 | 1837 - 608 pages
...any share in the invention or improvement of a plough, a ship, or a mill, is an insult. ' In ' my own time,' says Seneca, ' there have been inventions of...all parts of a building, — short-hand, which has lieen car' ried to such perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most ' rapid speaker. But the... | |
 | 1838 - 822 pages
...any share in the invention or improvement of a plough, a ship, or a mill, is an insult. 'In my own time,' says Seneca, 'there have been inventions of...sort, — transparent windows, — tubes for diffusing warmtli equally through all parts of a building, — short-hand, which has been carried to such perfection... | |
 | 1838 - 870 pages
...any share in the invention or improvement of о plough, a ship, or a mill, is an insult. 'In my own time,' says Seneca, 'there have been inventions of this sort, — transparent windows, — Lubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building, — short-hand, which has been... | |
 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1839 - 674 pages
...the skins of wild beasts — no screen from the sun but a cavern." — Perfectly Chinese. " In my own time," says Seneca, " there have been inventions of...diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building, — short hand, which has been carried to such perfection that the writer can keep pace with the most... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pages
...an insult. " In my own time," says Seneca, " there have been inventions of this sort—transparent windows, tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building, short- : hand, which has been carried to such perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 pages
...any share in the invention or improvement of a plough, a ship, or a mill, is an insult. "In my own time," says Seneca, "there have been inventions of...building, short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 342 pages
...any share in the invention or improvement of a plough, a ship, or a mill, is an insult. "In my own time," says Seneca, "there have been inventions of...diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building, short-band, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...any share in the invention or improvement of a plough, a ship, or a mill, is an insult. "In my own uence of that most pernicious of superstitions, fordiffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building, shorthand, which has been carried to such... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - 596 pages
...any share in the invention or improvement of a plough, a ship, or a mill, is an insult. " In my own time," says Seneca, " there have been inventions of...building, short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 384 pages
...have been inventions of this sort; transparent windows; tubes for diffusing warmth through all the parts of a building; short-hand, which has been carried...can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the invention of such things is drudgery for the lowest slaves. Philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office... | |
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In my own time," says Seneca, "there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows, tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building, short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the... 
