 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
 | Charles Whibley - 1903 - 282 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1906 - 936 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | William Salisbury - 1908 - 566 Seiten
...at 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....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... | |
 | William Salisbury - 1908 - 572 Seiten
...at 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....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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1850 - 1052 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....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... | |
 | Frederic Rowland Marvin - 1912 - 222 Seiten
...were at 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....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 the... | |
 | E. T. Raymond - 1921 - 372 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....journal has an agent, at this minute, giving bribes in Madrid, and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden. Look I Here comes the Foreign... | |
 | E. T. Raymond - 1921 - 390 Seiten
...Look at that, Pen," Warrington said. " There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She 19 has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world...journal has an agent, at this minute, giving bribes in Madrid, and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden. Look ! Here comes the Foreign... | |
 | E. T. Raymond - 1921 - 378 Seiten
...Look at that, Pen," Warrington said. " There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She 19 has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world...journal has an agent, at this minute, giving bribes in Madrid, and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden. Look I Here comes the Foreign... | |
 | Chester Sanders Lord - 1922 - 248 Seiten
...she is—the great engine, she never sleeps. She has ambassadors in every quarter of the world—her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along...journal has an agent at this minute giving bribes in Madrid; and another inspecting the price of potatoes at Covent Garden. Look, here comes the foreign... | |
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