 | 1847 - 654 pages
...road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers, who may accidentally propose to travel this way, to avoid it as they would the devil. For a thousand to one they break their necks, or their limbs, by overthrows or breaking-down. They will here meet with ruts,... | |
 | Railroads - 1848 - 382 pages
...Arthur Young, writing in 1770, seriously cautions all travellers to avoid certain turnpike roads — for a " thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breaking-downs." A journey from Edinburgh to London occupied a week, and passengers from York to the... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Railroads - 1849 - 152 pages
...Arthur Young, writing in 1770, seriously cautions all travellers to avoid certain turnpike roads — for a " thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breaking-downs." A journey from Edinburgh to London occupied a week, and passengers. from York to the... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...describe this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travelers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with ruts,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - History - 1850 - 460 pages
...describe this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travelers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with ruts,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 782 pages
...me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible county to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand...break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings-down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating... | |
 | Great Britain - 1851 - 722 pages
...counties, one would naturally conclude it to be at leaat decent; but let me moat aenously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible country to avoid ic as they would the devil, for a tuouaand to one but they break their nocks or their limbs by overthrows... | |
 | Industries - 1851 - 748 pages
...propose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one, they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down." " This is a paved road infamously bad ; any person would imagine the people of the country had made... | |
 | Michael Angelo Garvey - Electric power - 1852 - 266 pages
...to describe this infernal road. Let me seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as they would the devil ; for a thousand to one they break their necks, or their limbs, by overthrows or breakings-down. They will here meet with nits... | |
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They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer ; what therefore must it be after a winter... 
