 An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable) changed...  The Unitarian Miscellany and Christian Monitor - Side 1371823Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Noah Worcester - 1823 - 302 sider
...breast, Becomes a source of pleasure, when redress'd. Goldsmith] No. 130. The Discontented Pendulum. An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial -plate, (if we. may credit the fable,) cliaugcd counA.w\axvte. nnVJcv. «l«s&.\ 22 254 The Discontented... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1824 - 624 sider
...protested their innocence. But now a faint tick was heard below, from the pendulum, who thus spoke: 1 An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...summer's morning, before the family Was stirring, suddenNr stopped. 1 " I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage; and am willing,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1825 - 494 sider
...Indians of the Missouri, he arrived at Fort. LESSON CXLI. The discontented pendulum.—Youth's Magazine. An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate, (if we may j^ credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm; the,hands made a vain effort to continue their... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 sider
...to the public eye, than it will be found by the readers of the Every-Day Book. This is the tale. ; ' An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...early one summer's morning, before the family was stirrine, suddenly stopped. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 sider
...protested their innocence. But now a faint tick was heard below from the pendulum, who thus spoke :— An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. " I confess myself to be the sole cause of the present stoppage; and I am willing, for the general... | |
 | 1826 - 320 sider
...Contributions of a. Q."—Vol. II. p. 9.) AN old clock that had stood for fifty years in a far. mer's kitchen without giving its owner any cause of complaint,...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial plate, (if we may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm : the hands made an ineffectual... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1828 - 414 sider
...live on, from sun to sun, Thy joy unchecked, thy tweet long tllent never. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. AN old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family were stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this,. the dial-plate, if we may credit the fable, changed countenance... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1830 - 720 sider
...Discontented Pendulum.—JANE TAYLOR. 1. AN old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer'* kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint,...before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 sider
...the horizon adorning, Guide where our infatit Redeemer is laid ! HEBEK. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. AN old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...we may credit the fable), changed countenance with alarm,—the hands made an ineffectual effort to continue their course, the wheels remained motionless... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1831 - 236 sider
...it. No. 4.—The Discontented Pendulum. AN old 'clock that had stood for fifty years in a farner's kitchen, without 'giving its owner any cause of 'complaint,...'hands made a 'vain effort to 'continue their course; the 'wheels remained 'motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; Fate, far, fall, fat—me,... | |
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