...independent coarse, — he had assented to none. (A laugh.) He hod known such doings, that he declared he would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer ; he should be much more safe, and, of the two classes, he thought the former the more respectable."...

...to which I have been accustomed from my childhood." Colonel Sibthorpe even went so far as to declare that he " would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer; he should be much more safe, and of the two classes he thought the former more respectable ! " Railways...

...to which I have been accustomed from my childhood." Colonel Sibthorpe even went so far as to declare that he " would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer ; he should be much more safe, and of the two classes he thought the former more respectable ! " Railways...

...while grazing. Colonel Sibthorpe openly declared his hatred of these " infernal railroads," and said that he " would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer ! " Mr. Berkeley, the member for Cheltenham, at a public meeting in that town, re-echoed Colonel Sibthorpe's...

...new-fangled roads." Colonel Sibthorpe openly declared his hatred of the " infernal railroads," and said that he " would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar -on his premises, than an engineer ! " Mr. Berkeley, the member for Cheltenham, at a public meeting in that town, re-echoed Colonel Sibthorpe's...

...' Bedlam.' Colonel Sibthorp, indeed, to the last, was staunch against ' those infernal railroads ;' declaring that ' he would rather meet a highwayman or see a burglar on his premises than an engineer ; he should be much more safe ; and of the two classes he regarded the former as the more respectable.'...

...new-fangled roads." Colonel Sibthorpe openly declared his hatred of the " infernal railroads," and said that he "would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer !" Mr. Berkeley, the member for Cheltenham, at a public meeting in that town, re-echoed Colonel Sibthorpe's...

...headed the hostility, you cannot wonder that their dependants carried it on. One gentleman declared he would rather meet a highwayman or see a burglar on his premises than an engineer ; and of the two classes he thought the former the more respectable ! Widows complained of damaged...

...roads." Colonel Sibthorpe openly declared his hatred of the " infernal railroads," and said that be "would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer!" Mr. Berkeley, the member for Cheltenham, at a public meeting in that town, re-echoed Colonel Sibthorpe's...

...House of Commons how "he hated those infernal railroads." He even went so far as to say emphatically, that "he would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer; he should be much more safe, and of the two classes he thought the former more respectable." With the...