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William Chambers. railway train and the car of Juggernaut cannot in the nature of things long run on together ; and from what we know of Bedouin , Thuggee , and other Eastern moralities , the reformation cannot take place too early . Let ...
William Chambers. railway train and the car of Juggernaut cannot in the nature of things long run on together ; and from what we know of Bedouin , Thuggee , and other Eastern moralities , the reformation cannot take place too early . Let ...
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... things would no doubt better permit a direct and exclusive opening of the Isthmus ; but other considerations militate in favour of the ancient direction : the more so , for where , in the event of such a direct cutting of the Isthmus ...
... things would no doubt better permit a direct and exclusive opening of the Isthmus ; but other considerations militate in favour of the ancient direction : the more so , for where , in the event of such a direct cutting of the Isthmus ...
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... things , the largest gainer by increased development of commerce , by whatever means brought about or attained . For these reasons we think the proposition of Captain James Vetch , slightly modified , is perfectly correct . It should be ...
... things , the largest gainer by increased development of commerce , by whatever means brought about or attained . For these reasons we think the proposition of Captain James Vetch , slightly modified , is perfectly correct . It should be ...
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... thing . ' I declare , ' wrote the indignant sultan to the pacha of Cairo , ' that the sea of Suez was designed for the ... things are in India by means of the Christians , who for many years have undergone long voyages , and at first ...
... thing . ' I declare , ' wrote the indignant sultan to the pacha of Cairo , ' that the sea of Suez was designed for the ... things are in India by means of the Christians , who for many years have undergone long voyages , and at first ...
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... things which have been performed in the twilight of science and knowledge . England has gone to and fro on the earth , and her sounding steps have been those of a giant . ' Her morning drum - beat , ' it has been truly and happily said ...
... things which have been performed in the twilight of science and knowledge . England has gone to and fro on the earth , and her sounding steps have been those of a giant . ' Her morning drum - beat , ' it has been truly and happily said ...
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Page 1 - And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Page 17 - For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as was before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Page 29 - ... jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions, but facts ; for I actually passed three carts broken down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory.
Page 27 - It is a plea available only to the defendant : no plaintiff can offer it as a supplementary ground of action. Thus, if any suit could be brought against Lord Byron, for the purpose of compelling him to put into court a certain quantity of poetry...
Page 2 - The gross exaggerations of the powers of the locomotive steam-engine (or, to speak in plain English, the steam-carriage), may delude for a time, but must end in the mortification of those concerned.
Page 29 - It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow; galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock ; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the native bed; ravines of hideous depth were filled up with solid masonry ; in short, all the difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully overcome.
Page 27 - Byron, for the purpose of compelling him to put into court a certain quantity of poetry, and if judgment were given against him, it is highly probable that an exception would be taken were he to deliver for poetry the contents of this volume. To this he might plead minority; but, as he now makes voluntary tender of the article, he hath no right to sue, on that ground, for the price in good current praise, should the goods be unmarketable.
Page 29 - ... -down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating with mud, only from a wet summer...
Page 32 - ... rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchants.