 | 802 sider
...of the Lancashire aristocracy — he cautions all travellers to beware of this terrible country, and to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they dislocate their necks or fracture their limbs by overthrows or break ings-down." The locomotives... | |
 | Carl Theodor von Kleinschrod - 1836 - 514 sider
...expressive, to describe this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country , to avoid it, as they would avoid the devil; for a thousand to one they break their necio or their limbs, by overthrow! or breakings... | |
 | George Richardson Porter - 1838 - 396 sider
...most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this tcirible county, to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 sider
...of the Lancashire aristocracy — he cautions all travellers to beware of this terrible country, and to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they dislocate their necks or fracture their limbs by overthrows or breakings-down." The locomotives... | |
 | 1858 - 438 sider
...road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terribli country, to avoid it as they would the devil ; for...thousand to one they break their necks or their limbs by overthrowsV>r breakings- down. They -will here meet with ruts, which I \ctually measured, four feet... | |
 | James Christie Whyte - 1840 - 614 sider
...most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible county, to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with... | |
 | 1845 - 916 sider
...most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible county, to avoid it as they would the devil ; for a thousand...down. They will here meet with ruts which I actually measured/b?/r feet deep, and floating with mud, only from a wet summer ; what, therefore, must it be... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 sider
...which he " seriously cautions all travellers who may purpose to travel this terrible country to avoid as they would the devil ; for a thousand to one they break their necks or their limbs by overthrowing or breakings down;" warning them "they will meet with ruts four feet deep, and floating... | |
 | 1847 - 670 sider
...road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers, who may accidentally propose to travel this way, to avoid it as they would the devil. For a thousand...break their necks, or their limbs, by overthrows or breaking-down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually could not fathom, floating with mud.... | |
 | 1847 - 654 sider
...road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers, who may accidentally propose to travel this way, to avoid it as they would the devil. For a thousand...break their necks, or their limbs, by overthrows or breaking-down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually could not fathom, floating with mud.... | |
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They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer; what therefore must it be after a winter? 
