 | 1853 - 572 דפים
...suffered between l0,000 and l2,000 severe contusions, before stone-breaking Macadam was born. I can walk from one end of London to the other without molestation,...cab, instead of those cottages on wheels which the hackney-coaches were at the beginning of my life. * * * Whatever miseries I suffered, there was no... | |
 | 1859 - 880 דפים
...springs on the pavement of London ; and now I glide, without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...without molestation, or, if tired, get into a cheap cab, instead of those cottages on wheels, which the hackney coaches were at the beginning of my life.... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - 496 דפים
...carriagesprings on the pavement of London ; and I now glide without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...hackney coaches were at the beginning of my life. I had no umbrella! They were little used, and very dear. There were no waterproof hats, and my hat... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 506 דפים
...springs on the pavement of London; and now I glide, without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...without molestation ; or, if tired, get into a cheap cab, instead of those cottages on wheels, which the hackney coaches were at the beginning of my life.... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 502 דפים
...springs on the pavement of London; and now I glide, without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...without molestation; or, if tired, get into a cheap cab, instead of those cottages on wheels, which the hackney coaches were at the beginning of my life.... | |
 | 1852 - 782 דפים
...sufíered between 10,000 and 12,000 severe contusions, before stone-breaking Macadam was born. 1 paid £15 in a single year for repairs of carriage-springs on...whisk my complaints for a single penny to the remotest corners of the empire ; and yet, in spite of all these privations, I lived on quietly, and am now ashamed... | |
 | 1850 - 706 דפים
...carriage spring, on the pavement of London; and now I glide without noise or fracture on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...without molestation; or if tired, get into a cheap cab, instead of those cottages on wheels, which the hackney-coaches were at the beginning of my life.... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 482 דפים
...carriagesprings on the pavement of London ; and I now glide, without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...cab, instead of those cottages on wheels, which the hackney-coaches were at the beginning of my life. I had no umbrella! They were little used, and very... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 דפים
...carriagesprings on the pavement of London; and I now glide, without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...get into a cheap and active cab, instead of those *ottages on wheels, which the hackney-coaches were at the beginning of my life. I had no umbrella!... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1865 - 478 דפים
...carriagesprings on the pavement of London; and I now glide, without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from...cab, instead of those cottages on wheels, which the hackney-coaches were at the beginning of my life. I had no umbrella! They were little used, and very... | |
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I paid 15/. in a single year for repairs of carriage-springs on the pavement of London; and I now glide without noise or fracture, on wooden pavements. I can walk, by the assistance of the police, from one end of London to the other, without molestation;... 
