 He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is...  The Scots Magazine - Page 1721779Full view - About this book
 | William Robertson - 1838 - 658 pages
...being in compact with invisible powers. He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring алу two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mix' ture of surprise as well... | |
 | John Frost - Adventure stories - 1839 - 178 pages
...the engraving on the opposite page.) • He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated...any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise, as well as regret, on his own folly, in having bestowed so... | |
 | John Davenport - 1839 - 520 pages
...(union) with invisible powers (demons). He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches, and having found, after repeated...any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise as well as regret on his own folly, in having bestowed so much... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1840 - 670 pages
...being in compact with invisible powers. He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated...could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, be reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise as well as regret, on his own folly, in haying... | |
 | Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1841 - 520 pages
...and, in his retirement, we are told that he was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated...any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise as well as regret on his own folly, in having bestowed so much... | |
 | John Evans, James Hews Bransby - Atheism - 1841 - 398 pages
...monastery, and there, observes Dr. Robertson, " he was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated...any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a feeling of surprise as well as regret, on his own folly, in having bestowed so much... | |
 | Evangelicalism - 1842 - 368 pages
...curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated 1 rials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, with a mixture of surprise and regret, on his own folly (as he might also on his cruelty and injustice) in having exerted... | |
 | 1842 - 468 pages
...regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that be could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, with a mixture of surprise as well as regret, on his folly in having bestowed so much time and labour on the more vain... | |
 | John Evans - Christian sects - 1844 - 300 pages
...monastery,and there, says Dr. Robertson, "he was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches, and having found, after repeated...any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise as well as regret, on his own folly, in having bestowed so much... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...being in compact with invisible powers. He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches; and having found, after repeated...trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go alike, he is said to have exclaimed, " Behold, not even two watches, the work of my own hands, can... | |
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