 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...undertaking he was attacked with a violent fever, which deprived him of the power of superintending his workmen. Nothing, however, could diminish his invincible...the prejudices of the peasantry. He was supposed to have communion with the devil. He was charged with heresy, and every obstacle was thrown in the way... | |
 | Science - 1820 - 442 pages
...invincible perseverance. He was carried every day to the mountain in a barrow, to direct the lahours of the workmen, which was absolutely necessary, as...the knowledge which such an undertaking required. M. Hupp had also to contend against the prejudices of the peasantry. He was supposed to have communion... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - Mathematics - 1822 - 344 pages
...undertaking he was attacked with a violent fever which deprived him of the power of superintending his workmen Nothing, however, could diminish his invincible...necessary, as he had scarcely two good carpenters among them'all, the rest haying been hired by accident, without any of the knowledge which such an undertaking... | |
 | Science - 1820 - 486 pages
...diminish his invincible perseverance. He was every day to the mountain in a barrow, to direct the lahours of the workmen, which was absolutely necessary, as...the knowledge which such an undertaking required. M. Hupp had also to contend against the prejudices of the peasantry. He was supposed to have communion... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 382 pages
...suspended by cords, in order to descend precipices many hundred feet high to give directions, having scarcely two good carpenters among them all, the rest having been hired as occasion offered. All difficulties being at length surmounted, the larger pines, which were about... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1832 - 372 pages
...undertaking, he was attacked with a violent fever, which deprived him of the power of superintending his work-men. Nothing, however, could diminish his invincible...the prejudices of the peasantry. He was supposed to have communion with the devil; he was charged with heresy, and every obstacle was thrown in the way... | |
 | Charles Babbage - Factory system - 1832 - 352 pages
...undertaking, he was attacked with a violent fever, which deprived him of the power of superintending his workmen. Nothing, however, could diminish his invincible...the prejudices of the peasantry. He was supposed to have communion with the devil. He was charged with heresy, and every obstacle was thrown in the way... | |
 | 1832 - 548 pages
...undertaking, he was attacked with a violent fever, which deprived him of the power of superintending his workmen. Nothing, however could diminish his invincible...Rupp had also to contend against the prejudices of tlie peasantry. He was supposed to have communion with the devil. He was charged with heresy, and every... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...undertaking, he was attacked with a violent fever, which deprived him of the power of superintending his workmen. Nothing, however, could diminish his invincible...the prejudices of the peasantry. He was supposed to have communion with the devil. He was charged with heresy, and every obstacle was thrown in the way... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1834 - 434 pages
...mountain in a barrow, to direct the labors of the workmen, which was absolutely necessary, as he liad scarcely two good carpenters among them all — the...the prejudices of the peasantry. He was supposed to have communion with the devil. He was charged with heresy, and every obstacle was thrown in the way... | |
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Rupp was himself obliged, more than once, to be suspended by cords, in order to descend precipices many hundred feet high ; and in the first months of the undertaking he was attacked with a violent fever, which deprived him of the power of superintending... 
