| Industrial arts - 1837 - 494 pages
...outcry lessened, and the imperfect vehicles and bad roads were left to passengers unmolested. What ths latter were, may be imagined from the fact, that when...six hours in performing the last nine miles of their jonrney ! " Abroad, little progress seems to have been made. In a curious collection at St. Petersbnrg,... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1837 - 504 pages
...and bad roads were left to passengers unmolested. What the -tatter were, may.be imagined from tin: fact, that when Charles III. of Spain visited England,...six hours in performing the last nine miles of their jonrney I "Abroad, little progress seems to have been made. In a curious collection at St. Petersburg,... | |
| 1839 - 532 pages
...on travelling, before the high-roads were brought to their present condition. When Charles the Third of Spain visited England, and Prince George of Denmark...out to meet him, both princes were so impeded by the state of the roads, that their carriages were obliged to be borne on the shoulders of the peasantry,... | |
| Book - 1853 - 230 pages
...travelling before the high roads were brought even to a passable condition. When Charles the Third of Spain visited England, and Prince George of Denmark...out to meet him, both princes were so impeded by the state of the roads, that their carriages were obliged to be borne on the shoulders of the peasantry,... | |
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