 We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.  The Antiquary - Página 2011873Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1870 - 746 páginas
...ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches ! We would as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate." That was written in the year 1830, and then ho goes on to say, "We will back old Father Thames against... | |
 | Joseph Gregory Martin - 1871 - 116 páginas
...and ridiculous than the prospects held out, of locomotives travelling twice avfastSLB stage-coaches? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as to put themselves at the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate." 1829. — The year opened... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1872 - 642 páginas
...paragraph, on which a prospect is held out of locomotive travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off from one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at... | |
 | 1872 - 594 páginas
...fragments, or dashed in pieces by the flying off or the breaking of a wheel. But with all these assurances, we should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one ofCongreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1872 - 654 páginas
...at the rate of eighteen or twenty miles per hour. " We should as soon expect," says the Reviewer, " the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's rockets, as trust themselves to such a machine going at such a rate." We all know that a speed of fifty... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875 - 454 páginas
...that the railway engine could go eighteen or twenty miles an hour, says : " These gross exaggerations may delude for a time, but must end in the mortification...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate." * It is related that the Arve, a river of Switzerland, swollen by floods, sometimes drives the waters... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1875 - 464 páginas
...that the railway engine could go eighteen or twenty miles an hour, says: " These gross exaggerations may delude for a time, but must end in the mortification...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate." l It ia related that the Arve, a river of Switzerland, swollen by floods, sometimes drives the waters... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - 646 páginas
...prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as lost as stage-coaches, and that people would as soon suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's...ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of a machine going at such a rate. When examined before a parliamentary committee, Stephenson had the... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 642 páginas
...prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches, and that people would as soon suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's...ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of a machine going at such a rate. When examined before a parliamentary committee, Stephenson's estimate... | |
 | 1877 - 568 páginas
...they are in no danyer of being sea-sick while they are on shore. . . . But with all these assurances, we should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such... | |
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