 ... families sitting out in their rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's work; and we riding onward, high above them, like a whirl-wind.  History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania - Page 363by Henry Wilson Storey - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - United States - 1842 - 340 pages
...rude gardens ; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference ; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out to-morrow's...pass, having no other moving power than the weight or the carriages themselves, to sec the engine released, long after us, comfe buzzing down alone, like... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Canada - 1868 - 130 pages
...looking on at their unfinished houses, plauning out to-morrow's work* and we riding onward, high ahove them, like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too, when...themselves, to see the engine, released long after us, come huzzing down alone, like a great insect, its hack of green and gold so shining in the sun that, if... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1877 - 398 pages
...rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference ; men iu, their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out to-morrow's...them, like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too, when wo had dined, an'd rattled down a steep pass, having no other moving power than the weight of the carriages... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - Novelists, English - 1871 - 424 pages
...rude gardens ; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their shirt- sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's...dined, and rattled down a steep pass, having no other moving-power than, the weight of the carriages themselves, to see the engine, released long after us,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1877 - 502 pages
...rude gardens ; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference ; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's...them. like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too, when we Lad dined, and rattled down a steep pass, having no other moving power than the weight of the carriages... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Italy - 1880 - 496 pages
...; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's work j and we riding onward, high above- them, like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too, when we had dined, «md rattled down a steep pass, having no other moving power than the weight of the carriages themselves,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Canada - 1884 - 990 pages
...shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out to-morrow^ work; and we riding onward, nigh above them, like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too,...steep pass, having no other moving power than the weignt of the carnages themselves, to see the engine released, long after us, come buzzing down alone,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1885 - 860 pages
...rude gardens ; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference ; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out to-morrow's work ; and we riding onward, nigh above them like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too, when we had dined, and rattled down a steep... | |
 | William Bender Wilson - Railroads - 1895 - 538 pages
...rustic gardens ; cows gazing upward with stupid indifference ; men in their shirtsleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's...amusing, too, when we had dined and rattled down a OLD PASSENGER CAR, PORTAGE RAILROAD. steep pass, having no other moving power than the weight of the... | |
 | Charles Alexander McMurry - Economic geography - 1907 - 300 pages
...terrified pigs scampering homeward; families sitting out in their rustic gardens ; cows gazing upward with stupid indifference; men in their shirt sleeves looking...we riding onward, high above them like a whirlwind. " " The highest point in the Allegheny Portage Railroad was 2326 feet above mean tide. Total cost of... | |
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