 | Samuel Smiles - 1868 - 524 pagine
...Peekham, as follows: "BEAR FRIEND,— My friend George Stephenson, a man hinted that / was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be pvit down." George Stephenson stood before the committee to prove what the public opinion of that day... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 282 pagine
...understand my meaning. Some said : " He's a foreigner." " No," others replied; "he's mad." But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined...not to be put down. Assistance gradually increased ; great improvements were made in the locomotive ; until to-day, a train which started from London... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 pagine
...Some member of the committee asked if I was a foreignBr, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down." The great difficulty in making a railway from Liverpool to Manchester was the passage across Chat-Moss—a... | |
 | National reading books - 1872 - 264 pagine
...Some member of the committee asked if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went' on with my plans determined not to be put down." Opposing engineers roundly contradicted him, and opposing counsel nipped him closely; but his evidence... | |
 | William D. Lawson - 1873 - 442 pagine
...Some member of the Committee asked if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down."* If ever one of our race * "The Story of the Life of George Stephenson." deserved success on account... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 pagine
...understand my meaning. Some said, ' He's a foreigner.' 'No,' others replied, 'he's mad.' But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined...not to be put down. Assistance gradually increased ; great improvements were made in the locomotive, until to-day, a train which started from London in... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 254 pagine
...understand my meaning. Some said, ' He's a foreigner.' ' No,' others replied, ' he's mad.' But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined...not to be put down. Assistance gradually increased ; great improvements were made in the locomotive, until to-day a train which started from London in... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1879 - 430 pagine
...committee asked if I was a foreigner ; and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebufl', and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down." After examining George for three days, it was deemed advisable to withdraw the bill ; but the directors,... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pagine
...Some member ol the Committee asked if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down." It was this determination that carried him through, in the 5re of an opposition of which this was but... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1881 - 506 pagine
...Some member of the Committee asked if I was a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down.' It was during his examination before the Committee that Stephenson, when asked, ' Suppose, now, one... | |
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... to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy either the Committee or myself. I was subjected to the crossexamination of eight or ten barristers, purposely as far as possible to bewilder me. Some member of the Committee asked if I was a foreigner,... 
