 Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "  The Critical Essays of a Country Parson - Стр. 269авторы: Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1867 - Страниц: 370Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | United States. Commission upon the Sutro Tunnel (1872) - 1872 - Страниц: 1062
...the following case: "Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at tlie rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line: would not that, think you, be a very awkward dreamstance?" c;Yes," replied the witness. with a twinkle... | |
 | 1872 - Страниц: 456
...the following case: 'Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ¥ ' Yes/ replied the witness with a twinkle... | |
 | United States. Sutro Tunnel Commission - 1872 - Страниц: 1086
...the following case: "Suppose, now, one of these engines to he going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line: would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance?" 'iYes," replied the witness, with a twinkle... | |
 | National reading books - 1872 - Страниц: 264
...following case: — 'Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to shay upon the line and get in the way of the engine; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance?'... | |
 | William D. Lawson - 1873 - Страниц: 442
...following question : — " Suppose now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...be a very awkward circumstance ?" " Yes," replied the witness, naively, " very awkward for the coo !" Again, he was asked if animals would not be very... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - Страниц: 646
...before him : — ' Suppose, now, one of those engines to be going along a railroad at 'the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...be a very awkward circumstance ? ' ' Yes,' replied the witness, with a twinkle in his eye, 'very awkward indeed— -for the coo T The honourable member... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1876 - Страниц: 122
...asked one of them, " suppose, now, one of those engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? " "Yes," answered Stephenson, with a droll twinkle in his eye ; " very awkward indeed— -for the coo ! " The... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - Страниц: 514
...thinking to put him down by ridicule, said, " Suppose one of these engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line, would not that be a very awkward circumstance ? " " Yes," replied Mr. Stephenson, " very awkward, indeed... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - Страниц: 652
...before Stephenson : — " Suppose, now, one of those engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...be a very awkward circumstance ? " " Yes," replied the witness, with a twinkle in his eye, " very awkward indeed — for flu coo ! " The honourable member... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1891 - Страниц: 568
...Suppose, now, one of your engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cosv were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that be a very awkward circumstance?" Stephenson replied, " Yes, very awkward — for the coo!" Then, again,... | |
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