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The Leeds Correspondent - Page 217
edited by - 1822 - 4 pages
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 2

1820 - 442 pages
...of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...return, and to discover, in the gorges, the places where the piles of wood had been established . M . Rupp was himself obliged, more than once, to be...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...return, and to discover, in the gorges, the places where the piles of wood had been established. M. Rupp was himself obliged, more than once, to be suspended...
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The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc

1820 - 866 pages
...could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a pas'sagc through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen...distances in order to point out the road for their return. Mr. Rulph was often obliged to be suspended by cords, in order to descend precipices many hundred fott...
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 4

William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 pages
..."any step could be taken in' its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain n passage through the impenetrable thickets ; and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain 0*1*tances in order to point out the road for their return. Mr. Rulph was often obliged to be suspended...
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 2

1820 - 486 pages
...every person who has seen it.1 Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...return, and to discover, in the gorges, the places where the piles of wood had been established. M. Rupp was himself obliged, more than once, to be suspended...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 3

1826 - 370 pages
...one hundred and twenty feet high. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...distances, in order to point out the road for their return. Mr. Rulph was often obliged to be suspended by cords, in. order to descend precipices many hundred...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 3

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 382 pages
...one hundred and twenty feet high. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through the impenetrable thickets j and as the workmen advanced, men were posted at certain distances in order to point out the road...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 11

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1829 - 482 pages
...every person who ha« seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...order to point out the road for their return, and to diseover, in the gorges, the places where the piles of wood bad been established. M. Rupp was himself...
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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

Charles Babbage - 1832 - 352 pages
...of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, it was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...return, and to discover, in the gorges, the places where the piles of wood had been established. M. Rupp was himself obliged, more than once, to be suspended...
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Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels ..., Volume 3

1832 - 548 pages
...of every person who has seen it. Before any step could be taken in its erection, if was necessary to cut several thousand trees to obtain a passage through...return, and to discover, in the gorges, the places where the piles of wood had been established. M. Rupp was himself obliged, more than once, to be suspended...
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