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" They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer... "
The Railway Anecdote Book: A Collection of the Best and Newest Anecdotes and ... - Seite 5
1850 - 192 Seiten
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A Book about Travelling, Past and Present

Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 652 Seiten
...infernal road;" and he seriously cautions all travellers who may propose to journey through that " terrible country " to " avoid it as they would the...necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down." He tells of ruts four feet deep, filled with mud as the result of a wet summer, and asks, " What therefore...
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The famines of the world: past and present. 2 papers read before the ...

Cornelius Walford - 1879 - 348 Seiten
...to some towns, but even whole counties, one would naturally conclude it to be at least decent ; but let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible county to avoid it as they would the devil : for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their...
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Epochs and episodes of history

Epochs - 1882 - 794 Seiten
...roads so forcibly denounced by the traveller. " I would most seriously caution all travellers who may propose to travel this terrible country to avoid it as they would the devil," is his scathing condemnation of the district between Wigan and Warrington. On such roads the postboys...
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The bicycle and how to ride it, by a practical bicyclist

Bicycle - 1882 - 104 Seiten
...me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible road, to avoid it as they would the devil ; for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with...
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The Historical Basis of Socialism in England

Henry Mayers Hyndman - 1883 - 564 Seiten
...seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible county (Lancashire) to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand...break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings-down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating...
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The Historical Basis of Socialism in England

Henry Mayers Hyndman - 1883 - 552 Seiten
...seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally purpose to travel this terrible county (Lancashire) to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand...break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings-clown. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating...
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Hints on Teaching and Lecturing on Phonography: With Notes on Shorthand ...

Henry Pitman - 1885 - 198 Seiten
...says of the road from Preston to Wigan, " I would most seriously caution all travelers who may purpose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one they will break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down." The road from Wigan to Warrington...
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The Western Antiquary, Band 5

William Henry Kearley Wright - 1886 - 444 Seiten
...sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal highway. Let me seriously caution all travellers ... to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with...
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The Western Antiquary, Band 5

William Henry Kearley Wright - 1886 - 388 Seiten
...sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal highway. Let me seriously caution all travellers ... to avoid it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet with...
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History of Farnworth and Kersley

Benjamin Thomas Barton - 1887 - 446 Seiten
...not, in the whole range of language, terms sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal highway. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may...it as they would the devil, for a thousand to one but they would break their necks or their limbs by overthrows or breakings down. They will here meet...
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