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The Harleian Miscellany:: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining ... - Page 42
1810
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The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and ..., Volume 8

Harleian miscellany - 1810 - 610 pages
...tired jades, to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in mire; afterwards sit in the cold, till teams of horses can be sent...good their stage i Is it for a man's pleasure, or ad. vamageous to his health and business, to travel with a mixed compnny that he knows not how to converse...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 8

William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1810 - 606 pages
...tired jades, to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced te wade up to the knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the cold, till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out? Is it fur their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or pearch, or axletree broken,...
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The Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1838 - 492 pages
...writer, "to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in mire ; and afterwards to sit in the cold, till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out;" but is morally certain to accomplish his journey in a small fraction of that time which was formerly...
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The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire

British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...tired jades, to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the cold till teams of horses can be sent to...travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree broken, and then to wait three or four hours, sometimes half a day, to have them...
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Curiosities of Communication: The Road. The Railway. The Electric Telegraph ...

Telegraph - 1851 - 112 pages
...tired jades, to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the cold till teams of horses can be sent to...travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or peich, or axletree broken, and then to wait three or four hours, sometimes half a day, to have them...
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Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Social Influences

Frederick Smeeton Williams - Railroads - 1852 - 418 pages
...laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to his knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the coach till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach...travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree broken ; and then to wait three or four hours (sometimes half the day), and afterwards...
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Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Social Influences

Frederick Smeeton Williams - Railroads - 1852 - 416 pages
...coach out ? Is it for their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree broken ; and then to wait three or four hours (sometimes half the day), and afterwards travel all night to make up their stage?" He benevolently argued, that only...
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The book of carriages, or, A short account of modes of conveyance

Book - 1853 - 230 pages
...forced to wade up to the knees in mire? afterwards to sit in the cold till trains of horses can come and pull the coach out ? Is it for their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree, broken, and then to wait three to four hours, sometimes half a day to have them...
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The Book of Carriages ; Or, A Short Account of Modes of Conveyance, from ...

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee - Carriages and carts - 1853 - 234 pages
...forced to wade up to the knees in mire? afterwards to sit in the cold till trains of horses can come and pull the coach out ? Is it for their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree, broken, and then to wait three to four hours, sometimes half a day to have them...
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Once Upon a Time, Volume 1

Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1854 - 342 pages
...tired jades, to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the cold till teams of horses can be sent to...travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree broken, and then to wait three or four hours, sometimes half a day, to have them...
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