 who know very little of arts or sciences, or the powers of nature, will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers, in mines ; a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be seen but heard, and who seem to us to work...  A Dictionary of English Etymology - Page 306by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson - 1872 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 614 pages
...powers of the author of nature) will laugh. at us Cardigan (hire miners, who maintain the exiftence of knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be feen, but heard, and who feem to us to work in the mines; that is to fay, they are types or forerunners... | |
 | Hunting - 1801 - 376 pages
...powers of the author of nature) will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence ot knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable...but heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines; that is to say, they are types, or forerunners of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents... | |
 | William Bingley - 1804 - 492 pages
...powers of the author of nature,) will laugh at us Cardiganfhire miners, who maintain the exiftence ff knockers in mines, a kind of good-natured impalpable people, not to be feen, but heard, and who feem to us to Work in the mines; that is to fay, they are the types, or forerunners... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...(which in o^her words, are the powers of the Author of nature) will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a kind of goodnatured inpaHablc people, not to be seen, but heard, and who seem tous to work in the mines ; that is to say,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1812 - 1052 pages
...(which, in other words, are the powers of the author of nature,) will laugh at us, Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a...but heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines; that is to say, they are the types, or fore-runners of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...(which, in other words, are the powers of the author of nature,) will laugh at us, Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a...but heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines ; that is to say, they are the types, or fore-runners of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents... | |
 | William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...(which, in other .words, are the powers of the author of nature,) will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers in mines, a...but heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines ; that is to say they are the types, or forerunners of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...know very little of arts or sciences, or the powers of nature, will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of knockers, in mines ;...but heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines ; that is to say, they are the types, or forerunners, of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 816 pages
...the powers of Nature, will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of Knocken in mines ; a kind of good-natured, impalpable people,...but heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines : that is to say, they are the types, or forerunners, of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...know very little of arts or sciences, or the powers of nature, will laugh at us Cardiganshire miners, who • maintain the existence of knockers, in mines;...but heard, and who seem to us to work in the mines ; that is to say, they are the types, or forerunners, of working in mines, as dreams are of some accidents... | |
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