 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Europe - 1752 - 344 pages
...common mechanifm. When you prefs a watch or pull a clock, they anfwer your queftion with precifion ; for they repeat exactly the hour of the day, and tell you neither more nor lefs than you defire to know. But when you afked this man a queftion, he overwhelmed you by pouring... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1768 - 376 pages
...common mechanifm. When you prefs a watch or pull a clock, they anfwer your queftion with precifion ; for they repeat exactly the hour of the day, and tell you neither more nor left than you defire to know. But when you you afked this man a queftion, he overwhelmed you by pouring... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1793 - 570 pages
...common mechanifin. When you prefs a watch or pull a clock, they anfwer your queftion with precifion ; for they repeat exactly the hour of the day^ and tell you neither more nor lefs than you defire to know, But when you aflced this man a queftion, he overwhelmed you by pouring... | |
 | Henry St. John (1st visct. Bolingbroke.) - 1809 - 480 pages
...was employed in reading. Hi* reason had not the merit of common mechanism. When yon press a watch- or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision;...they repeat exactly the hour of the day, and tell youneither more nor less than you desire to know. But when you asked this man a question, he overwhelmed... | |
 | English essays - 1841 - 962 pages
...common mechanism. When you press a watch, or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision ; but when you asked this man a question, he overwhelmed...recalled to his memory ; and if he omitted any thing, it wag that ery thing to which the sense of the I841J Warburtons Literary Remains. 3-lt was caressed by... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 522 pages
...all was employed in reading. His reason had not the merit of common mechanism. When you press a watch or pull a clock. they answer your question with precision;...neither more nor less than you desire to know. But w hen you asked this man a question, he overwhelmed you with pouring forth all that the several terms... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1841 - 806 pages
...a watch, or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision ; but when you asked this man n question, he overwhelmed you by pouring forth all that the several terms or words ot your question recalled to his memory ; and if he omitted any thing, it was that ery thing to which... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...was employed in reading. His^ reason had not the merit of common mechanism. When you press a watch, or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision...you neither more nor less than you desire to know. But-when you asked this man a question, he overwhelmed you by pouring forth all that the several terms... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1851 - 582 pages
...relation to a certain person : " His reason hud not the merit of common mechanism. When you press a watch or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision...you neither more nor less than you desire to know." I believe this work was written about 1711. Can you tell me when the self-striking clock was invented,... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...was employed in reading. His reason had not the merit of common mechanism. When you press a watch, or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision ; for they report exactly the hour of the day, and tell you neither more nor less than you desire to know. But... | |
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The man was communicative enough ; but nothing was distinct in his mind. How could it be otherwise? he had never spared time to think, all was employed in reading. His reason had not the merit of common mechanism. When you press a watch or pull a clock,... 
