 | 1848 - 124 pages
...tbe top ol its speed, and had just carried away a portion of the rails of a gentleman's garden, Capt. Andrew descried, a-head of them, a closed tollgate,...was behind, to slacken speed. He immediately let off tbe steam ; but tbe momentum was so great that tbe carriage proceeded some distance, coming dead up,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1858 - 710 pages
...closed toll-gate, and called out to TREVKTHICK, who was behind, to slacken speed. He immediately shut off the steam ; but the momentum was so great, that...coming dead up, however, just on the right side of thegate, which was opened like lightning by the toll-keeper. ' ' What have us got to pay here f ' asked... | |
 | David Read - Locomotives - 1870 - 258 pages
...and on approaching a toll-gate Vivian called out to Trevethick to slacken speed. He immediately shut off the steam ; but the momentum was so great that the carriage came dead upon the right side of the gate, which was quickly opened by the toll-keeper. ' What have... | |
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He immediately let off the steam, but the momentum was so great that the carriage proceeded some distance, coming dead up, however, just on the right side of the gate, which was opened like lightning by the Toll-keeper.—" What have us got to pay here... 