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Page 79
The carriages for passengers are of two kinds , those for the first class are fitted
up beautifully with cushions and glass windows , they hold three persons on
each side , and the seats are detached from each other , and on some railroads
they ...
The carriages for passengers are of two kinds , those for the first class are fitted
up beautifully with cushions and glass windows , they hold three persons on
each side , and the seats are detached from each other , and on some railroads
they ...
Page 122
invented by Captain George Smith , R . N . a temporary rudder fitted with chain
rings , a lower mast fitted with iron fishes to preserve it if wounded or injured ,
paddle wheels fitted with grooved and cogged wheels for the application of
manual ...
invented by Captain George Smith , R . N . a temporary rudder fitted with chain
rings , a lower mast fitted with iron fishes to preserve it if wounded or injured ,
paddle wheels fitted with grooved and cogged wheels for the application of
manual ...
Page 243
The Queen or any other member of the Royal Family , now and then take a sail in
this vessel , on the lake ; she is very conveniently and richly fitted up for the
reception of the illustrious personages . Here is also the long boat of the Victory ...
The Queen or any other member of the Royal Family , now and then take a sail in
this vessel , on the lake ; she is very conveniently and richly fitted up for the
reception of the illustrious personages . Here is also the long boat of the Victory ...
Page 327
We then came into a small room in which we were informed that the late King and
his brother King George the Fourth died , it was handsomely fitted up , but not in
use . From this we were conducted to Her Majesty ' s writing room , which was a ...
We then came into a small room in which we were informed that the late King and
his brother King George the Fourth died , it was handsomely fitted up , but not in
use . From this we were conducted to Her Majesty ' s writing room , which was a ...
Page 359
The shop for fitting and erecting the engines previous to their being fixed on
board the vessels is sufficiently extensive to ... heavy pieces are manufactured at
a separate establish· ment belonging to the same firm , which is fitted with
extensive ...
The shop for fitting and erecting the engines previous to their being fixed on
board the vessels is sufficiently extensive to ... heavy pieces are manufactured at
a separate establish· ment belonging to the same firm , which is fitted with
extensive ...
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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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