Highways and HorsesChapman and Hall, limited, 1888 - 471 pages |
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... London - there is that over- whelming and invulnerable darkness , which bears not the slightest resemblance to the definition of a fog given by lexicographers , since by them it is described as a dense watery vapour exhaled from the ...
... London - there is that over- whelming and invulnerable darkness , which bears not the slightest resemblance to the definition of a fog given by lexicographers , since by them it is described as a dense watery vapour exhaled from the ...
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... London through the Midland Counties . I have driven from London to Brighton in the day with my own horses , changing half- way , and driven coaches in different parts of England ; so I may be said to have some experience of English ...
... London through the Midland Counties . I have driven from London to Brighton in the day with my own horses , changing half- way , and driven coaches in different parts of England ; so I may be said to have some experience of English ...
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... London - Stagnant state of affairs in rural districts - Continental roads - English roads - Further history of roads in the reigns of Queens Mary and Elizabeth - Difficulty of transporting goods -Pepys ' Diary - Stage waggons and the ...
... London - Stagnant state of affairs in rural districts - Continental roads - English roads - Further history of roads in the reigns of Queens Mary and Elizabeth - Difficulty of transporting goods -Pepys ' Diary - Stage waggons and the ...
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... London - Stagnant state of affairs in rural districts Continental roads - English roads - Further history of roads in the reigns of Queens Mary and Elizabeth - Difficulty of transporting goods - Pepys ' Diary - Stage waggons and the ...
... London - Stagnant state of affairs in rural districts Continental roads - English roads - Further history of roads in the reigns of Queens Mary and Elizabeth - Difficulty of transporting goods - Pepys ' Diary - Stage waggons and the ...
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... London in a N.W. direction , and extended as far as Chester ; Ermine Street commenced at London , and passing through Lincoln was carried through Carlisle and thence into Scotland ; the Foss - way branched off in a S.W. direction from ...
... London in a N.W. direction , and extended as far as Chester ; Ermine Street commenced at London , and passing through Lincoln was carried through Carlisle and thence into Scotland ; the Foss - way branched off in a S.W. direction from ...
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Page 352 - Now in building of chaises, I tell you what, There is always somewhere a weakest spot, In hub, tire, felloe, in spring or thill, In panel, or crossbar, or floor , or sill, In screw, bolt, thoroughbrace, lurking still, Find it somewhere you must and will, Above or below, or within or without, And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, A chaise breaks down but doesn't wear out. But the Deacon swore (as Deacons do, With an "I dew vum...
Page 352 - He would build one shay to beat the taown 'n' the keounty 'n' all the kentry raoun' ; It should be so built that it couldn' break daown . " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T" make that place uz strong uz the rest.
Page 352 - ... em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he 'put her through.
Page 266 - I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun...
Page 186 - Hobson kept a stable of forty good cattle, always ready and fit for travelling: but when a man came for a horse, he was led into the stable, where there was great choice, but he obliged him to take the horse which stood next to the stable door: so that every customer was alike well served according to his chance, and every horse ridden with the same justice: from whence it became a proverb, when what ought to be your election was forced upon you to say
Page 291 - Clouds too ! And a mist upon the Hollow! Not a dull fog that hides it, but a light airy gauze-like mist, which in our eyes of modest admiration gives a new charm to the beauties it is spread before: as real gauze has done ere now, and would again, so please you, though we were the Pope.
Page 352 - Huddup!" said the parson Off went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the Moses was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill. First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill And the parson was sitting upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meet'n'-house clock Just the hour of the Earthquake shock ! What do you think the parson found,...
Page 291 - The beauty of the night is hardly felt, when Day comes leaping up. Yoho ! Two stages, and the country roads are almost changed to a continuous street. Yoho, past marketgardens, rows of houses, villas, crescents, terraces, and squares; past...
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