 | John Fanning Watson - 1833 - 336 σελίδες
...shelters him for ever. In one of his journals, there is this touching and prophetic sentiment — " the day will come when some more powerful man will...poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !" I do not know that I have his precise words, but the sentiment is what I have given. The truth is,... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1833 - 350 σελίδες
...prophetic sentiment — " the day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from ray invention ; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !" I do not know that I have his precise words, but the sentiment is what I have given. The truth is,... | |
 | James Hall - 1836 - 306 σελίδες
...details his embarrassments and disappointments, with a feeling which shows how ardently he dssired success, and which wins for him the sympathy of those...He must have died about the year 1799. " The first steam boat built on the western waters," says a writer in the Western Monthly Magazine, " was the Orleans,... | |
 | James Hall - 1838 - 326 σελίδες
...Delaware. Many crowded to see and ridicule the novel, and as they supposed, the chimerical experiment. It seemed that the idea of wheels had not occurred...He must have died about the year 1799. " The first steam boat built on the western waters," says a writer in the Western Monthly Magazine, " was the Orleans,... | |
 | James Hall - 1838 - 328 σελίδες
...than a century, we shall see our western rivers swarming with steamboats ; and expresses a wish to he buried on the shores of the Ohio, where the song of...He must have died about the year 1799. " The first steam boat built on the western waters," says a writer in the Western Monthly Magazine, " was the Orleans,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - 614 σελίδες
...one of his journals: 'the day will come when some more powerful man will gel fame and riches from mv invention; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention."' From tlie United Servict Journal. A LETTER FROM UPPER CANADA. Drummondvtlle, Dec. 20<A, 1838. MR. EDITOR,—When... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1840 - 492 σελίδες
...not his destiny to accomplish ! — and how touching is the sentiment found in his journal : — ' The day will come when some more powerful man will...poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention !'" BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Birth. — Intended for the church. — Attends a common... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 638 σελίδες
...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame anJ riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with steam-vessels, and he expressed... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 608 σελίδες
...favorable times. " The day will come [he observes] when some more powerful man will get fame and riches by my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." He declared that within a century the western rivers would swarm with steam-vessels, and he expressed... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 616 σελίδες
...music of the steam-engine sooth his spirit." How melancholy is the sentiment found in his journal : " The day will come when some more powerful man will...John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention." As early as 1783, both Rumsey and Fitch had exhibited models to Gen. Washington. Shortly after the... | |
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And how touching is the sentiment found in one of his journals : — " the day will come when some more powerful man, will get fame and riches from my invention ; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention. 
