 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 Seiten
...characterises this work, the sagacity displayed in all its arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out the road... | |
 | 1820 - 442 Seiten
...characterises this work ; the sagacity displayed in all its arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out the road... | |
 | 1820 - 866 Seiten
...under ground, and at others o?ct the deep gorges by scaffoldings ouc hundred and twenty feet high. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a pas'sagc through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1822 - 344 Seiten
...characterises this work, the sagacity . displayed in all its arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken iu its erection, it was necessary to " The distance which the trees had to be conveyed Is about three... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 382 Seiten
...under ground, and at others over the deep gorges by scaffoldings one hundred and twenty feet high. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets j and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out the road... | |
 | 1820 - 486 Seiten
...arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen it.1 Before any step could be taken in its erection, it...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out the road... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1829 - 482 Seiten
...all its arrangements, and tbe skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who ha« seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection,...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances, in order to point out the road for... | |
 | Charles Babbage - 1832 - 352 Seiten
...characterises this work, the sagacity displayed in all its arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets ; and, as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out the road... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1832 - 372 Seiten
...characterizes this work, the sagacity dis-played in all its arrangements, and the skill of the engineer, have excited the wonder of every person who has seen...obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets j and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at cert-din distances in order to point out the road... | |
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... seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out... 
