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Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee. CHAPTER V .
PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND BRIDGES . One of the first things that struck us
with astonishment was the immense number of carriages of different descriptions
...
Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee. CHAPTER V .
PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND BRIDGES . One of the first things that struck us
with astonishment was the immense number of carriages of different descriptions
...
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Span of Centre Arch . Materials . Commenced . Opened . feet | 70 Stone and
Rubbish . 1209 feet feet feet Old London Bridge . . Altered by Sir R . Taylor New
London Bridge . | 928 56 Westminster Bridge . Blackfriars Bridge . . Vauxhall
Bridge .
Span of Centre Arch . Materials . Commenced . Opened . feet | 70 Stone and
Rubbish . 1209 feet feet feet Old London Bridge . . Altered by Sir R . Taylor New
London Bridge . | 928 56 Westminster Bridge . Blackfriars Bridge . . Vauxhall
Bridge .
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Some of the piles of English oak , which were driven in in the year 1176 , were
taken up in 1832 , and Sir Edward Banks , who was the contractor for building
new London Bridge , finding them as sound as when they were first driven , had ...
Some of the piles of English oak , which were driven in in the year 1176 , were
taken up in 1832 , and Sir Edward Banks , who was the contractor for building
new London Bridge , finding them as sound as when they were first driven , had ...
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WATERLOO BRIDGE , which it will be seen , is the longest of the bridges , being
one thousand three hundred and twenty - six feet long , was built by private
individuals , but we know not the cost ; it was thought that the toll of a penny for
each ...
WATERLOO BRIDGE , which it will be seen , is the longest of the bridges , being
one thousand three hundred and twenty - six feet long , was built by private
individuals , but we know not the cost ; it was thought that the toll of a penny for
each ...
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It would be a great convenience if these bridges were free of toll ; for London and
Blackfriars bridge are , at certain times of the day , almost blocked up with carts ,
omnibuses , and other carriages , a great many of which would go over ...
It would be a great convenience if these bridges were free of toll ; for London and
Blackfriars bridge are , at certain times of the day , almost blocked up with carts ,
omnibuses , and other carriages , a great many of which would go over ...
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Page 477 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 271 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...
Page 272 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent. into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent.
Page 272 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers — to be taxed no more.
Page 272 - ... restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the Judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride ; — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 271 - ... of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the...
Page 282 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow!
Page 353 - Exchequer shall always ex officio form three. The President is also nominated by the Crown, is usually a cabinet minister, and in all changes of Administration retires from office together with the salaried Commissioners and Secretary.
Page 474 - As lamps burn silent with unconscious light, So modest ease in beauty shines most bright. Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she who means no mischief does it all.
Page 205 - He welcomed me into the country ; and, after having made me observe the turnpike on my left, and the ' Golden Wheatsheaf ' on my right, he conducted me into his house, where I was received by his lady, who made a thousand apologies for being catched in such a dishabille. " The hall (for so I was taught to call it) had its white wall almost hid by a curious collection of prints and paintings.
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| Title | Journal of a Residence of Two Years and a Half in Great Britain Area studies. India Empire online: Empire writing and the literature of Empire Research source |
| Authors | Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee |
| Publisher | W. H. Allen, 1841 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 492 pages |
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