 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 էջ
...overpowered with feelings of gratitude to that great genius which had produced it. " I felt, however, that he did not contemplate any pecuniary reward ;...gratifying reflection of having done so.' I expostulated, saying, that his ideas were much too philosophic and refined for the occasion. He replied, ' I have... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 էջ
...overpowered with feelings of gratitude to that great genius which had produced it. " I felt, however, that he did not contemplate any pecuniary reward ;...gratifying reflection of having done so.' I expostulated, saying, that his ideas were much too philosophic and refined for the occasion. He replied, ' I have... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1846 - 392 էջ
...Dr. Paris, in a letter, that he had advised Davy to secure the property of his beautiful invention. " I felt," he says, " that he did not contemplate any...and if I have succeeded, I am amply rewarded in the gratification of having done so.' ' More wealth,' he added, ' could not increase my fame or my happiness.... | |
 | 1840 - 652 էջ
...The rtply of this great and nobleminded man was — ' No ! my good friend, I never thought of sucha thing; my sole object was to serve the cause of humanity ; and if 1 have succeeded, I am amply rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so.' I expostulated... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 էջ
...five or ten thousand a-year, from it." " No, my good friend," was Sir Humphrey's generous reply, " I never thought of such a thing ; my sole object was...rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so." On another occasion, and when speaking to another friend on the subject, he said, " I value it more... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 էջ
...Mr. Buddie, to take out a patent for his discovery, "No, my good friend," he said to that gentleman, "I never thought of such a thing; my sole object was...rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so. More wealth," he added, "could not increase either my fame or my happiness." ROMANCE OP THE ELECTRIC... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 792 էջ
...lamp was completed ; urged by a friend to take out a patent for his invention, lie nobly replied : "No, my good friend, I never thought of such a thing...rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so." In May, 1818, he left England on a second continental journey, visiting Germany, Hungary, and Italy,... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 էջ
...his lamp was completed ; urged by a friend to take out a patent for his invention, he nobly replied : "No, my good friend, I never thought of such a thing...rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so." In May, 1818, he left England on a second continental journey, visiting Germany, Hungary, and Italy,... | |
 | James Hamilton Fyfe - 1863 - 270 էջ
...ever did." When urged by his friends to take out a patent for the invention, he replied, — " No, I never thought of such a thing. My sole object was...humanity, and if I have succeeded, I am amply rewarded by the gratifying reflection of having done so." The honours of knighthood and baronetage were successively... | |
 | Charles Adams - 1870 - 322 էջ
...that he should avail himself of a patent for this invention, he responded in these noble words : " No, my good friend, I never thought of such a thing...the cause of humanity, and if I have succeeded, I nm amply rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so." Davy was, by universal consent,... | |
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No ! my good friend, I never thought of such a thing : my sole object was to serve the cause of humanity ; and if I have succeeded, I am amply rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so. 
