 | John Small - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 646 pages
...twice as lost as stage-coaches, and that people would as soon suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of a machine going at such a rate. When examined before a parliamentary committee, Stephenson had the... | |
 | 1877 - 568 pages
...with all these assurances, we should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as...the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." * The writer had once the honour of meeting the Rev. Francis B. Grant, a late Rector of Shelton, Staffordshire—... | |
 | 1877 - 556 pages
...as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off by one of •-ongreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." * The writer had once the honour of meeting the Rev. Francis B. Grant, a late Rector of Shelton, Staffordshire... | |
 | Young people - 1877 - 696 pages
...said the writer, that people would as soon suffer themselves to be fired off like a Congreve rocket, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate, the rale of eighteen miles an hour. How fallible are even writers in reviews, for as our young readers... | |
 | Joseph Parsloe - 1878 - 348 pages
...remarked, "We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves...the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." The opposition thus manifested had not the effect of deterring to any considerable extent the development... | |
 | Joseph Parsloe - Railroads - 1878 - 346 pages
...remarked, "We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets as trust themselves...the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." The opposition thus manifested had not the effect of deterring to any considerable extent the development... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - Steam-engines - 1878 - 518 pages
...the people of Woolwich to suifer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet-rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." It was during his examination before a committee of the House of Commons, during this contest, that... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - Railroad accidents - 1879 - 298 pages
...added, — " We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves...the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate ; their property perhaps they may trust." Under the circumstances, the criticism was a perfectly reasonable... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - Literary Criticism - 1879 - 304 pages
...soon expect people to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine, going at such a rate ; " — while Lord Brougham exclaimed that " the folly of seven hundred people going fifteen miles... | |
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We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate... 
