Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 426
r the details of his engine,to know its weaknesses, and to quicken its powers,George Stephenson gradually acquired the character ofa clever and improving workman. Whatever he wasset to do, that he endeavored to do well and thor-oughly ; never neglecting small matters, but aiming atbeing a complete… … NOTES Davenport, Richard Alfred, born about 1777. He was an assiduous editorand compiler. He wrote some of the biographical notices and critical prefaces for thehundred volumes of Whittinghams English Poets, and edited more than a hundredTolumes of miscellaneous works. He died in London, Jan. 25,…
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