 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 914 pages
...published by Mr. Poole, the wellknown author, shortly after his ascent. " I do not despise you," says he. " for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is, we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six on the evening of Friday,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Household words - 1853 - 504 pages
...by Mr. Poole, the well-known author, shortly after his ascent. " I do not despise you," says he, " for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six on the evening of Friday, the... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...by Mr. Poole, the well-known author, shortly after his ascent. " I do not despise you," says he. " for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is, we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six, on the evening of Friday,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1870 - 340 pages
...by Mr. Poole, the well-known author, shortly after his ascent. " I do not despise yon," says he, " for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is, we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six, on the evening of Friday,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers and speakers - 1871 - 346 pages
...by Mr. Poole, the well-known author, shortly after his ascent. " I do not despise you," says he, " for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is, we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six, on the evening of Friday,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1874 - 346 pages
...Mr. Jr'oole, the well-known author, shortly after his ascen.t " I do not despise you,!', says he, " for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an...error which you share in common with some millions oTour fellow-creatures; and I, in the day,s_pf my ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...letter published by a well-known author, shortly after his ascent. " I do not despise you," says he, " for talking about a balloon going up ; for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is, we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six, on that famous Friday evening,... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 pages
...letter published by a well-known author, shortly after his ascent. " I do not despise you," says he, " for talking about a balloon going up ; for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is, we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six, on that famous Friday evening,... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - Christian life - 1894 - 418 pages
...letter published by a well-known author, shortly after his ascent. "'I do not despise you," says he, "for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an...ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The fact is, we do not go up at all ; but at about five minutes past six, on Friday evening, Vauxhall... | |
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I do not despise you," says he, " for talking about a balloon going up, for it is an error which you share in common with some millions of our fellow-creatures ; and I, in the days of my ignorance, thought with the rest of you. I know better now. The... 