 Man is become a bird ; he can fly longer and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammar boy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the north,...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 388edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 788 pages
...life. Man is become a bird : lie can fly longer and quicker than a Solon goose. The mamma rushes 60 miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammarboy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the North, and has his porridge... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 522 pages
...removed. The axle was nearly in two, and in another mile would have been severed. Railroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the Xorth, and has his porridge in Piccadilly before the setting sun. The Puseyite priest, after a rush... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1848 - 248 pages
...— Jo: Miller, page 12. MODERN LOCOMOTION. — " Railroad travelling," says the Rev. Sydney Smith, " is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...become a bird ; he can fly longer and quicker than a Solon goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugating and... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1912 - 666 pages
...letter to the editor of The Morning Chronicle, and is dated 7 June, 1 842 : — " Railroad travelling Ы a delightful improvement of human life. Man is become a bird ; he can 11 y longer and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...I do not, I must think him a beast.— Lord Chesterfield. RAILROAD TRAVELLING. Eailroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammar-boy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the North, and has his porridge... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 490 pages
...removed. The axle was nearly in two, and in another mile would have been severed. Railroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...the aching finger of her conjugating and declining grammar-boy. The early Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the north, and has porridge... | |
 | Religion - 1857 - 830 pages
...REPORTS OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON ТПЕ POST OFFICE. ' RAILWAY travelling,' said Sydney Smith, '. is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is become a bird ; he can fly longer and swifter than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger of her conjugaling-and-dccli... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English essays - 1865 - 478 pages
...removed. The axle was nearly in two, and in another mile would have been severed. Railroad travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is become a bird ; he can fly longcr and quicker than a Solan goose. The mamma rushes sixty miles in two hours to the aching finger... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1869 - 424 pages
...dear to Jove, and Nestor the tamer of horses.— \EE 1818.] RAILWAY TRAVELLING. KAILROAD travelling is a delightful improvement of human life. Man is...her conjugating and declining grammar boy. The early SAILWAY ACCIDENTS. 101 Scotchman scratches himself in the morning mists of the North, and has his porridge... | |
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