 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 páginas
...facetious poet, attempted to go from London to the Peak with a single pair, but found at St. Alban's that the journey would be insupportably tedious, and...six horses, because with a smaller number there was great danger of sticking fast in the mire. Nor were even six horses always sufficient. Vanbrugh, in... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 páginas
...but found at Saint Albans that the journey would be insupportably tedious, and altered his plan.** A coach and six is in our time never seen, except...six horses, because with a smaller number there was great danger of sticking fast in the mire. Nor were even six horses always sufficient. Vanbrugh, in... | |
 | Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 páginas
...explained by what Macaulay says of the roads and modes of travelling in England in that century. " A coach and six is in our time never seen, except...DISAGREEABLE NECESSITY. People in the time of Charles II [and of course in the time of Cromwell tool travelled with six horsps because with a smaller number,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1858 - 480 páginas
...pair, but found at Saint Albans that the journey would be insupportably tedious, and altered his plan.* A coach and six is in our time never seen, except...disagreeable necessity. People, in the time of "Charles the.Secondj ^travelled -j with six horses, because with a smaller number there C Lk'&s great danger... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1861 - 372 páginas
...as most intimately united—so intimately that they may appear as but one thing.) Proper, or not? " A. coach and six is in our time never seen, except as a part of some pageant."—Hacaiday. "Two thousand a year was a large revenue for a barrister."—Id.... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 páginas
...the name of sea-coal. The rich commonly travelled in their iron carriages with at least four horses. A coach and six is in our time never seen, except as part of some procession. The frequent mention, therefore, of such equipages in old books is likely to mislead us.... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1864 - 816 páginas
...but found at Saint Alban's that the journey would be insupportably tedious, and altered his plau.f A coach and six is in our time never seen, except...six horses, because with a smaller number there was great danger of sticking fast in the mire. Nor were even six horses always sufficient. Vanbrugh, in... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 668 páginas
...travelled in their own carriages, with at least four horses. Cotton, the facetious poet, attempted to fjo from London to the Peak with a single pair, but found...Second, travelled with six horses, because with a Binaller number there was great danger of sticking fast in the mire. Nor were even six horses always... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1866 - 366 páginas
...though in accordance with the syntax of the Classic languages, are not allowable in modern English. " A coach and six is in our time never seen except as a part of some pageant." — Macaulay. " Two thousand a year was a large revenue for a barrister."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1867 - 794 páginas
...facetious poet, attempted to go from London to the Peak with a single pair, but found at Saint Alban's that the journey would be insupportably tedious, and...seen, except as part of some pageant. The frequent mfntion therefore of such equipages in old books is likely to mislead us. We attribute to magnificence... | |
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A coach and six is in our time never seen, except as part of some pageant. The frequent mention therefore of such equipages in old books is likely to mislead us. We attribute to magnificence what was really the effect of a very disagreeable necessity.... 
