 It is true you, have done a great deal of work in your time; so have we all, and are likely to do; which, although it may fatigus us to think of, the question is, whether it will fatigue us to do.  The Wesleyan juvenile offering - Page 47by Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...to give about half adozen strokes, to illustrate my argument?" The pendulum complied, and ticked MI times at its usual pace. " Now," resumed the dial, "may I be allowed to inquire, if th.it exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you?" "Not in the least," replied the pendulum;... | |
 | William Darrah - 1874 - 220 pages
...think of, the question is, j whether it will fatigue us to do. Would you now do me the favour to give half-a-dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument? "...complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. " \ow," resumed the dial, "may I be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pages
...half a dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument ? " 13. The pendulum complied, and ticked six times in its usual pace. " Now," resumed the dial, " may I...exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ? " 14. " Not in the least," replied the pendulum ; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Children's literature - 1878 - 286 pages
...the question is, Will it fatigue us to do f Would you now do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument ?"—The Pendulum...complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. dulum; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions." 12. " Very good,"... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 362 pages
...do. Would you now do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes to illustrate my argument?" 7. The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its...dial, " may I be allowed to inquire if that exertion is at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you?" "Not m the least," replied the pendulum; "ft is not of... | |
 | H.J. Infield - 1879 - 256 pages
...the question is, will it fatigue us to do? Would you now do me the favour to give about half a dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument ?"—The Pendulum...complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. . 11. " Now," resumed the Dial, " was that exertion fatiguing to you ? "—"Not in the least," replied... | |
 | George Melville Baker - Elocution - 1879 - 734 pages
...question is, whether it will fatigue us to do. Would you now do me the favor to give about half a dozen strokes to illustrate my argument? " The pendulum complied, and ticked six times in its usual pace. "Now," resumed the dial, "may I be allowed to inquire if that exertion was at all... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 296 pages
...could scarcely keep its countenance during this harangue; but resuming its gravity, thus replied:— The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. ' Now,' resumed the dial, ' was that exertion fatiguing to you ?' ' Not in the least,' replied the pendulum ; ' it is not of... | |
 | Kate (fict.name.) - 1881 - 136 pages
...question is, whether it will fatigue us to do : would you now do me the favour to give about half a dozen strokes to illustrate my argument ? " The pendulum...all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ? " " Not in theleast," replied the pendulum ; — " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...do. Would you now do me the favour to give about half-a-dozen strokes, to illustrate my argument Î " The pendulum complied, and ticked six times at its usual pace. " Now," resumed the dial, " may 1 be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you 1 " " Not in... | |
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