The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 111-112Theodore Foster, 1862 |
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... trains not observed , ib . ; interval of time insuffi- cient in tunnels , 7 ; suggestions for telegraph huts , 8 ... train on fire , 15 ; narrow escape of twen . ty persons from being roasted alive , ib .; narra- tive of accident to ...
... trains not observed , ib . ; interval of time insuffi- cient in tunnels , 7 ; suggestions for telegraph huts , 8 ... train on fire , 15 ; narrow escape of twen . ty persons from being roasted alive , ib .; narra- tive of accident to ...
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... train of more conve- nient carriages . The United Kingdom is- to its infinite advantage - intersected by 10,500 miles of railway , of which two - thirds are constructed with a double line of rails ; and the gaps over the country are ...
... train of more conve- nient carriages . The United Kingdom is- to its infinite advantage - intersected by 10,500 miles of railway , of which two - thirds are constructed with a double line of rails ; and the gaps over the country are ...
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... train will follow them ; nor can they be aware of any of the thousand and one risks to which they are exposed ... trains at cheap fares ; in run- ning long distances at high speed with punc- tuality ; in employing obliging officers and ...
... train will follow them ; nor can they be aware of any of the thousand and one risks to which they are exposed ... trains at cheap fares ; in run- ning long distances at high speed with punc- tuality ; in employing obliging officers and ...
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... train which was following came into collision with the train of which he was supposed to be taking charge . On an Irish railway , an engine - driver whose ordinary duties extended from 5 A.M. till 10 P.M. , with three hours ...
... train which was following came into collision with the train of which he was supposed to be taking charge . On an Irish railway , an engine - driver whose ordinary duties extended from 5 A.M. till 10 P.M. , with three hours ...
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... train in North Wales , who had only once previously been on the line , who knew nothing of the running of the trains ... train . When a train is travelling at high speed , it frequently can- not be stopped in less than from half a mile ...
... train in North Wales , who had only once previously been on the line , who knew nothing of the running of the trains ... train . When a train is travelling at high speed , it frequently can- not be stopped in less than from half a mile ...
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Page 161 - MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. AUTHORISED COPYRIGHT ENGLISH TRANSLATION. "The merits of *Les Miserables' do not merely consist in the conception of it as a whole; it abounds, page after page, with details of unequalled beauty.
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