"De forest" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was to return on Friday with the Honorable De Forest Barr-Smith, who lived in London and "represented English capital." To us Westerners the very hyphen of his name spoke eloquently of L s. d. Through him we hoped to get the money to build that street railway. Cornish had written that Mr. Barr-Smith wanted to ...
— Aladdin & Co. - A Romance of Yankee Magic • Herbert Quick
... a newly formed group of men, all well-known in their own lines of art, Louis Tiffany, famed for his Stained Glass, Mr. Coleman for color decoration and the use of textiles, and Mr. De Forest for carved and ornamental woodwork. My interests lay in the direction and execution of embroideries. I can speak authoritatively as to the effect upon it of the other arts, and I can hardly imagine better conditions for its development. The kindred arts of weaving and embroidery were ...
— The Development of Embroidery in America • Candace Wheeler
... political honor, preferment and privilege in the third, sixth and seventh congressional districts. I found him enthroned at the end of a long table in the farthest corner of the garden. On one side of him sat James Spencer, judge of the circuit court,—"Dominick's judge"; on the other side Henry De Forest, principal owner of the Pulaski Gas and Street Railway Company. There were several minor celebrities in politics, the law, and business down either side of the table, then Fessenden, talking with Cowley, our lieutenant governor. As soon ...
— The Plum Tree • David Graham Phillips
... to be coaxed or threatened out of Maria," said Bell Masters. "I believe it's something too awful to tell. Mr. De Forest, can't you ...
— Only an Incident • Grace Denio Litchfield
... farintaj de Doktoro de Forest por plirapidigi la elsendon de signaloj. Antaux malmultaj tagoj li sukcese signalis po tridek vortoj dum minuto, kaj li kredas ke li povos signali po kvindek vortoj dum minuto, per sia sistemo kiu malsimilas al tiu de Signor Marconi. Membroj ...
— The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 4 • Various |
