| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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