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" Atropos, cutting the connexion between us with a pair of shears — down it went, with every thing on it ; and your poor, paltry, little Dutch toy of a town (your Great Metropolis, as you insolently call it), having been placed on casters for the occasion... "
Crotchets in the Air; Or An (un)scientific Account of a Balloon-trip: In a ... - Page 16
by John Poole - 1838 - 98 pages
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Crotchets In the Air; or; an (Un) Scientific Account of a Balloon-Trip

John Poole, ESQ. - 1838 - 114 pages
...earth was suspended to us—like Atropos cutting the connexion between us with a pair of shears—down it went with everything on it; and your poor, paltry,...insolently call it,) having been placed on casters for the occasion—I am satisfied of that—was gently rolled away from under us. At once to satisfy you upon...
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The Penny Mechanic, and the Chemist, Volume 2

1837 - 800 pages
...letting loose the rope by which the earth was suspended to us — like Atropos cutting the connection between us with a pair of shears— down it went with...as you insolently call it), having been placed on castors for the occasion I am satisfied of that — was gently rolled away from under us — Poole't...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 4

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 914 pages
...Átropos, cutting the connection between us with a pair of shears — down it went, with every thing on it ; and your poor, paltry, little Dutch toy of...satisfied of that — was gently rolled away from under иш."* * " Crotchets in the Air. or an Un-scicritiflc Account of« Uulloon Trij ," by John I'oole,...
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Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Volume 2

Household words - 1852 - 252 pages
...with a pair of shears — down it went, with every thing on it ; and your poor, paltry, little Duteh toy of a town (your Great Metropolis, as you insolently...of that — was gently rolled away from under us"* Feeling nothing of the ascending motion, the first impresssion that takes possession of you in "going...
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Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Volume 1

Charles Dickens - Household words - 1853 - 504 pages
...Atropos, cutting the connexion between us with a pair of shears — down it went, with every thing on it ; and your poor, paltry, little Dutch toy of...of that — was gently rolled away from under us"* Feeling nothing of the ascending motion, the first iinpresssion that takes possession of you in "going...
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