Descriptive Essays, Band 2J. Murray, 1857 |
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... Office , who , after deprecating the practice of building for the poor mise- rable hovels , instead of comfortable and respectable , well- drained , well - ventilated dwellings , says : — " From what I have observed , I am fully ...
... Office , who , after deprecating the practice of building for the poor mise- rable hovels , instead of comfortable and respectable , well- drained , well - ventilated dwellings , says : — " From what I have observed , I am fully ...
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... Office , been favoured with the slight autho- rities we required , without companion or attendant we effected our object ; and although under such circum- stances our unbiassed observations were necessarily su- perficial , we propose by ...
... Office , been favoured with the slight autho- rities we required , without companion or attendant we effected our object ; and although under such circum- stances our unbiassed observations were necessarily su- perficial , we propose by ...
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... office to hurry into that of the next . In a few minutes , however , the loud puffing of an engine announces the approach towards the platform of a string of empty car- riages , which are scarcely formed into the next departure- train ...
... office to hurry into that of the next . In a few minutes , however , the loud puffing of an engine announces the approach towards the platform of a string of empty car- riages , which are scarcely formed into the next departure- train ...
Seite 86
... office behind the line of cabs and carriages , requires immediate explanation . The variety of unforeseen accidents that might occur by the unwelcome arrival of an unexpected , or even of an expected , passenger - train at the great ...
... office behind the line of cabs and carriages , requires immediate explanation . The variety of unforeseen accidents that might occur by the unwelcome arrival of an unexpected , or even of an expected , passenger - train at the great ...
Seite 87
... office on the up platform of Euston Station , where there is always a signal - man watching by night as well as by day , that loud melancholy whine which has just arrested our attention , and which will continue to moan uninterruptedly ...
... office on the up platform of Euston Station , where there is always a signal - man watching by night as well as by day , that loud melancholy whine which has just arrested our attention , and which will continue to moan uninterruptedly ...
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Seite 55 - ... are, to say the least, as much within the proper jurisdiction of parliament as the most humane mode of sweeping chimneys, or the proper thickness of partywalls. The health of the nation being nearly synonymous with its wealth, it is evident that the labouring power of the British people is a machine which it is the duty as well as the interest of the State to protect.