Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-1940, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York : Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 160
each one. Shakespeare never regarded a watch seriously. In LovesLabours Lost he compares a woman to <^A Qerman clock,Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,<iAnd never going aright, being a watch— A century after Shakespeares day, Doctor Johnson re-marked that a dictionary was like a watch: The… … The Watch that Was Hatched from the Nuremburg Egg All of this reminds one of Dickens famous character,Capn Cuttle, whose watch was evidently of the old school.Readers of Dombey and Son may remember how theCaptain drew Walter into a corner, and with a great effort,that made his face very red, pulled…
Time measurements · Clocks and watches
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