Accordingly, when they were some hundred miles asunder, each of them shut himself up in his closet at the time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write... Science - Էջ 5981899Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Spectator The - 1811 - 802 էջ
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which be had occasion for, making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion.... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - 372 էջ
...his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend,he directed the neadle to every letter that formed the words which he had...or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the mean, while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 էջ
...dialplate. If he had a mind to write any tiling to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter which formed the words which he had occasion for, making a little pause at the end of each word or sentence, to avoid confusion : the friend, at the same time, saw his own sympathetic needle... | |
| 1826 - 376 էջ
...mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed the needla to every letter that formed the words he had occasion for, making a little pause at the...or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend in the mean while saw his sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 472 էջ
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter...or sentence to avoid confusion. The friend, in the mean while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 476 էջ
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter...or sentence to avoid confusion. The friend, in the mean while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| 1822 - 788 էջ
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing shes himself as mean while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 էջ
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter...the words which he had occasion for, making a little * Lib. ii. prol. 6. pause at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend in the... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 360 էջ
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eyes upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion tor, making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence to avoid confusion. The friend, in... | |
| 1836 - 1118 էջ
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thins; to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter...of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The frieud in the meanwhile saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that... | |
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