| 1838 - 358 pages
...they reached their destination. " We were thrown but once indeed in going," says the relator, " but His Highness's body coach would have suffered very...their shoulders, from Godalming almost to Petworth. The last nine miles of the way cost us six hours to conquer them /" When communication by roads was... | |
| 1828 - 746 pages
...fourteen hours ifl the coach that day without eating any thing, and passing through the worst ways I ever saw In my life. We were thrown but once indeed...and his Highness's body coach, Would have suffered vety much, if the nimble boors of Sussex had not frequently poised it, ot supported it with their shoulders,... | |
| James Heywood Markland - Carriages and carts - 1824 - 692 pages
...fourteen hours in the coach that day without eating any thing, and passing through the worst ways that I ever saw in my life : we were thrown but once indeed in going, but both our coach, which was the leading, and hi& highnesses body coach, would have suffered very often,... | |
| 1829 - 762 pages
...fourteen hours in the coach that day without eating any thing, and passing through the worst ways I ever saw in my life. We were thrown but once indeed...suffered very much if the nimble boors of Sussex had r.ot frequently poised it, or supported it whh their shoulders, from Godalming almost to Petworth,... | |
| Great Britain - 1831 - 470 pages
...fourteen hours in the coach that day without eating anything, and passing through the worst ways I ever saw in my life. We were thrown but once indeed in going, but onr coach, which was the leading one, and his Highness's bodycoach, would have suffered very much,... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...fourteen hours in the coach that day, without eating any thing, and passing through the worst ways that I ever saw in my life : we were thrown but once indeed in going, but both our coach which was leading, and his highness's body coach, would have suffered very often, if... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...leading, and his highness's body coach, would have suffered very often, if the nimbleboors of Sus sex Godalmin almost to Petworth ; and, the nearer we approached the duke's, the more inaccessible it seemed... | |
| Virgil Maxcy - Political science - 1833 - 40 pages
...mire,) till they arrived at their journey's end,' fourteen hours after leaving Windsor. He says they ' would have suffered very much, if the nimble boors of Sussex had not frequently poised the coach or supported it with their shoulders.' It appears, however, notwithstanding this aid, they... | |
| Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - Cooking, English - 1835 - 412 pages
...We were thrown but once indeed in going, but our coach, which was the leading one, and his highness' body coach, would have suffered very much, if the...their shoulders, from Godalming almost to Petworth. The last nine miles of the way cost us six hours to conquer them; and indeed, we had never done it,... | |
| Christian life - 1835 - 480 pages
...(save only when we were overturned or stuck "fast in the mire) till we arrived at our journey's end. We were thrown but once indeed in going, but our coach, which was the leading one, and his highness's body-coach, would have suffered very much, if the nimble boors of Sussex had not frequently poised... | |
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