 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
 | 1889 - Страниц: 1226
..." Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at nine or ten miles an hour, and a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way...Stephenson, with a twinkle in his eye, " very awkward for the coo." The honorable member changed the line of examination. (It happened to be an MP who got... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1891 - Страниц: 586
...contemplated railroad, that he was asked, " Suppose, now, one of your engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...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,... | |
 | 1893 - Страниц: 854
...the eminent engineer the following : " Suppose now one of these engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance V" '• Yes," replied the witness with a twinkle in his eye, " very awkward for the coo." There is... | |
 | John Pendleton - 1894 - Страниц: 612
...these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow was to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you," asked the barrister, " be a very awkward circumstance ? " " Yes," replied George Stephenson, with his... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - Страниц: 400
...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,... | |
 | James Paterson - 1896 - Страниц: 808
...put a poser to George. " 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 George, " very awkward for the coo! " The senior wrangler did not pursue his scarifying examination... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1897 - Страниц: 208
...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...that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance?" CPEAKING of the Revised Version of the New Testament, Spurgeon said in a caustic manner that translators... | |
 | 1857 - Страниц: 998
...following case': — ' Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at lie rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and ;et in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance? ' — 'Yes,'... | |
 | James Paterson - 1899 - Страниц: 808
...put a poser to George. " 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...and get in the way of the engine, would not that, thiuk you, be a very awkward circumstance?" "Yes," replied George, " very awkward for the coo I " The... | |
 | Cortland Myers - 1900 - Страниц: 558
...following question: " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at a rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...be a very awkward circumstance? " " Yes," replied the engineer, with a twinkle in his eye, " very awkward — for the cow!" Another asked if animals... | |
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