| Charles Dickens - 1892 - 812 pages
...conceding that all "penny dreadfuls " are sensational, the concession has nothing to do with the fact that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to write a good sensational story; or, if anything, the concession goes to prove my point. It is, probably,... | |
| 1892 - 826 pages
...conceding that all "penny dreadfuls" are sensational, the concession has nothing to do with the fact that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to write a good sensational story; or, if anything, the concession goes to prove my point. It is, probably,... | |
| Institution of Electrical Engineers - Electrical engineering - 1893 - 840 pages
...possible that what Mr. Robertson put on the board may exist. These are matters of speculation, and it is one of the most difficult things in the world to tell what any intermediate stage in a chemical reaction is. We know where we begin, and we know where... | |
| Francis Forster - English fiction - 1894 - 354 pages
...entirely failed to smile and give a civil answer, because he was trying to guess who the man might be. It is one of the most difficult things in the world to try to talk to one person, and smile and answer in the right place, when nearly all your faculties... | |
| Engineering - 1896 - 742 pages
...you see in the newspapers is absolutely correct. (Laughter.) Mr. Judson: I know by experience that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to get a stone mason or contractor to make good concrete. It can be made very easily, but requires thorough... | |
| London (England) - 1899 - 790 pages
...girl. The tree was so constructed that Hampton could more easily see her than she him ; and moreover it is one of the most difficult things in the world to locate an unexpected sound. " I'm tree'd," laughed the voice, "straight above your head." "That sounds... | |
| James Morison - Bible - 1902 - 708 pages
...was unknown to the Platonics. It was unknown to the Peripatetics." It is true theology, nevertheless. It is one of the most difficult things in the world to deal conscientiously with riches, that is, to keep a itci'd conscience and be rich. It u easy to be... | |
| Welsh - 1902 - 596 pages
...farmers have experienced much trouble in protecting the nests of hens against the pilfering animals. It is one of the most difficult things in the world to break a dog of the egg-sucking habit.—Exchange. Fainting is due to an insufficient amount of blood... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 396 pages
...? I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong. If it be generally so with us, I am sure we ought to be... | |
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