 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 616 sider
...Kentucky, about the year 1796. It was his wish tobe buried on the banks of the Ohio, that he might repose " where the song of the boatman would enliven the stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steam-engine sooth his spirit." How melancholy is the sentiment found in his journal : " The day will... | |
 | John Macgregor - 1846 - 658 sider
...the western rivers swarming with steamboats ; and then expressed his wish to be buried on the shores of the Ohio, " where the song of the boatman would...stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steam-engine soothe his spirit." A feeling very natural to the mind of an ardent projector, whose whole... | |
 | Francis Wyse - 1846 - 508 sider
...be made on the shores of some of the waters of the West, in order that the ' song of the boatman may enliven the stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steam engine sooth his troubled spirit.' Fulton has the eulogy, the fame, the money,— Fitch, the real inventor,... | |
 | Francis Wyse - 1846 - 514 sider
...be made on the shores of some of the waters of the West, in order that the ' song of the boatman may enliven the stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steam engine sooth his troubled spirit.' Fulton has the eulogy, the fame, the money, — Fitch, the real inventor,... | |
 | J. D. Bell - 1850 - 488 sider
...Mechanics," by Henry Howe. Derby & Jackson, New York. the shore of the Ohio, "where the song of the boatmen would enliven the stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steam-engine soothe his spirit." In his journal, were found the sad words: "The day 'will come when... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 sider
...about the year 1796. It was his wish to be buried on the bankS of the Ohio, that he might repose " where the song of the boatman would enliven the stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steam-engine sooth his spirit." How melancholy is the sentiment found in his journal : " The day will... | |
 | James T. Lloyd - 1856 - 334 sider
...on the shores of the Ohio, where, (to use his own enthusiastic language,) " the song of the boatmen would enliven the stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steamengine sooth his spirit." His manuscript journal contains the following prophetic exclamation... | |
 | Jacob Whittemore REED - 1861 - 628 sider
...death, made the request, that he should be buried on the banks of the Ohio, '' that he might repose where the song of the boatman would enliven the stillness of his resting-place, and the music of the steam-engine soothe his spirit." Mr. Read, in the mean time, having noticed the failure of these experiments... | |
 | James Leander Bishop - 1864 - 932 sider
...upon him. In conformity to his wishes he was buried on the shores of the Ohio, that he might repose " where the song of the boatman would enliven the stillness of his resting place, and the music of the steam engine soothe his spirit." Experiments in steam navigation,... | |
 | John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young - 1864 - 884 sider
...upon him. In conformity to his Dishes he was buried on the shores of the Ohio, that he might repose "where the song of the boatman would enliven the stillness of his resting place, and the music of the steam engine soothe his spirit." Experiments in steam navigation,... | |
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where the song of the boatman would enliven the stillness of his resting place, and the music of the steam engine soothe his spirit. 
