 ... miles beyond the rate specified in the conditions published by the Company. The entire performance excited the greatest astonishment amongst the assembled spectators ; the directors felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success...  The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer - Page 292by Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 517 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 550 pages
...felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success, and George Stephenson rejoiced to think, that, in spite of all false prophets and...counsellors, his locomotive system was now safe. When the " Kocket," having performed all the conditions of the contest, arrived at the platform at the close... | |
 | English literature - 1858 - 746 pages
...felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success ; and George Stephenson rejoiced to think that, in spite of all false prophets and...Now has George Stephenson at last delivered himself! ' " The Rocket embodied all the improvements which its constructor had been led to make, one by one,... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 384 pages
...felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success ; and George Stephenson rejoiced to think that in spite of all false prophets and fickle...counsellors, his locomotive system was now safe. When the " Eocket," 218 THE ROCKET. CHAP. XII. having performed all the conditions of the contest, arrived at... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 552 pages
...George Stephenson rejoiced to think that in spite of till false prophets and fickle counsellors, the locomotive system was now safe. When the " Rocket,"...all the conditions of the contest, arrived at the " grand stand " at the close of its day's successful run, Mr. Cropper — one of the directors favourable... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 792 pages
...felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success ; !ind George Stephenson rejoiced to think that in spite of all false prophets and fickle counsellors, the locomotive system was now safe. When the " Rocket," having performed all the conditions of the... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - Philosophy, English - 1865 - 432 pages
...directors felt confident that the enterprise was now on the eve of success ; and George Stephenson rejoiced to think that, in spite of all false prophets and...all the conditions of the contest, arrived at the platform at the close of its day's successful run Mr. Isaac Cropper,one of the directors favourable... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Locomotives - 1868 - 530 pages
...When the " Rocket," having performed all the conditions of the contest, arrived at the "grand stand" at the close of its day's successful run, Mr. Cropper— one of the directors favorable to the fixed engine system — lifted up his hands, and exclaimed, " Now has George Stephenson... | |
 | John Small - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 646 pages
...felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success ; and George Stephenson rejoiced to think that, in spite of all false prophets and fickle counsellors, his locomotive system was safe. When the Jtocket, having performed all the conditions of the contest, arrived at the " grand... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - Transportation - 1877 - 652 pages
...When the 'Rocket,' having performed all the conditions of the contest, arrived at the " grand stand" at the close of its day's successful run, Mr. Cropper,...has George Stephenson at last delivered himself." This interesting engine, the parent of the locomotives at present in use, is still to be seen in the... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 pages
...felt confident that their enterprise was now on the eve of success ; and George Stephenson rejoiced to think that, in spite of all false prophets and fickle counsellors, his locomotive system was safe. When the 'Rocket,' having performed all the conditions of the contest, arrived at the " grand... | |
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