 | Henry James Nicoll - 1881 - 506 стор.
...mind being shot by the scattered fragments, or dashed in pieces by the flying off or the breaking of a wheel. But with all these assurances we should as...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 such a rate. . . . We... | |
 | Michael Reynolds - 1881 - 226 стор.
...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 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... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1882 - 514 стор.
...mind being shot by the scattered fragments, or dashed in pieces by the flying off or the breaking of a wheel. But with all these assurances we should as...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 such a rate. . . . We... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1882 - 872 стор.
..."Quarterly Review," " than the prospect of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches ? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets. We trust that Parliament will in all railways it may sanction... | |
 | Franc Bangs Wilkie - 1883 - 700 стор.
...and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stage-coaches! We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's richochet rockets, as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1883 - 426 стор.
...and 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 suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves to a machine going at such a rate. We will... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1883 - 472 стор.
...and 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 suffer themselves to be fired oflf upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going... | |
 | Richard Pike - 1884 - 304 стор.
...or 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 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... | |
 | Richard Pike - 1884 - 318 стор.
...ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches ! "Wo 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... | |
 | Frederick Clifford - 1885 - 578 стор.
...fear being shot by the scattered fragments, or dashed in pieces by the flying off or the breaking of a •wheel. But, with all these assurances, we should...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... | |
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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. 
