 | Eli Bowen - 1848 - 130 pages
...alter-piece. There was but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, and Pottsvi lie ! saw it taken ! Gay gallants, who had but a few months before rolled up the turnpike, swelling with hope, and flushed -with expectation, now betook themselves, in the grey of the morn,... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1852 - 456 pages
...after-piece. There was but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, and Pottsville saw it taken ! Gay gallants, who had but a few months before rolled up the turnpike, swelling with hope, and flushed with expectation, now betook themselves, in the gray of the morn, and... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1854 - 526 pages
...after-piece. There was but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, and Pottsville saw it taken ! Gay gallants, who had but a few months before rolled up the turnpike, swelling with hope, and flushed with expectation, now betook themselves, in the gray of the morn, and... | |
 | Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1867 - 638 pages
...Rail-road, of which the revenues are mainly derived from freight on Anthracite and semi-Anthracite coal. Many of those, projected with other views, have...had but a few months before rolled up the turnpike, swelling with hope, and flushed with expectation, now betook themselves, in the gray of the morn, and... | |
 | Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1867 - 644 pages
...Rail-road, of which the revenues are mainly derived from freight on Anthracite and semi-Anthracite coal. Many of those, projected with other views, have...had but a few months before rolled up the turnpike, swelling with hope, and flushed with expectation, now betook tbemselYes, in the gray of the morn, and... | |
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Pottsville,) for gentlemen in trouble. Capiases, securities, and bail-pieces became as familiar as your garter. The play was over, and the farce of " The Devil to Pay" was the after-piece. There was but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, and... 