Readings for Railways: Or, Anecdotes and Other Short Stories, Reflectons, Maxims, Characteristics, Passages of Wit, Humour, and Poetry; Etc. Together with Points of Information on Matters of General Interest. Collected in the Course of His Own ReadingC. Gilpin, 1849 - 136 Seiten |
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... each minute at sta- tions two hundred , or more , miles apart . The pro- cess has been thus briefly described : -a slip of paper , about a quarter of an inch broad , is punched into holes - these holes being the letters . Two.
... each minute at sta- tions two hundred , or more , miles apart . The pro- cess has been thus briefly described : -a slip of paper , about a quarter of an inch broad , is punched into holes - these holes being the letters . Two.
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... hundred years ; that of a panther , of a lion , and of a man , one thousand years ; but the sacrifice of three men , one hundred thousand years . And let a Hindoo com- mit ever so enormous a crime , he would suppose THE TWO KINGS . 109 ...
... hundred years ; that of a panther , of a lion , and of a man , one thousand years ; but the sacrifice of three men , one hundred thousand years . And let a Hindoo com- mit ever so enormous a crime , he would suppose THE TWO KINGS . 109 ...
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... hundred Bramins is equal to killing a woman ; to kill one hundred women is equal to killing a child ; to kill one hundred children is equal to telling an untruth ! " THE TWO KINGS . James the Fiftп's ( a very social debonair prince ...
... hundred Bramins is equal to killing a woman ; to kill one hundred women is equal to killing a child ; to kill one hundred children is equal to telling an untruth ! " THE TWO KINGS . James the Fiftп's ( a very social debonair prince ...
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Transmission of Money | 5 |
Spontaneous Gases | 12 |
The Cutting Property | 19 |
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