 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
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - Readers - 1894 - 400 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 be... | |
 | 1894 - 264 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;... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1900 - 400 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 dial instituted an inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice, protested... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children's literature - 1901 - 364 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...faint tick was heard below from the pendulum, who spoke thus : " I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage ; and I am willing, for... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1901 - 376 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...faint tick was heard below from the pendulum, who spoke thus : " I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage ; and I am willing, for... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1906 - 556 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...formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation; when'hands, wheels, weights, with one voice protested their innocence. But now a faint tick was heard... | |
 | Joseph Henry Wade, Emma Sylvester - Readers - 1908 - 360 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 dial instituted an inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice protested... | |
 | Charles Welsh - Children's literature - 1909 - 492 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 stagnation; when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice protested their innocence.... | |
 | Ella Lyman Cabot - Conduct of life - 1910 - 298 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. But... | |
 | Ella Lyman Cabot - Conduct of life - 1910 - 296 pages
...the blame on the 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. But now a faint tick was heard from the Pendulum, who thus spoke: — " 1 confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage,... | |
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