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" A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the cannibals adored the divell. "
The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to the ... - Page 224
by Charles MacFarlane - 1876
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Shakespeare [sic] and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...was Queene Elizabeth's coachman ; for indeede a coach was 9 strange monster in those days, and Ihe a beauty as you master now." Son. 106. It is a striking...Shakspeare has addressed to his mistress, that we find it the Cannibals adored the divell: but at last those doubt« were cleared, and coach-making became a...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 48

1856 - 1432 pages
...Elizabeth's coachman, — for indeed a coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of them put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it...imagined it to be one of the pagan temples in which the cannibals adored the devil." — TAYLOB, The World runs on Wheels. From The Examiner, 24 Nor. THE...
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Chronicles of Fashion: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early ..., Volume 1

Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 472 pages
...first the use of coaches hither, and the said Boonen was Queen Elizabeth's coachman ; for, indeede, a coach was a strange monster in those days, and the...imagined it to be one of the Pagan Temples, in which the cannibals adored the divell ; but at last those doubts were cleared, and coachmaking became a substantial...
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Bracebridge Hall: Or, the Humorists

Washington Irving - American fiction - 1845 - 412 pages
...diametrically opposite. HORSEMANSHIP. A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it...imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the cannibals adored the divell. TAYLOB, THE WATER POET. I HAVE made casual mention, more than once,...
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An Introduction to English Antiquities: Intended as a Companion to the ...

James Eccleston - England - 1847 - 514 pages
...and great was the astonishment of the people at beholding it. " Some said it was a great crab shell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the cannibals adored the devil." Notwithstanding its uncouth appearance and heavy structure, however,...
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Bracebridge Hall: Or, The Humorists. A Medley

Washington Irving - American fiction - 1849 - 502 pages
...opposite. HORSEMANSHIP. A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both hone and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell...imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the canibals adored the divell. TAYLOR, THB WATER POET. I HAVE made casual mention, more than once,...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1893 - 688 pages
...days, and the right of them put both horse and man into amazement; tome laid it wai a great crabehell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the Pagan temples, in which the Cannibals adored the Devil."§ * The various spellings of the English word during the sixteenth...
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Southey's Common-place Book: Choice passages

Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 656 pages
...days, and the sight of them put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crab shell brought out of China ; and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples in which the cannibals adored the devil." — TAYLOR, The World runs on Wheels. Ibid, p. 240.1 1 The former...
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Bracebridge Hall: Or, The Humorists. A Medley

Washington Irving - 1849 - 496 pages
...sight of one pnt both horse and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell brought ont of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the canibals adored the divell. TAYLOR, TIIE WATER FOIT. I HAVE made casual mention, more than once,...
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Works, Volume 6

Washington Irving - 1851 - 510 pages
...sight of one put both hone an£ man into amazement. Some said it was a great crahshell bronght ont of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the canibals adored the divell. TAYLOR, TH« WATEU POIT. I HATE made casual mention, more than once,...
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