 ... jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions, but facts ; for I actually passed three carts broken down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory.  Chambers's papers for the people - Side 3af Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1846 - 706 sider
...? The only mending it receives is tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner....down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory.' ' To the close of the last century, the internal transport of goods by waggon, was not only intolerably... | |
 | Sir Henry Parnell - 1833 - 508 sider
...? The only mending it receives is tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner....down, in these eighteen miles of execrable memory. To TVarrington. Turnpike. — This is a paved road, most infamously bad ; any person would imagine... | |
 | George Richardson Porter - 1838 - 396 sider
...devil, for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured,...actually passed three carts broken down, in these 18 miles of execrable memory." The benefits which have resulted from the improvement of roads in this... | |
 | Sir Henry Parnell - 1838 - 512 sider
...? The only mending it receives is tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner....down, in these eighteen miles of execrable memory. To Warrington. Turnpike. — This is a paved road, most infamously bad ; any person would imagine the... | |
 | 1838 - 492 sider
...? The only mending it receives is tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner....down, in these eighteen miles of execrable memory. To Newcastle. Turnpike. — A more dreadful road cannot be imagined. I was obliged to hire two men... | |
 | James Christie Whyte - 1840 - 614 sider
...places, is the tumbling in loose stones, which serve no other purpose but jolting the carriage in a most intolerable manner. These are not merely opinions,...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." While, however, we allow the present improved roads their proper influence, we must maintain, that... | |
 | 1858 - 438 sider
...is tumbling in some loose stonVs, which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the ni(>V intolerable manner. These ' are not merely opinions,...down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory.' To the close of the last century, the internal transport of goods by waggon, was not only intolerablji... | |
 | 1850 - 602 sider
...? The only mending it receives is tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner....down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory.' " He says of a road near Wam'ngton, ' This is a paved road, most infamously bad. Any person would imagine... | |
 | 1845 - 916 sider
...receives, is the tumbling in some loose stones, which serve no other purpose than jolting carriages in the most intolerable manner. These are not merely...broken down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory ! " Parallel trials of human patience are still common in the less reclaimed districts of the world.... | |
 | 1847 - 654 sider
...The only mending it receives, is tumbling in some loose etones, which serves no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most intolerable manner....down in these eighteen miles of execrable memory." The last fifty years have changed the character of all the principal roads in England. A revolution... | |
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