There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world, her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's cabinets. They are ubiquitous. Yonder... A Treasury of Table Talk - Página 39de Treasury - 1868 - 128 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 454 páginas
...Warrington said. " There ehe is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world— her couriers upon every road....Madrid ; and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden. Look ! here comes the Foreign Express galloping in. They will be able to give news... | |
| Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 326 páginas
...TOCQUEVILLE. " There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world— her couriers upon every road....inspecting the price of potatoes at Covent Garden." PENPENNI?. LONDON I HENRY VIZETELLY, PRINTER AND ENGRAVER, COUCH SQUARE, FLEKT STREET. TO THE JOURNALISTS... | |
| Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 318 páginas
...England alone but of Europe. CHAPTER IX. THE MECHANISM OF A MORNING PAPER. "Her officers march alonf? with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's...Madrid ; and another inspecting the price of potatoes in CoventGarden. — PENDENNIS. The growth of Newspaper arrangements and expenses. — The accounts... | |
| 1853 - 444 páginas
...engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world — her courtiers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies,...this minute giving bribes at Madrid ; and another inspects the price of potatoes at C'ovcnt Garden." Then there are the leading articles to be written,... | |
| Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 páginas
...engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every part of the world — her courier on every road. Her officers march along with armies,...inspecting the price of potatoes at Covent Garden." This extract indicates forcibly and literally the resources of the press, in collecting intelligence... | |
| Alexander Andrews - 1859 - 382 páginas
...never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every high road. Her officers march along with armies, and her...Madrid, and another inspecting the price of potatoes at Coventgarden."* Such arrangements would always be far beyond the reach of a low-priced journal. The... | |
| Alexander Andrews - 1859 - 644 páginas
...ambassadors in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every high road. Her officers inarch along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's...Madrid, and another inspecting the price of potatoes at Coventgarden."* Such arrangements would always be far beyond the reach of a low-priced journal. The... | |
| George Augustus Sala - 1862 - 414 páginas
...NEWSPAPER. "There she ie— the sreat engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassador in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every road....walk into statesmen's cabinets. They are ubiquitous. Tonder Journal has an agent at this minute giving bribes at Madrid; and another inspecting the price... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 522 páginas
...said. " There she is— the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in evenquarter of the world — her couriers upon every road. Her...Madrid ; and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden. Look ! here coraes the Foreign Express galloping in. They will be able to give news... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 518 páginas
...Warrington said. "There she is— the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every road....Madrid; and another inspecting the price of potatoes in Covent Garden. Look ! here conaes the Foreign Express galloping in. They will be able to give news... | |
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