A Book about Travelling, Past and PresentWilliam P. Nimmo, 1877 - 608 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 85
עמוד 17
... feet overhead , till where the huge bulk seemed diminished to a slender thread on the far edge of the horizon . " It seemed as if years had passed - many years . .. All around was solitary , as in the wastes of Skye . The long ...
... feet overhead , till where the huge bulk seemed diminished to a slender thread on the far edge of the horizon . " It seemed as if years had passed - many years . .. All around was solitary , as in the wastes of Skye . The long ...
עמוד 51
... feet , was to be my pony pro tem . , and had to run with me to Oddawara , a distance , as I have stated , of forty miles . Having placed my portmanteau and sundry other articles , we started from Yokohama at 8 A.M. The coolie's only ...
... feet , was to be my pony pro tem . , and had to run with me to Oddawara , a distance , as I have stated , of forty miles . Having placed my portmanteau and sundry other articles , we started from Yokohama at 8 A.M. The coolie's only ...
עמוד 90
... feet by straight and regular boundaries , such as fences , foot- paths , mounds of earth , or side- channels . The transverse section of the surface , when measured , is rarely to be found of a regular convexity . The surface of all the ...
... feet by straight and regular boundaries , such as fences , foot- paths , mounds of earth , or side- channels . The transverse section of the surface , when measured , is rarely to be found of a regular convexity . The surface of all the ...
עמוד 105
... feet in a prancing trot , dashing about peb- bles at every step . The crowd of villagers , sauntering quietly to church , opened precipitately to the right and left , gaping in vacant admiration . On reaching the gate , the horses were ...
... feet in a prancing trot , dashing about peb- bles at every step . The crowd of villagers , sauntering quietly to church , opened precipitately to the right and left , gaping in vacant admiration . On reaching the gate , the horses were ...
עמוד 124
... feet in diameter , with a breadth of twelve feet between them . It was drawn by six immense elephants , an exact match in size , with a driver on each , harnessed to the carriage by traces , as in England , and their huge heads covered ...
... feet in diameter , with a breadth of twelve feet between them . It was drawn by six immense elephants , an exact match in size , with a driver on each , harnessed to the carriage by traces , as in England , and their huge heads covered ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
appear boat bridge Britain British canal Captain carriage carried century chair chariot Charles Bianconi Clyde coachman coal construction conveyance conveyed coolie cost danger Darlington distance early Edinburgh Edward Pease engine England English favour feet four French George Stephenson give Glasgow Greenock highwaymen horse-power horses illustration improvement inches India interesting invention Ireland iron jin-riki-sha John Hawkshaw journey labour lady land less letters Liverpool locomotive London Lord mail coaches ment miles an hour night passed passengers persons port present quoted rail railway remarkable river road round sailing says Scotland seat sedan chairs seen shaft ship side speed stage coach steam navigation steamboat steamer Stephenson Stockton story streets Suez Canal tide tion tons town traffic train travelling tunnel vehicle vessel voyage waggons wheels William Symington writer
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 6 - He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.
עמוד 260 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
עמוד 322 - Bid harbours open, public ways extend, Bid temples worthier of the God ascend, Bid the broad arch the dangerous flood contain, The mole projected break the roaring main ; Back to his bounds their subject sea command, And roll obedient rivers through the land : These honours, peace to happy BRITAIN brings, These are imperial works, and worthy kings.
עמוד 439 - And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. And first one universal shriek there...
עמוד 94 - A more dreadful road cannot be imagined. I was obliged to hire two men at one place to support my chaise from overturning. Let me persuade all travellers to avoid this terrible country, which must either dislocate their bones with broken pavements, or bury them in muddy sand.
עמוד 101 - I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman ; but she should be one who could understand Jme, and would add something to the conversation.
עמוד 367 - ... heard, the crews (if what was said in the newspapers of the time be true) in some instances shrunk beneath their decks from the terrific sight, and left their vessels to go on shore, while others prostrated themselves, and besought Providence to protect them from the approaches of the horrible monster, which was marching on the tides and lighting its path by the fires which it vomited.
עמוד 35 - Where they did all get in; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad, The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad.
עמוד 454 - ... rails, whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchants.
עמוד 111 - Hark ye, Clinker, you are a most notorious offender. You stand convicted of sickness, hunger, wretchedness, and want. But, as it does not belong to me to punish criminals, I will only take upon me...