829 - 520 էջ
...Prometheus declared, that to please Mynheer Von Wodenblock, he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and undertook to bring him, within six...to scorn the mere common legs possessed by common meu. This assurance was not meant as an idle boast. Turuingvort was a man of speculative ' as well... | |
 | 1829 - 514 էջ
...mere common legs possessed by common moi. This assurance was not meant as an idle boast luruingvort was a man of speculative as well as practical science, and there was a favourite discovery which he Ы long been endeavouring to make, and in accomplishuij which, he imagined he had at last succeeded... | |
 | 1830 - 470 էջ
...Prometheus declared, that to please Mynheer Von Wodenblock, he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and undertook to bring him, within six...common men. This assurance was not meant as an idle boasf. Turningvort was a man of speculative as well as practical science and there was a favourite... | |
 | Henry Glassford Bell - 1832 - 332 էջ
...Prometheus declared, that to please Mynheer Von Wodenblock, he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and undertook to bring him, within six...a man of speculative, as well as practical science ; there was a favourite discovery which he had long been aiming at, and he believed he had at last... | |
 | 1844 - 592 էջ
...Prometheus declared, that to please Mynheer Von Wodenblock, he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and undertook to bring him, within six...there was a favourite discovery which he had long been endeavouring to make, and in accomplishing which he imagined he had at last succeeded that very morning.... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 էջ
...Prometheus declared, that, to please Mynheer Von Wodenblock, he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and undertook to bring him, within six...there was a favourite discovery which he had long been endeavouring to make, and in accomplishing which, he imagined he had at last succeeded that very morning.... | |
 | William P. Nimmo - 1866 - 542 էջ
...please Mynheer A-on Wodenblock he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and Tmdertook to bring him within six days a leg which would laugh...there was a favourite discovery which he had long been endeavouring to make, and in accomplishing which he imagined he had at last succeeded that very morning.... | |
 | 1867 - 526 էջ
...Prometheus declared, that to please Mynheer von Wodenblock he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before, and undertook to bring him within six...there was a favourite discovery which he had long been endeavouring to make, and in accomplishing which he imagined he had at last succeeded that very morning.... | |
 | Frank Munsell - 1871 - 202 էջ
...Prometheus declared, that to please Mynheer Von Wodenblock he would do more than human ingenuity had ever done before; and undertook to bring him within six...Turningvort was a man of speculative, as well as practical sense; and there was a favorite discovery which he had long been endeavoring to make, and in accomplishing... | |
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