 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1855 - 640 pages
...sunk under the burthen of them if I had not been supported by the friendship of Or. Roebuck. * • I have now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet...me, I will lay aside the burthen I cannot carry." Finally, like almost all great inventors, Watt, too, was victimized, and sometimes sickened, by adventurers.... | |
 | 1855 - 622 pages
...supported by the friendship of Dr. Roebuck. ... I have now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet I urn not in idea nearer that rest I wish for than I was...if it does not thrive with me, I will lay aside the burden I cannot carry." — Vol. ip 55. In the preceding details, and especially in the preceding letter,... | |
 | Technology - 1855 - 708 pages
...I have no« brought the engine near a conclusion, yet 1 am not in idea nearer that rest I wish lor than I was four years ago. However, I am resolved...me, I will lay aside the burthen I cannot carry." Finally, like almost all great inventors, Watt, too, was victimized, and 'Sometimes sickened, by adventurer;.... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1855 - 712 pages
...have sunk under (he burthen of them if I had not been supported by the friendship of Dr. Roebuck. * * I have now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet...four years ago. However, I am resolved to do all I oan to carry on this business, and if it does not thrive with me, I will lay aside the burthen I cannot... | |
 | English literature - 1858 - 592 pages
...must have sunk under the burthen of them if I had not been supported by the friendship of Dr. Roebuck. I have now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet...life there is nothing more foolish than inventing.' It is nevertheless a remarkable proof of his indefatigable perseverance in his favourite pursuit that... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1858 - 656 pages
...sunk under the burthen of them if I had not been sup" ported by the friendship of Dr. Koebuck. • * I have " now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet I am not i" " idea nearer that rest I wish for than I was four years ago" However, I am resolved to do all I... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1859 - 652 pages
...sunk under the burthen of them if I had not been " supported by the friendship of Dr. Roebuck. * * I have " now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet I am not in * te "on a great scale." " idea nearer that rest I wish for than I was four years ago. " However, I... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 pages
...sunk under the burthen of them if I had not been " supported by the friendship of Dr. Roebuck. * * I have " now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet I am not in ie " on a great acale." " idea nearer that rest I wish for than I was four years ago. " However, I... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1859 - 440 pages
...sunk , under the burthen of them if I had not been supported by the friendship of Dr. Eoebuck. * * I have now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet I am not an idea nearer tha,t rest I wish for than I was four years ago. However, I am resolved to do all I... | |
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I have met with many disappointments. I must have sunk under the burthen of them if I had not been supported by the friendship of Dr. Roebuck. I have now brought the engine near a conclusion, yet I am not in idea nearer that rest I wish for than I was... 
