 We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.  Tait's Edinburgh magazine - Page 591852Full view - About this book
 | John Francis Maguire - 1857 - 504 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such...Father Thames against the Woolwich railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - Papal States - 1858 - 500 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve'a ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such...Father Thames against the Woolwich railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 550 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate." It is curious, occasionally, to contrast prediction and event. The last return of the Government Railway... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Collection locomotives - 1857 - 576 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate." It is curious, occasionally, to contrast prediction and event. The last return of the Government Railway... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1858 - 836 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upou one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such...Father Thames against the Woolwich Railway for any sum. Wo trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight, or nine miles... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1858 - 588 pages
...expect the people of "Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rete. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich Hallway for any sum. We trust that Parliament... | |
 | John Timbs - Astronomy - 1859 - 312 pages
...people of Woolwich to su:TfT themselves to be fired-off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, &5 trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going...Father Thames against the Woolwich Railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 384 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to surfer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such...We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich Eailway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed... | |
 | John Timbs - Discoveries in science - 1860 - 432 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired-off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such...Father Thames against the Woolwich Railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight or nine miles... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - Papal States - 1860 - 502 pages
...expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of •Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such...Father Thames against the Woolwich railway for any sum. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, litnit tlie speed to eic/Ji.t or nine... | |
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