Lives of the Engineers George and Robert Stephenson: The Locomotive, Volume 5 |
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... successful . During the first eleven months it carried 456,750 passengers , or an average of about 1300 a - day . But the railway having been found more convenient to the public than either the river boats or the omnibuses , the number ...
... successful . During the first eleven months it carried 456,750 passengers , or an average of about 1300 a - day . But the railway having been found more convenient to the public than either the river boats or the omnibuses , the number ...
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... successful . On one occasion he lifted as much as sixty stones weight - a striking indication of his strength of bone and muscle . When the pit at Mid Mill was closed , George and his companion Coe were sent to work another pumping ...
... successful . On one occasion he lifted as much as sixty stones weight - a striking indication of his strength of bone and muscle . When the pit at Mid Mill was closed , George and his companion Coe were sent to work another pumping ...
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... successful toil . The husband was sober and hard - working , and his wife made his hearth so bright and his home . so snug , that no attraction could draw him from her side in the evening hours . But this domestic happi- ness was all to ...
... successful toil . The husband was sober and hard - working , and his wife made his hearth so bright and his home . so snug , that no attraction could draw him from her side in the evening hours . But this domestic happi- ness was all to ...
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... success in these feats of rivalry was certainly remarkable . Few , if any , could lift such weights , throw the hammer and putt the stone so far , or cover so great a space at a standing or running leap . One day , between the engine ...
... success in these feats of rivalry was certainly remarkable . Few , if any , could lift such weights , throw the hammer and putt the stone so far , or cover so great a space at a standing or running leap . One day , between the engine ...
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... success is to be found in the alacrity and industry with which he takes advantage of the opportunities which present themselves for well - doing . Our engineman was an eminent illustration of the importance of cultivating this habit of ...
... success is to be found in the alacrity and industry with which he takes advantage of the opportunities which present themselves for well - doing . Our engineman was an eminent illustration of the importance of cultivating this habit of ...
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Lives of the Engineers George and Robert Stephenson: The Locomotive Samuel Smiles, Jr No preview available - 2015 |
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