 The most marked traits in the character of Arkwright were his wonderful ardor, energy, and perseverance. He commonly labored in his multifarious concerns from five o'clock in the morning till nine at night ; and, when considerably more than fifty years...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Sida 240redigerad av - 1835Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 412 sidor
...than fifty years of age, feeling that the defects of his education placed him uuder great difficulty in conducting his correspondence and in the general management of his business, he encroached on his sleep in order to gain an hour each day to learn English grammar, and another hour to improve... | |
 | Great Britain - 1848 - 510 sidor
...fifty years of age, — feeling that the defects of his education placed him under great difficulties and inconvenience in conducting his correspondence,...another hour to improve his writing and orthography." THE MULE JENNY.— CROMPTON. WHILE Arkwright was pursuing his prosperous course, another untaught genius... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 sidor
...— feeling that the defects of his education placed him under great difficulties and mconvenience in conducting his correspondence, and in the general...learn English grammar, and another hour to improve hie writing and orthography." THE МШ.E JENNY.— CROMPTON. While Arkwright was pursuing his prosperous... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1858 - 524 sidor
...night ; and that, too, when considerably more than fitly years of age. Feeling that his defects of education placed him under great difficulty and inconvenience...orthography. He was impatient of whatever interfered with his favorite pursuits ; and the fact is too strikingly characteristic not to be mentioned, that he separated... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - 1454 sidor
...concerns from five in the morning till nine at night ; and when considerably more than fifty years of age, feeling that the defects of his education placed him...hour to improve his writing and orthography. He was a severe economist of time, and, that he might not waste a moment, he generally traveled with four... | |
 | 1885 - 480 sidor
...felt its defects so much in conducting his correspondence and the management of his business, that he encroached upon his sleep in order to gain an hour...another hour to improve his writing and orthography (BAIXBS, History of the Cotton Manufacture, p. 195), but his perseverance in these tasks at such an... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 sidor
...o'clock in the morning till nine at night; and when considerably more than fifty years of age, — feeling that the defects of his education placed him...another hour to improve his writing and orthography. Ho was impatient of whatever interfered with his favorite pursuits ; anil the fact is too strikingly... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - 1909 - 586 sidor
...o'clock in the morning till nine at night ; and when considerably more than fifty years of age, — feeling that the defects of his education placed him...! He was impatient of whatever interfered with his favorite pursuits ; and the fact is too strikingly characteristic not to be mentioned, that he separated... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1910 - 408 sidor
...five o'clock in the morning till nine at night; and when considerably more than fifty years of age, feeling that the defects of his education placed him...orthography! He was impatient of whatever interfered with his favorite pursuits; and the fact is too strikingly characteristic not to be mentioned, that he separated... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams - 1911 - 420 sidor
...five o'clock in the moming till nine at night; and when considerably more than fifty years of age, feeling that the defects of his education placed him...orthography! He was impatient of whatever interfered with his favorite pursuits; and the fact is too strikingly characteristic not to be mentioned, that he separated... | |
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