A Book about Travelling, Past and PresentWilliam P. Nimmo, 1877 - 608 oldal |
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... the wealth of the Indies with him , ' so it is in travelling ; a man must carry knowledge with him , if he would bring home knowledge . " - DR . JOHNSON . Printed by R. & R. CLARK , Edinburgh . Lyming 42 Transp . PREFACE . THE writer of ...
... the wealth of the Indies with him , ' so it is in travelling ; a man must carry knowledge with him , if he would bring home knowledge . " - DR . JOHNSON . Printed by R. & R. CLARK , Edinburgh . Lyming 42 Transp . PREFACE . THE writer of ...
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... writer may express some surprise that , with material so accessible for the work , it should have been left to him to offer such a general sketch of methods of travelling as is here presented . The sources from which information has ...
... writer may express some surprise that , with material so accessible for the work , it should have been left to him to offer such a general sketch of methods of travelling as is here presented . The sources from which information has ...
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... two young friends who aided him in culling information from books , old and new , the thanks of the writer are here cordially tendered . T. A. C. June 1877 . CONTENTS . THE SEDAN CHAIR . CHAPTER I. Introduction and 6 PREFACE .
... two young friends who aided him in culling information from books , old and new , the thanks of the writer are here cordially tendered . T. A. C. June 1877 . CONTENTS . THE SEDAN CHAIR . CHAPTER I. Introduction and 6 PREFACE .
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... locomotion in our times will be conveyed by calling it a new art than by describing it as an improvement on an old one . The same writer remarks , in regard to the progress in this art , that " within a hundred 14 INTRODUCTION .
... locomotion in our times will be conveyed by calling it a new art than by describing it as an improvement on an old one . The same writer remarks , in regard to the progress in this art , that " within a hundred 14 INTRODUCTION .
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... 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 has seen friends arrive or depart by the " swift boat on the Union Canal ; he has ...
... 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 has seen friends arrive or depart by the " swift boat on the Union Canal ; he has ...
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6. oldal - He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.
445. oldal - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
306. oldal - 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.
423. oldal - 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...
95. oldal - 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...
78. oldal - 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.
351. oldal - ... 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.
35. oldal - 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.
473. oldal - I do not consider as travelling at all ; it is merely " being sent " to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel...
440. oldal - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery...