 | 1877 - 556 Seiten
...they are in no danger of being sea-sick while they are on shore. . . . But with all these assurances, we should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one of •-ongreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at... | |
 | Joseph Parsloe - 1878 - 348 Seiten
...which it was considered that twice the velocity of coaches might be attained, the same paper remarked, "We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." The opposition thus manifested had not the effect of deterring... | |
 | Joseph Parsloe - 1878 - 346 Seiten
...which it was considered that twice the velocity of coaches might be attained, the same paper remarked, "We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." The opposition thus manifested had not the effect of deterring... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1879 - 430 Seiten
...and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stagecoaches? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as tru^t themselves to a machine going at such a rate. We will back Old Father Thames against the Woolwich... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1879 - 464 Seiten
...as fast as stagecoaches ! We would as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to bo fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Woolwich Railway for... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1879 - 316 Seiten
...Quarterly earned for himself a lasting fame by using the expression that " We should as soon expect people to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate ; " — while Lord Brougham... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1879 - 298 Seiten
...for himself a lasting fame by using the expression that "We should as soon expect people to surfer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate ; " — while Lord Brougham... | |
 | Michael Reynolds - 1881 - 226 Seiten
...palpably ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage-coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. We will back old Father Thames against the Greenwich Railway for... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1881 - 506 Seiten
...fragments, or dashed in pieces by the flying off or the breaking of a wheel. But with all these assurances we should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1882 - 872 Seiten
..."Quarterly Review," " than the prospect of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to...fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets. We trust that Parliament will in all railways it may sanction limit the speed to eight miles an hour."... | |
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We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate. 
