There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world, her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's cabinets. They are ubiquitous. Yonder... Good, bad, and indifferent, a book of jests - Seite 57von Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 454 Seiten
...•windows of the building were in a blaze of gas. " Look at that, Pen," Warrington said. " There ehe is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She...Madrid ; and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden. Look ! here comes the Foreign Express galloping in. They will be able to give news... | |
| Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 318 Seiten
...the same thought into ten thousand minds at the same moment : — the Newspaper." DE TOCQUEVILLE. " There she is— the great engine— she never sleeps....has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world — hor couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's... | |
| Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 314 Seiten
...opinion, being five hundred and forty-seven. CHAPTER VIII. THE LONDON DAILY PAPERS. " The sreat ensrfne— she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every...quarter of the world — her couriers upon every road." — Pendennis. The Public Advertiser. — Woodfall and Junius. — The Public Ledger. — The Morning... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1850 - 394 Seiten
...work : the windows of the building were in a blaze of gas. " Look at that, Pen," Warrington said. " There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her embassadors in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along... | |
| 1853 - 444 Seiten
...at Pékin. The everpresent activity of the agents of our newspapers is well indicated in "Pendennis ¡"—"There she is— the great engine — she never...ambassadors in every quarter of the world — her courtiers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's... | |
| Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 Seiten
...excites the wonder of those who share her duties. Thackeray, pointing at her in his Pendennis, says, " There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every part of the world — her courier on every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys... | |
| Alexander Andrews - 1859 - 382 Seiten
...in every place of any consequence in the world. Doubtless Thackeray had it in his eye when he wrote of the press, — " There she is — the great engine...every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every high road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's cabinets. They... | |
| George Augustus Sala - 1862 - 414 Seiten
...THE "TIMES" NEWSPAPER. "There she ie— the sreat engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassador in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon...walk into statesmen's cabinets. They are ubiquitous. Tonder Journal has an agent at this minute giving bribes at Madrid; and another inspecting the price... | |
| Treasury - 1868 - 148 Seiten
...the examples of others, if there be anything in the society worth taking notice of. \ .. Montaigne. A PICTURE OF THE PRESS. There she is — the great...she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every v quarter of the world — her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 522 Seiten
...work : the windows of the building were in a blaze of gas. " Look at that, Pen," Warrington said. " There she is— the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in evenquarter of the world — her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and... | |
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