I know not, in the whole range of language, terms sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as they would the devil, for... Railroad Freight Transportation - Page 419by Leonor Fresnel Loree - 1922 - 771 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1846 - 706 pages
...seventy-five years ago, was travelled by Arthur Young, who has left us the following description of it :— ' I know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently...infernal road. • Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as they would... | |
| Sir Henry Parnell - 1833 - 474 pages
...the following account of some of the roads in the north of England : — " To Wigan. Turnpike. — I know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently...this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country * M'Culloch's Dictionary of... | |
| Sir Henry Parnell - 1833 - 508 pages
...gives the following account of some of the roads in the north of England : — " To JVigan. Turnpike 1 know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently...this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country INTRODUCTION. to avoid it as... | |
| Carl Theodor von Kleinschrod - 1836 - 514 pages
...58efÄ)retb«ng ber SSSege im 9îorben »on gnglanb in feiner „Six months Tour" 1770. „To Wigan." „I linow not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently...this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country , to avoid it, as they would... | |
| Sir Henry Parnell - 1838 - 512 pages
...the following account of some of the roads in the north of England : — " To Wigan. Turnpike. — I know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently...this infernal road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may acci* M'Culloch's Dictionary of Commerce, art. Roads. C 2 dentally propose to travel... | |
| George Richardson Porter - 1838 - 396 pages
...turnpike-road between Preston and Wigan, a spot which is now become a centre for railway operations. " I know not, in the whole range of language, terms...sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal road. To look over a map, and perceive that it is a principal one, not only to some towns, but even whole... | |
| 1838 - 492 pages
...gives the following account of some of the roads in the north of England: — "To Wigan. Turnpike. — I know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently expressive to describe this road. Let me most seriously caution all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible... | |
| James Christie Whyte - 1840 - 616 pages
...Young, in his "Tour in the North of England," published in 1770.* * " I know not," writes Mr. Young, " in the whole range of language, terms sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal road. To look over a map, and perceive that it is a principal one, not only to some towns, but even whole... | |
| 1845 - 916 pages
...formerly called, as being the exclusive abode of gentry) is frightful enough. " I know not," says he, " in the whole range of language, terms sufficiently expressive to describe this infernal road. To look over a map and perceive that it is a principal one, not only to some towns, but even whole... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - 1847 - 640 pages
...seventy-live years ago was travelled by Arthur Young, who has left us the following description of it: '[ know not in the whole range of language terms sufficiently...describe this infernal road. Let me most seriously cantion all travellers who may accidentally propose to travel this terrible country, to avoid it as... | |
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