 | Charles Knight - 1856 - 554 pàgines
...proposed aqueduct over the river Irwell. He looked at the spot where the aqueduct was to be built, and exclaimed, " I have often heard of castles in the air, but never before was shown the place where any of them were to be erected." Brindley's castle in the air still... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - 1454 pàgines
...proposed to him. He ridiculed the idea, and, when the height and dimensions were communicated to him, exclaimed, " I have often heard of castles in the air, but never before was shown where any of them were to be erected." Such a self-sufficient ignoramus was properly... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1859 - 526 pàgines
...proposed aqueduct over the river Irwell. He looked at the spot where the aqueduct was to be built, and exclaimed, " I have often heard of castles in the air, but never before was shown the place where any of them were to be erected." Brindley's castle in the air still... | |
 | Comprehensive dictionary - 1860 - 1080 pàgines
...not discount the duke of Bridgewatcr's bill for £500, and when the dimensions of the canal aqueduct were communicated to him, he exclaimed:— 'I have often heard of castles in the air, but never was before shown where any of them was to be erected.' The duke raised the money, however, and in lese... | |
 | Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - 354 pàgines
...proposed to him. He ridiculed the idea, and when the height and dimensions were communicated to him, exclaimed : " I have often heard of castles in the air, but never before was shown where any of them were erected." Such a self-sufficient man was properly estimated... | |
 | Elihu Rich, Francis Lister Hawks, Lambert Lilly - 1865 - 1078 pàgines
...discount the duke of Bridgewater's bill for £500, and when the dimensions of the canal aqueduct wen communicated to him, he exclaimed : — ' I have often heard of castles in the air, but never was before shown where any of them was to be erected.' ТЫ duke raised the money, however, and in leas... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1866 - 432 pàgines
...not discount the duke of Bridgewater's bill for £500, and when the dimensions of the canal aqueduct were communicated to him, he exclaimed:— 'I have often heard of castles in the air, but never was before shown where any of them was to be erected.' The duke raised the money, however, and in less... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 pàgines
...terrified by the sea in their passage i aqueduct were communicated to him, he COTTAGE CYCLOPEDIA OF exclaimed, "I have often heard of castles in the air, but never before was shown where any of them were to be erected." The canal was completed in 1761, and in less... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 pàgines
...the second, on being conducted to the spot where it was intended that the aqueduct should be made, exclaimed, ' I have often heard of castles in the air, but never before was shown the place where any of them were to be erected.' But the Duke of Bridgewater's confidence... | |
 | 1875 - 562 pàgines
...proposed to him. He ridiculed the idea, and when the height and dimensions were communicated to him, exclaimed, ''I have often heard of castles in the air, but never before was shown where any of them were erected." Such a self-sufficient man was properly estimated... | |
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A gentleman of eminence was accordingly called in ; who, being conducted to the place where it was intended that the aqueduct should be made, ridiculed the attempt; and when the height and dimensions were communicated to him, he exclaimed, " I have often... 
