 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 618 pages
...at first, soon grew animated, and the doctor found he had to deal with a tremendous opponent ; fur, in spite of all his efforts to defeat the figure,...dispelled, ' if I were not certain Worousky is at this moment in bed, I should believe I had been playing with him. His head alone is capable of inventing... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 620 pages
...at first, soon grew animated, and the doctor found he had to deal with a tremendous opponent ; fur, in spite of all his efforts to defeat the figure,...dispelled, ' if I were not certain Worousky is at this moment in bed, I should believe I had been playing with him. His head alone is capable of inventing... | |
 | Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin - 1860 - 448 pages
...one of the wheels with a key he inserted in a hole in the chest ; after which the Turk, with a gentle nod of salutation, placed his hand on one of the pieces,...dispelled, " if I were not certain Worousky is at this moment in bed, I should believe I had been playing with him. His head alone is capable of inventing... | |
 | John Timbs - Inventions - 1860 - 478 pages
...his turn, and waited patiently till his adversary, whose movements had all the dignity of the Sultan, had moved. The game, though slow at first, soon grew...smiling face soon dispelled, "if I were not certain that Worousky is at this moment in bed, I should believe I had been' playing with him. His head alone... | |
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The doctor moved in his turn, and waited patiently till his adversary, whose movements had all the dignity of the Sultan he represented, had moved. The game, though slow at first, soon grew animated, and the doctor found he had to deal with a tremendous... 