England and the English in the eighteenth century: Chapters in the social history of the times ; in 2 vol, Volume 2Ward & Downey, 1892 - 418 pagina's |
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... called ' riding post - that is to say , he hired at each stage for the sum of eightpence two horses , with a post - boy , who carried the portmanteau behind him , and rode back with the horses when fresh ones were required . Pillions ...
... called ' riding post - that is to say , he hired at each stage for the sum of eightpence two horses , with a post - boy , who carried the portmanteau behind him , and rode back with the horses when fresh ones were required . Pillions ...
Pagina 11
... Called by a vile prostitution of language a turnpike , but chris- tened , I apprehend , by people who do not know what a road is , it is all of chalk stone , of which everywhere loose ones are rolling about to lame horses . It is full ...
... Called by a vile prostitution of language a turnpike , but chris- tened , I apprehend , by people who do not know what a road is , it is all of chalk stone , of which everywhere loose ones are rolling about to lame horses . It is full ...
Pagina 18
... called , travelled by them , they were expensive . The majority of people either patronised the waggons or , which was more frequently the case , they stopped at home . A journey to or from Newcastle to London was in those days a ...
... called , travelled by them , they were expensive . The majority of people either patronised the waggons or , which was more frequently the case , they stopped at home . A journey to or from Newcastle to London was in those days a ...
Pagina 20
... called ' flying machines . ' These vehicles , which are drawn by six horses , go twenty - eight leagues in a day , from Dover to London , for a single guinea . Servants are entitled to a place for half that money , either behind the ...
... called ' flying machines . ' These vehicles , which are drawn by six horses , go twenty - eight leagues in a day , from Dover to London , for a single guinea . Servants are entitled to a place for half that money , either behind the ...
Pagina 21
... a miserable waggon track , called Ramsbury narrow way . One by one , from little to less , he dawdled away all his passengers , and 1 Gent.'s Mag . xxii . 552 when asked why he was such an obstinate idiot , ROADS AND TRAVELLING . 21.
... a miserable waggon track , called Ramsbury narrow way . One by one , from little to less , he dawdled away all his passengers , and 1 Gent.'s Mag . xxii . 552 when asked why he was such an obstinate idiot , ROADS AND TRAVELLING . 21.
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