 We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers are that underlie the railroad ? Each one is a man, an Irishman, or a Yankee man. The rails are laid on them, and they are covered with sand, and the cars run smoothly...  Ireland: A Study in Nationalism - Página 228por Francis Hackett - 1918 - 404 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 páginas
...if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads ? We do not ride on the railroad ; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure . you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over ; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | James Edmund Garretson - 1882 - 240 páginas
...any special one. All common sleepers,—that and nothing else.* * " We do not ride on the railroad ; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers are that underlie the railroad ? Eaeh one is a man, an Irishman or a Yankeeman. The rails are laid on them, and they are covered with... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 páginas
...we stay at home and mindj / our business, who will want railroads ? We <To not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 páginas
...if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads? We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 494 páginas
...if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads? We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 268 páginas
...if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads ? We do not ride on the railroad ; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over ; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 504 páginas
...if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads ? We do not ride on the railroad ; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over ; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 418 páginas
...railroads ? We do not ride on the railroad; (1 it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers 0 are that underlie the railroad ? Each one is a man,...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 428 páginas
...rides upon us^ Did you ever think what thosei sleepers are that underlie the railroad ? Each one is ai man, an Irishman, or a Yankee man. The rails are laid...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1915 - 416 páginas
...if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads? We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. Did you ever think what those sleepers...over them. They are sound sleepers, I assure you. And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over ; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding... | |
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