A Book about Travelling, Past and PresentWilliam P. Nimmo, 1877 - 608 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 52
עמוד 12
... story of a body of monkeys , who made a " swing bridge " of their bodies whereby to pass an otherwise impassable stream , holding on to each other's tails , and swaying to and fro till a tree on the other side was caught by the lowest ...
... story of a body of monkeys , who made a " swing bridge " of their bodies whereby to pass an otherwise impassable stream , holding on to each other's tails , and swaying to and fro till a tree on the other side was caught by the lowest ...
עמוד 13
... story of Queen Esther and her people we read of " posts on horseback , and riders on mules , camels , and young dromedaries ; " those on mules and camels being specially named for their speed , " being hastened and pressed on by the ...
... story of Queen Esther and her people we read of " posts on horseback , and riders on mules , camels , and young dromedaries ; " those on mules and camels being specially named for their speed , " being hastened and pressed on by the ...
עמוד 15
... story might be compressed into a period consider- ably less than the century . The writer of these words , who is still some years " on the right side of fifty , " has seen sedan chairs placed for hire on the streets of Edinburgh ; he ...
... story might be compressed into a period consider- ably less than the century . The writer of these words , who is still some years " on the right side of fifty , " has seen sedan chairs placed for hire on the streets of Edinburgh ; he ...
עמוד 30
... story on this subject is that in Dean Ramsay , who has the following amusing anecdote , which we give in his own words : - 1 " I may describe the sedan chair as a comfortable little carriage fixed on two poles , and carried by two men ...
... story on this subject is that in Dean Ramsay , who has the following amusing anecdote , which we give in his own words : - 1 " I may describe the sedan chair as a comfortable little carriage fixed on two poles , and carried by two men ...
עמוד 32
... story proceeds to tell ) who remember to have heard from the mouths of ladies , thus interrupted , that they were escorted to their lodgings by the young men who stopped them , and even handed out of their chairs with a polite attention ...
... story proceeds to tell ) who remember to have heard from the mouths of ladies , thus interrupted , that they were escorted to their lodgings by the young men who stopped them , and even handed out of their chairs with a polite attention ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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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...