 THE RULE OF THE ROAD. The rule of the road, is a paradox quite Both in riding and driving along ; If you go to the left you are sure to go right, If you go to the right you go wrong...  St. Nicholas - Стр. 608редактор(ы): - 1897Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | George Wentworth - 1824 - Страниц: 378
...shall be." A GUIDE TO EQUESTRIANS. The la\tf of the roads is a paradox quite, For in orderly riding along, If you go to the left you are sure to go right, But if you go right you go wrong. THE THOROUGHFARE. " My head, Tom, 's confused with your nonsense... | |
 | Edward Thomas Coke - 1833 - Страниц: 462
...contrary to the old English stanza of, " The rule of the road is a paradox quite, As the carriages jog it along : If you go to the left, you are sure to go right, But, if you go right, you go wrong." There is one recommendation, however, to the " drivers," that... | |
 | Edward Thomas Coke - 1833 - Страниц: 542
...contrary to the old English stanza of, " The rule of the road is a paradox quite, As the carriages jog it along : If you go to the left, you are sure to go right, But, if you go right, you go wrong." There is one recommendation, however, to the "drivers," that they... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1835 - Страниц: 444
...These terms were afterwards applied to the road, where, in meeting carriages, according to the adage, " If you go to the left, you are sure to go right; — if you go to the right, you are wrong." Wheel-horses have the hardest place, as they are at work up hill and down. Nevertheless, if favour... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1840 - Страниц: 418
...These terms were afterwards applied to the road, where, in meeting carriages, according to the adage, "If you go to the left, you are sure to go right; — if you go to the right you are wrong." Wheel-horses have the hardest place, as they are at work up hill and down. Nevertheless, if favour... | |
 | 1841 - Страниц: 446
...own side. Still — " The rule of the road is a paradox quite, I confess I have thought it so long; If you go to the left, you are sure to go right, If you go to the right you are wrong." P. Speaking to coach-horses on the box is quite out of fashion. C. Coachmen, forty years back, like... | |
 | 1905 - Страниц: 640
...Here is another version of the rule :— The rule of the road is a paradox quite, Both in riding and driving along : If you go to the left you are sure to go right, If you go to the right you go wrong. But in walking the streets, 'tis a different case : To the right it is right you should bear... | |
 | 1881 - Страниц: 704
...fixed on my memory in the following lines, which differ from those of MR. BLKNKINSOPP : — " The rule of the road is a paradox quite, In riding or driving along ; For if you go left you are sure to go right, But if you go right you go wrong."* Some years since... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1856 - Страниц: 438
...These terms were Afterwards applied to the road, where, in meeting carriages, according to the adage, " If you go to the left, you are sure to go right; — if you go to the right you are wrong." Wheel-horses have the hardest place, as they are at work up hill and down. Nevertheless, if favor be... | |
 | James Mursell Phillippo - 1857 - Страниц: 506
...paradox, though here reversed, — " The law of the road is a paradox quite, For in orderly riding along, If you go to the left, you are sure to go right; If you go to the right, you go wrong." The usual dinner-hour at New York, as is general in the cities of America, is three o'clock.... | |
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