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" WHAT was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, — head to head Facing on the single track, Half a world behind each back ? This is what the Engines said, Unreported and unread. With a prefatory screech, In a florid Western speech, Said the Engine from... "
Poems - Página 36
por Bret Harte - 1875 - 152 páginas
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A History of the United States for Schools, Volumen2

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Claude Halstead Van Tyne - 1916 - 390 páginas
...nation thrilled with interest; the dreary, dangerous 1 Read Bret Harte's " What the Engine Said ": "What was it the Engines said, Pilots touching — head...on the single track Half a world behind each back." journey across the continent was a thing of the past; the caravan and the pony express were passing...
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Building the Pacific Railway: The Construction-story of America's First Iron ...

Edwin Legrand Sabin - 1919 - 362 páginas
...completion of the railroad." At San Francisco a genius of the West had drafted his famous verses upon " What the Engines Said " : Pilots touching — head to head....on the single track, Half a world behind each back? And a genius of the East had uttered, as demanded by his muse: Ring out, oh bells ! Let cannon roar...
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History of Hall County, Nebraska: A Narrative of the Past with Special ...

August F. Buechler, Robert J. Barr - 1920 - 1010 páginas
...What was it the Engines said. Pilots touching — head to head, Facing on the single track, Half the world behind each back? This is what the Engines said,...from the West, "I am from Sierra's crest, And, if -altitude's a test, Why, I reckon, it's confessed, That I've done my level best." Said the Engine from...
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History of Hall County, Nebraska: A Narrative of the Past with Special ...

August F. Buechler, Robert J. Barr - 1920 - 1040 páginas
...meant to Nebraska, to the nation, to Hall County, is told by Berte Harte: WHAT THE ENGINES SAID What was it the Engines said, Pilots touching — head to head, Facing on the single track, Half the world behind each back? This is what the Engines said, Unreported and unread. With a prefatory...
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Die Lokomotive in Kunst, Witz und Karikatur

Hannoversche Maschinenbau-Aktien-Gesellschaft - 1922 - 174 páginas
...(Opening of the Pa rille Railroad.) What was it the engines said, Pilots touching, — head to head Pacing on the single track, Half a world behind each back?...from the West: „I am from Sierra's crest; And if altitude's a test, Why, I reckon, its confessed That I've done my level best." Said the Engine from...
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History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893

Frederic Logan Paxson - 1924 - 626 páginas
...the event. Among the many poets of the day, Bret Harte stood out with his much quoted verse: "What was it the Engines said, Pilots touching, head to head Facing on a single track. Half a world behind each back?** He let the eastern engine get the worst of the argument,...
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A Short History of American Railways: Covering Ten Decades

Slason Thompson - 1925 - 498 páginas
...Pacific railways at Promontory, Utah. "That event was celebrated in a poem by Bret Harte, beginning: What was it the engines said, Pilots touching head to head,...on the single track Half a world behind each back? And what was this great work whose completion marked the meeting of the iron girdle across a continent,...
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A Short History of the American People, Volumen2

Robert Granville Caldwell - 1927 - 606 páginas
...joined at Ogden, Utah, on May loth, 1869. Bret Harte caught the spirit of the moment in his poem : "What was it the Engines said, Pilots, touching, head to head Facing on a single track, Half a world behind each back? " The Eastern engine could boast of cities and farms,...
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Bulletin

Railway & Locomotive Historical Society - 1926 - 488 páginas
...to'.vard our journey's end at Pittsfield. BY FRANCIS BHET HARTE. (Opening of the Pacific Railroad.) What was it the engines said, Pilots touching, — head...Engine from the West: "I am from Sierra's crest. And if altitude's a test, Why, I reckon, it's confessed That I've done my level best". Said the Engine from...
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Bulletin, Temas11-20

Railway & Locomotive Historical Society - 1926 - 656 páginas
...(Opening of the Pacific Railroad.) What was it the engines said. Pilots touching. — head to head Faring on the single track. Half a world behind each back?...prefatory screech. In a florid Western .speech, Said the Kngine from the West: "I am from Sierra's crest. And if altitude's a test. Why. I reckon, it's confessed...
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