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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... clean the Carriage , at least 1s . per Week Rent of Coach - house and Stable £ . s . d . .209 16 6 2 12 Tax on ditto 25 0 0 3 0 0 240 8 6 The advice of our great Dramatic Bard can- not be quoted more aptly than in the following Maxim ...
... clean the Carriage , at least 1s . per Week Rent of Coach - house and Stable £ . s . d . .209 16 6 2 12 Tax on ditto 25 0 0 3 0 0 240 8 6 The advice of our great Dramatic Bard can- not be quoted more aptly than in the following Maxim ...
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... cleaning and greasing , & c . as in Estimate No. 6 , per annum , not less than Duty on Horses and Carriage 11 16 0 10 14 6 217 10 6 D Brought forward A Grand managing Economist informed me that he Liberal Plan of Keeping a Carriage.
... cleaning and greasing , & c . as in Estimate No. 6 , per annum , not less than Duty on Horses and Carriage 11 16 0 10 14 6 217 10 6 D Brought forward A Grand managing Economist informed me that he Liberal Plan of Keeping a Carriage.
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... cleaning the Carriage , from 1s . to 1s . 6d . per week , per annum Tax £ . s . d . 30 0 0 7 16 0 4 0 0 600 47 16 0 And £ 1 . 1s . per Day for Hire of Horses , and 5s . the Coachman . See ESTIMATE No. 7 . Thus , it appears , To keep a ...
... cleaning the Carriage , from 1s . to 1s . 6d . per week , per annum Tax £ . s . d . 30 0 0 7 16 0 4 0 0 600 47 16 0 And £ 1 . 1s . per Day for Hire of Horses , and 5s . the Coachman . See ESTIMATE No. 7 . Thus , it appears , To keep a ...
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... clean , greased , and fit for immediate use : - examine them well before you take them ; for if any part breaks while in your use , you Estimate of Hiring a Carriage for any short Period Of the Comparative Expense of a Private Carriage ...
... clean , greased , and fit for immediate use : - examine them well before you take them ; for if any part breaks while in your use , you Estimate of Hiring a Carriage for any short Period Of the Comparative Expense of a Private Carriage ...
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... , and even while being cleaned in a Public Yard , is unavoidably exposed to continual danger from being care- lessly run against by other Carriages passing to and fro moreover , it is often injured by 48 ESTIMATE NO . VIII .
... , and even while being cleaned in a Public Yard , is unavoidably exposed to continual danger from being care- lessly run against by other Carriages passing to and fro moreover , it is often injured by 48 ESTIMATE NO . VIII .
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