 Hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the Wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the Weights hung speechless. Each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the Dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of...  The Wesleyan juvenile offering - Page 46by Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the 10 dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels, weights,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. 3. At length, the dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation — when hands,... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...ineffectual effort to continue their course, the wheels remained motionless with surprise, the weights hung speechless, each member felt disposed to lay the blame...others. At length the dial instituted a formal inquiry into the cause of the stop ; when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice, protested their innocence,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the 10 dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels, weights,... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...the (<\ instituted a formal inquiry as to the cans ••' the stagnation, when hands, wheels, wdgbti with one voice, protested their innocence.^ But now a faint tick was heard below fe the pendulum, who thus spoke: — " I confess myself to be the sok can« ,f the present stoppage... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to hiy the blame on the others. At length, the dial instituted...inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, 2 wheels, weights, with one voice, protested their innocence. But now a faint tick was heard below... | |
 | George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame...weights, with one voice, protested their innocence. 2. But now a faint tick was heard below from the pendulum, who thus spoke:—" I confess myself to... | |
 | Children's literature - 1848 - 800 pages
...continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless! and each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the...to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels, and weights, with one voice, protested their innocence. 66 But now a faint tick was heard below from... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...vain effort to comirme their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless ; each member felt disposed to lay the...inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, 2 wheels, weights, with one voice, protested their innocence. But now a faint tick was heard below... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...extensive country in the south-west of A sia ; the inhabitants are a wandering people, called Arabs. '3. At length, the dial instituted a formal inquiry as...weights, with one voice, protested their innocence. 4. But now a faint tick was heard below from the pendulum, who thus spoke : — "I confess myself to... | |
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