 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 524 pages
...HORSEMANSHIP. A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of on« ut both horse an<? inaa into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell...imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the canibuls adored the divell. TAYLOR, THE WATEP P^ET. I HAVE made casual mention, more than once,... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - Cheshire (England) - 1922 - 406 pages
...monster in those days, and the sight of them put both horses and man into amazement ; some said it was a crab-shell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples in which the cannibals adored the devil." But a little before the Restoration the desire for travel, together... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1859 - 460 pages
...coachman. A coach was a strange monster in those dayes, and the sight of them put both horse and man to amazement : some said it was a great crab-shell brought...imagined it to be one of the Pagan temples in which the cannibals adore the devil !" He added, " the mischiefs that have been done by them are not to be... | |
 | Robert Blakey - Caricature - 1859 - 422 pages
...people of London were quite confounded at its singular make and use. "Some said it was a crab-shell from China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples in which the cannibals adored the Devil ; moreover, it makes people imitate sea-crabs in being drawn side-ways,... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1860 - 486 pages
...days, and the sight of one put b«th horst and man into amazement. Some said It was a great erabshcll brought out of China, and some Imagined It to be one of the pagan temples, in which the canlbals adored the divcll. TAYLOE, Tint WATKE POET. I HAVE made casual mention, more than once,... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1861 - 852 pages
...was fortunately for Elizabeth herself, otherwise it might have been crushed in the bud ; for, аз Taylor, the water-poet, informs us, "a coach was a...by the enraged porters and carmen. The first coach appears to have been little better than the covered waggon» and horse-litters in which ladies of the... | |
 | 1863 - 788 pages
...dayes, and the sight of them put both horse and man to amazement : some said it was a great crab- shell out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples." What other queer notions were entertained, and what alarming prognostications were uttered, we will... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1867 - 232 pages
...those days," says a writer of that period, " and the sight of it put both horse and man into amazemeet. Some said it was a great crab-shell brought out of...and some imagined it to be one of the Pagan temples QUEEN ELIZABETH'S STATE CARRIAGE. in which the cannibals adored the devil." When acquaintances met... | |
 | David Bremner - Industrial arts - 1869 - 554 pages
...coachman. A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of them put both horse and man to amazement ; some said it was a great crab-shell brought...imagined it to be one of the Pagan temples in which the cannibals adore the devil. The mischiefs that hath been done by them are not to be numbered, as... | |
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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. 
