"Channel tunnel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... travelers go between the wheels, and are nearly on a level with the rails; nevertheless, they are tolerably comfortable. They are certainly the smallest carriages for passengers that have ever been built; and the builder even prophesies that these will be the first to enter into England through the Channel Tunnel. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 • Various
... rumoured that the Government will construct an experimental tunnel between England and the United States in order (1) to cement Anglo-American friendship, and (2) to ascertain if the Channel Tunnel is practicable. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 17, 1920 • Various
... war may legally commence with a hostile act on one side, not preceded by declaration. How frequently this has occurred in practice may be seen from a glance at an historical statement prepared for the War Office by Colonel Maurice a propos of the objections to a Channel tunnel. Whether or no hostilities had previously occurred upon the mainland, I hold that the acts of the Japanese commander in boarding the Kowshing and threatening her with violence in case of disobedience to his orders ...
— Letters To "The Times" Upon War And Neutrality (1881-1920) • Thomas Erskine Holland |
