Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill, À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 · London : Pub. at the Punch Office · leaf 292
a red jacket inflated with gas, he would, if thrown, fall so very lightly, that brokennecks and dislocated shoulders would become matters of impossibility in the field. … Races also might be established, in which Mr. Green, the celebrated balloon-runner,might be matched against Devil-amongst-the-Tailors, or any other celebrated race-horse A HINT TO PROJECTORS. 247 of the day ; or else foot-races might take place on a railway, amongst as many runnersas the breadth of…
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