Man is become a bird ; he can fly longer and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammar boy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the north,... Bentley's Miscellany - Strana 388úprava: - 1845Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1842 - Počet stránok 788
...life. Man is become a bird : lie can fly longer and quicker than a Solon goose. The mamma rushes 60 miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammarboy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the North, and has his porridge... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1848 - Počet stránok 522
...removed. The axle was nearly in two, and in another mile would have been severed. Railroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the Xorth, and has his porridge in Piccadilly before the setting sun. The Puseyite priest, after a rush... | |
| Joe Miller - 1848 - Počet stránok 248
...— Jo: Miller, page 12. MODERN LOCOMOTION. — " Railroad travelling," says the Rev. Sydney Smith, " is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...become a bird ; he can fly longer and quicker than a Solon goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugating and... | |
| 1912 - Počet stránok 666
...letter to the editor of The Morning Chronicle, and is dated 7 June, 1 842 : — " Railroad travelling Ы a delightful improvement of human life. Man is become a bird ; he can 11 y longer and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - Počet stránok 252
...I do not, I must think him a beast.— Lord Chesterfield. RAILROAD TRAVELLING. Eailroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammar-boy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the North, and has his porridge... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1856 - Počet stránok 490
...removed. The axle was nearly in two, and in another mile would have been severed. Railroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammar-boy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the north, and has porridge... | |
| 1857 - Počet stránok 830
...REPORTS OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON ТПЕ POST OFFICE. ' RAILWAY travelling,' said Sydney Smith, '. is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is become a bird ; he can fly longer and swifter than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugaling-and-dccli... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1865 - Počet stránok 478
...removed. The axle was nearly in two, and in another mile would have been severed. Railroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is become a bird ; he can fly longcr and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1869 - Počet stránok 424
...dear to Jove, and Nestor the tamer of horses.— \EE 1818.] RAILWAY TRAVELLING. KAILROAD travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...her conjugating and declining grammar boy. The early SAILWAY ACCIDENTS. 101 Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the North, and has his porridge... | |
| Theodore Martin - 1871 - Počet stránok 226
...Just as. according to Sydney Smith, in his famous allusion to the triumphs of railway travelling, " the early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning...the North, and has his porridge in Piccadilly before tlie setting sun." Horace treats the expedition to Brundusium entirely as if it had been a pleasant... | |
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