 | John F. Layson - 1881 - 138 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." Mr. Nicholas Wood, who was present during Stephenson's examination as to the possible speed of locomotives,... | |
 | John F. Layson - 1881 - 140 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 dovm." Mr. Nicholas Wood, who was present during Stephenson's examination as to the possible speed... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1882 - 514 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... | |
 | Frederick Smeeton Williams - 1883 - 548 pagine
...one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad." " I put up," he continued, "with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined...Assistance gradually increased — improvements were made — and to-day, a train, which started from London in the morning, has brought me in the afternoon... | |
 | 1884 - 518 pagine
...ridicule and personal insults in the court, were brought against him, but to use his own words : I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined not to be put down." The road completed, the question was how it should be worked — whether by horses, stationary engines,... | |
 | George Walter Macgeorge - 1894 - 598 pagine
...committee or myself; some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined...Assistance gradually increased — improvements were made — and to-day, a train which started from London in the morning, has brought me in the afternoon to... | |
 | George Walter Macgeorge - 1894 - 616 pagine
...committee or myself; some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. I put up with every rebuff, and went on with my plans, determined...Assistance gradually increased — improvements were made — and to-day, a train which started from London in the morning, has brought me in the afternoon to... | |
 | Cortland Myers - 1900 - 558 pagine
...members of the committee asked me 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." The committee asked him " whether, if the engine were upset, going at nine miles an hour, the cargo... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1902 - 290 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." George Stephenson stood before the committee to prove what the public opinion of that day held to be... | |
 | Wilfred L. Steel - 1914 - 522 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.' Mr. Stephenson stood before the Committee to prove what the public opinion of that day held to be impossible.... | |
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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,... 
