The Traveller's Oracle, Or, Maxims for Locomotion: Containing Precepts for Promoting the Pleasures and Hints for Preserving the Health of Travellers : Part II : Comprising the Horse and Carriage Keeper's Oracle : Rules for Purchasing and Keeping Or Jobbing Horses and Carriages; Estimates of Expenses Occasioned Thereby; and an Easy Plan for Ascertaining Every Hackney-coach Fare, Tom 2Henry Colburn, 1827 |
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Strona 65
... become so used to it , that any change is extremely unpleasant— and if the Elbows or the Seat are too high , or too low , or too narrow , or too wide , & c . when the Body is built , it is always difficult , and F often impossible , to ...
... become so used to it , that any change is extremely unpleasant— and if the Elbows or the Seat are too high , or too low , or too narrow , or too wide , & c . when the Body is built , it is always difficult , and F often impossible , to ...
Strona 66
... become damp : -the whole of the upper part of a Body should be enveloped in one large hide of strong Leather , and neatly worked in , so that it is one solid surface of Leather to paint on , which neither Heat nor Wet can affect for ...
... become damp : -the whole of the upper part of a Body should be enveloped in one large hide of strong Leather , and neatly worked in , so that it is one solid surface of Leather to paint on , which neither Heat nor Wet can affect for ...
Strona 70
... becoming attitudes , & c . and choose wide Door Lights and full Squab- bing ; -if you wish to go about peaceably and quietly , like Sir Solomon Snug , and are con- tented with seeing without being seen , adopt the contracted Lights and ...
... becoming attitudes , & c . and choose wide Door Lights and full Squab- bing ; -if you wish to go about peaceably and quietly , like Sir Solomon Snug , and are con- tented with seeing without being seen , adopt the contracted Lights and ...
Strona 71
... become so scratched , that you can hardly see through them . I recommend the Lining to be Green , with Lace to correspond , and the Green silk Sun shades of the same Colour - Green is pleasant to the Eye , and Superfine Cloth or Tabinet ...
... become so scratched , that you can hardly see through them . I recommend the Lining to be Green , with Lace to correspond , and the Green silk Sun shades of the same Colour - Green is pleasant to the Eye , and Superfine Cloth or Tabinet ...
Strona 73
... becomes faded , if it is turned upside down , the part most in sight will look almost as well as new . If the Ground Colour of the Body is good , New Varnishing will sometimes do almost as well as New Painting . I am told that the best ...
... becomes faded , if it is turned upside down , the part most in sight will look almost as well as new . If the Ground Colour of the Body is good , New Varnishing will sometimes do almost as well as New Painting . I am told that the best ...
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