 I am willing, for the general satisfaction, to assign my reasons. The truth is, that I am tired of ticking." Upon hearing this, the old clock became so enraged that it was on the very point of striking. "Lazy wire!" exclaimed the dial-plate, holding up...  The Wesleyan juvenile offering - Page 46by Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Thomas J. Lee - Readers - 1827 - 196 pages
...errour is to resolve to HL ( . 6. " Lazy wire !" exclaimed the dial-plate, holding up its hands. 7. " Very good !" replied the pendulum, " it is vastly...always, as every body knows, set yourself up above me, it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness ! 8. " You who have had nothing... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...on the very point of striking. " Lazy wire !" exclaimed the dial- plate, holding up its hands.—" Very good," replied the pendulum : " it is vastly...always, as every body Knows, set yourself up above me, — it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness! You, who have had nothing... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1831 - 236 pages
...on the very point of striking. " 'Lazy wire !" 'exclaimed the dial-plate, holding up its hands. , " Very good !" replied the pendulum, " it is vastly...always, as every body knows, set yourself up above me, — it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of 'laziness ! You, who have had nothing... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1831 - 276 pages
...it was on the point of striking. " Lazy wire ! " exclaimed the dial-plate, holding up its hands. " Very good ! " replied the pendulum, " it is vastly...always, as every body knows, set yourself up above me — it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness! You, who have had nothing... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...enraged that it was on the point of striking. " Lazy wire !" exclaimed the dial-plate. " As to that," replied the pendulum, " it is vastly easy for you,...always, as every body knows, set yourself up above me, — it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness ! — you, who have had... | |
 | American periodicals - 1825 - 498 pages
...the point at striking. " Lazy wire !" exclaimed the dial-plate, holding up its hands " Very good 1" replied the pendulum, " it is vastly easy for you, Mistress Dial, who have always, as every body kn ws, set yourself up above me, — il is vastly easy for you, I ia\, to accuse other people of laziness... | |
 | Jane Taylor - English literature - 1832 - 286 pages
...that it was on the point of striking. " Lazy wire !" exclaimed the dial-plate, holding up its hands. i "Very good!" replied the pendulum, "it is vastly easy...Mistress Dial, who have always, as every body knows, set yourseif up above me — it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness! You,... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1832 - 282 pages
...wire ! " exclaimed the dial-plate, holdup its hands. " Very good ! " replied the pendulum, " it is tly easy for you, Mistress Dial, who have always, as every body knows, set yourseif up above me — it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness! You,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...spoke:—" I confess myself to be the 20 "Lazy wire!" exclaimed the dial plate, holding up its hands. " Very good!" replied the pendulum, " it is vastly easy...vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of 25 laziness! You, who have had nothing to do all the days of your life, but to stare people in the... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...was on the very point of striking. " Lazy* wire!" exclaimed the dial-plate, holding, up its hands. " Very good !" replied the pendulum, " it is vastly...always, as every body knows, set yourself up above me,: — it is vastly easy for you, I say, to accuse other people of laziness ! You, who have had nothing... | |
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