 | 1867 - 634 páginas
...the caravan moved at a footpace, and in the winter the cold was often insupportable. A coach- aud-su is in our time never seen, except as part of some pageant. Gentlemen, in the time of Charles П., travelled with six horses, because with a smaller number there... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1878 - 268 páginas
...mind, and firmness of soul are gifts of nature. 11. Each battle sees the other's umbered face. 12. A coach and six is, in our time, never seen, except as a part of some pageant. — Macaulay. 13 An hour, a day of virtuous liberty, 226. SUBJECTS CONNECTED... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 692 páginas
...winter the cold was often insupportable.* The rich commonly travelled in their own carriages, with ut least four horses. Cotton, the facetious poet, attempted...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... | |
 | Edward Jeboult - 1873 - 394 páginas
...their own carriages, with at least four horses. A coach and six is in our time never seen, except ав part of some pageant. The frequent mention therefore...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 - 1876 - 508 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...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 - 1876 - 506 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...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 - 1877 - 738 páginas
...Journal of 17'-,'- How fierce an CHAP, hibitory tax on many useful articles. Coal in par11 L ticular was never seen except in the districts where it was...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... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 páginas
...pair, but found at St. 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 rnire. 12. Public carriages had recently been much improved. During... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 652 páginas
...England in 1685. " The rich commonly travelled in their own carriages with at least four horses. . . A coach and six is in our time never seen except as...six horses, because with a smaller number there was great danger of sticking fast in the mire." The following anecdote, preserved by the indefatigable... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 páginas
...pair, but found at St. Albans that the journey would be insupportably tedious, and altered his plan. A coach and six is in our time never seen, except...necessity. People, in the time of Charles the Second, traveled with six horses, because with a smaller number there was great danger of sticking fast in... | |
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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.... 
