| England - 1851 - 776 pages
...appointed, and immediately looked at the dial-plate. If he had a mind to write anything to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the...words which he had occasion for — making a little panse at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, at the same time, saw his... | |
| Questions and answers - 1852 - 782 pages
...immediately cast his eye upon his dial plate ; if he had a mind to write anything to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the...making a little pause at the end of every word or sentenets to avoid confusion. The friend in the meanwhile saw his own .-ympaihetic needle moving of... | |
| Electronic journals - 1852 - 650 pages
...time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his di-il plate ; if he had n mind to write anything to his friend, be directed his needle to every letter...formed the words which he had occasion for, making a liitle pause at the end of every word or sentence, lo avoid confusion. The friend in the meanwhile... | |
| Joseph Addison - English literature - 1853 - 902 pages
...immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the...or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the mean while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write anything to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the...sentence, .to avoid confusion. The friend, in the mean while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the...or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the mean while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 pages
...immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the...or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the mean while, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 444 pages
...immediately cast his eye upon his dial plate ; if he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for, making a little panse at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend in the meanwhile saw his... | |
| Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...occasion tot, making a little pause at the end of every word w sentence, to avoid confusion. The frieud in the meanwhile saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter whiih that of his correspondent pointed at. By this meaus they talked toffetber across a whole continent,... | |
| Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the...word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend in trie meanwhile saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent... | |
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