 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 str.
...produced an explosion which put the Doctor, and all his glass bottles, in jeopardy. " This boy Humphry is incorrigible !" — " Was there ever so idle a dog !" — " He will blow us all into the air !" Such were the constant exclamations of Mr. Tonkin ; and then, in a jocose strain, he would speak... | |
 | 1831 - 444 str.
...produced an explosion which put the ductor and all his glass bottles into jeopardy. " This boy Humphry is incorrigible. Was there ever so idle a dog ? He will blow us all into the air.'' Such were the constant exclamations of Mr. Tonkin ; and then in a jocose strain he would speak of him... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 str.
...produced an explosion which put the Doctor, and all his glass bottles, in jeopardy. " This boy Humphry is incorrigible !"— " Was there ever so idle a dog !" — " He will blow us all into the air !" Such were the constant exclamations of Mr. Tonkin ; and then, in a jocose strain, he would speak... | |
 | 1883 - 710 str.
...explosions in the garret, which alarmed Mr. Tonkin greatly ; and he was heard to exclaim, " This boy Humphry is incorrigible !" " Was there ever so idle a dog! " " He will blow us all into the air!" Soon a gentleman of the neighborhood, Mr. Davies Gilbert, noticed a strange-looking boy hanging over... | |
 | Willmott Willmott-Dixon - 1901 - 394 str.
...thence were a source of terror to his friends. "This boy Humphry is incorrigible," said Mr. Tonkin. " Was there ever so idle a dog? He will blow us all into the air some of these days." It was at this moment, whilst he was making his first crude experiments in chemistry,... | |
 | Rupert Sargent Holland - 1911 - 344 str.
...too much for him. Said he, after he had watched some more than usually noisy combustion at the fire, "This boy, Humphrey, is incorrigible. Was there ever...so idle a dog? He will blow us all into the air." But Humphrey minded no arguments nor objections ; he was studying the effects of acids and alkalies... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1926 - 384 str.
...mother and her two orphan sisters, and now was like a father to Humphry. He said, "This boy, Humphry, is incorrigible. Was there ever so idle a dog! He will blow us all into the air." He was at this time probably making a detonating composition, which he called "thunder power," his... | |
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Mr. Tonkin's garret, which had now become the" scene of his chemical operations ; and, upon more than one occasion, it is said that he produced an explosion which put the Doctor, and all his glass bottles, in jeopardy. " This boy Humphry is incorrigible... 