A Book about Travelling, Past and PresentWilliam P. Nimmo, 1877 - 608 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 52
עמוד 21
... notice a mode of conveyance which was long used , especially by females of rank , on occasions of ceremony , and by the rich . This was the horse - litter , of which mention is made at very early periods of our history , and which was ...
... notice a mode of conveyance which was long used , especially by females of rank , on occasions of ceremony , and by the rich . This was the horse - litter , of which mention is made at very early periods of our history , and which was ...
עמוד 22
... notice ; and he prayed for the privilege of introducing such vehicles into this country . Dun- combe was patronised by Bucking- ham , then high in favour , and he obtained the privilege for fourteen years of hiring out sedan chairs ...
... notice ; and he prayed for the privilege of introducing such vehicles into this country . Dun- combe was patronised by Bucking- ham , then high in favour , and he obtained the privilege for fourteen years of hiring out sedan chairs ...
עמוד 65
... notice that when we order them to assemble , either all together or in part , in times of turbulence , or to receive their fiefs , or when on other occasions they visit our court they shall not travel or appear in coaches but on their ...
... notice that when we order them to assemble , either all together or in part , in times of turbulence , or to receive their fiefs , or when on other occasions they visit our court they shall not travel or appear in coaches but on their ...
עמוד 69
... notice of the House of Commons . About the middle of the seven- teenth century the practice of hiring out coaches was begun in London by Captain Baily . A royal decree was issued in 1635 , While the coach had thus still to encounter ...
... notice of the House of Commons . About the middle of the seven- teenth century the practice of hiring out coaches was begun in London by Captain Baily . A royal decree was issued in 1635 , While the coach had thus still to encounter ...
עמוד 71
... notice of the use of a coach and six couched in such terms as showed that such a thing , though used on great state occasions long before , was not deemed a proper thing for ordinary use . The favourite Buckingham , who had served to ...
... notice of the use of a coach and six couched in such terms as showed that such a thing , though used on great state occasions long before , was not deemed a proper thing for ordinary use . The favourite Buckingham , who had served to ...
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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...