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... porter , for in- stance , has to " wire in " at high pressure for twenty minutes or half - an - hour , to get a ... porters , with wives and families , would then be left entirely vacant , as I have no doubt that at many small stations ...
... porter , for in- stance , has to " wire in " at high pressure for twenty minutes or half - an - hour , to get a ... porters , with wives and families , would then be left entirely vacant , as I have no doubt that at many small stations ...
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... porters re- lieved her at last , and when the train rushed into the station and came to a standstill , she was placed in a compartment , her luggage was duly stowed away , and the train des- patched . The porter had been very careful to ...
... porters re- lieved her at last , and when the train rushed into the station and came to a standstill , she was placed in a compartment , her luggage was duly stowed away , and the train des- patched . The porter had been very careful to ...
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... porter , luggage porter , shunter , and , by way of variety , used to help load up churns of milk . But in addition to this , I had entirely overlooked the obnoxious individuals mentioned in the title of this paper . However , that ...
... porter , luggage porter , shunter , and , by way of variety , used to help load up churns of milk . But in addition to this , I had entirely overlooked the obnoxious individuals mentioned in the title of this paper . However , that ...
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... porter " has misdirected them , and they usually threaten to report to the Superintendent , who , strange to say , often happens to be a personal friend . It is my private opinion , based on a long experience , that half the people who ...
... porter " has misdirected them , and they usually threaten to report to the Superintendent , who , strange to say , often happens to be a personal friend . It is my private opinion , based on a long experience , that half the people who ...
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... porter at 16s . a week . In less than a week I received a letter informing me that , subject to my passing the medical examination satisfactorily , the superintendent offered me a temporary situation as porter at station , and enclosed ...
... porter at 16s . a week . In less than a week I received a letter informing me that , subject to my passing the medical examination satisfactorily , the superintendent offered me a temporary situation as porter at station , and enclosed ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 30 - The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.
Página 178 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Página 314 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 139 - Say not the struggle nought availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth. And as things have been they remain. If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars ; It may be, in yon smoke concealed, Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers, And, but for you, possess the field.
Página 191 - 7. The engine to be delivered complete for trial, at the Liverpool end of the rail-way, not later than the 1st of October next.
Página 191 - ... in the boiler shall be cold, and there shall be no fuel in the fire-place. As much fuel shall be weighed, and as much water shall be measured and delivered into the...
Página 151 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream, forty feet high ; one vessel of water, rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Página 397 - Therefore, when I say, in conducting your understanding, love knowledge with a great love, with a vehement love, with a love coeval with life, what do I say, but love innocence...
Página 228 - ... should like to have some sense of proprietorship in the shop, or mill, or whatever it may be, in which he passes his days. And it is because the system introduced of late years of co-operative industry meets that natural wish that I look forward to its extension with so much hopefulness.
Página 192 - The time of performing every trip shall be accurately noted, as well as the time occupied in getting ready to set out on the second journey. Should the engine not be enabled to take along with it sufficient fuel and water for the journey of ten trips, the time occupied in taking in a fresh supply of fuel and water shall be considered and taken as a part of the time in performing the journey. JU Rastrick, Esq., Stourbridge, CE Nicholas Wood, Esq., Killingworth, CE John Kennedy, Esq., Manchester. Liverpool,...