 Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "  Tait's Edinburgh magazine - Page 4591857Full view - About this book
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...174 The Two Soliloquies. [June, " Suppose one of these engines to be going along a railroad at tbe rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line, would not that be a very awkward circumstance ?" "Yes," replied Mr. Stephenson, "very awkward, indeed... | |
 | Wit - 1860 - 282 pages
...the Members of the Committee pressed the witness a little further. He put the following case : — " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance !" " Yes," replied the witness, with a twinkle in his eye, " very... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 pages
...examination before a parliamentary committee, one of the members put to Stephenson the following question : " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...and that a cow were to stray upon the line, and get iu the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance 1 " To which Stephenson... | |
 | 1860 - 590 pages
...engine to run twelve miles an hour. A grave-looking gentleman thinking to put him down, said : "Suppose one of these engines to be going along a railroad...hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line, would not that be a very awkward circumstance ?" "Yes," replied Mr. Stephenson, "very awkward indeed... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1862 - 792 pages
...the members of the Committee pressed the witness a little further. He put the following case : — " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? " " Yes," replied the witness, with a twinkle in his eye, " very... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1862 - 558 pages
...the members of the Committee pressed the witness a little further. He put the following case : — " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, CHAP. XI. THE CROSS-EXAMINATION. 207 and that a cow were to strav upon the lino and get in the way... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - 312 pages
...upset the engine. ' Suppose now,' said one of the members 38 CHAT MOSf. of the Committee, ' suppose one of these engines to be going along a railroad...get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? ' ' Yes,' replied Stephenson with a laughing eye, ' very awkward... | |
 | 1863 - 990 pages
...mnkc it perfect." He was asked again, by one of the Committee, "If it would not bo very awkward if a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine when going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour." " Yes," replied the witness, " very awkward fur... | |
 | Henry Alexander Glass - 1864 - 134 pages
...witness-box to depose that twelve miles an hour was not contemplated. One of the committee asked Stephenson, "Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray on the • line and get in the way of the engine, would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance?"... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 1314 pages
...which he claims to recover damages. The engineer upon the freight train testified that it was going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that the whistle was blown and the bell rung in the manne. usual when approaching the station. The plaintiff... | |
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