 | 1801 - 376 sider
...at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence ot knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be seen, but heard, and...us to work in the mines; that is to say, they are types, or forerunners of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents which happen to us. The... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 sider
...who seem tous to work in the mines ; that is to say, thev are types or forerunners of working in the mines, as dreams are of some accidents which happen to us. The barometer falls before rain IT storms. If we did not know the construction of it, we struld call it a kind of dream, that foretels... | |
 | William Bingley - 1804 - 492 sider
...impalpable people, not to be feen, but heard, and who feem to us to Work in the mines; that is to fay, they are the types, or forerunners of working in mines, as dreams are of fome accidents which happen to us. The barometer falls before rain or ftorms. If we did not know the... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 572 sider
...people, but to be seen and heard, and who seem -to us to work in the mines ; that is to say, they are types, or forerunners of working in mines, as dreams...accidents which happen to us. The barometer falls before nun and storms. If we did not know the construction of it, we should call it a kind of a dream that... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 574 sider
...maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a kind of good natured impalpable people, but to be seen and heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines ; that is to say, they are types, or forerunners of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents \viiich happen to us. The... | |
 | John Britton - 1812 - 1070 sider
...at us, Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be seen but heard, and who...us. The barometer falls before rain or storms. If we did not know the contruction of it, we should call it a kind of omen that foretels rain , but we know... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1812 - 1052 sider
...at us, Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be seen but heard, and who...us. The barometer falls before rain or storms. If we did not know the conduction of it, we should call it a kind of omen that foretels rain ; but we know... | |
 | William Bingley - 1814 - 572 sider
...at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be seen, but heard, and...us. The barometer falls before rain or storms. If we did not know the construction of it, we should call it a kind of dream, that foretells rain ; but we... | |
 | John Walker - 1814 - 566 sider
...people, but to be seen and heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines; that is to say, they are types, or forerunners of working in mines, as dreams...which happen to us. The barometer falls before rain and storms. If we did not know the construction of it, we should call it a kind of a dream that foretels... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1825 - 392 sider
...us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers, in mines ; a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be seen but heard, and who...as dreams are of some accidents which happen to us. Before the discovery of Esgair y Mwyn mine, these little people worked hard there, day and night ;... | |
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People who know very little of arts or sciences, or the powers of nature, (which, in other words, are the powers of the Author of nature,) will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable... 
