In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.

As a hopeless romantic, I'm drawn to stories of improbable beginnings.

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.