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 6
... pass through with him . On seeing the heap of Silver , the King exclaimed , " What's all that Money for ? " The Treasurer replied , " Sire , it is half of the Sum which your Majesty commanded me to give to the Artist . " - On which ...
... pass through with him . On seeing the heap of Silver , the King exclaimed , " What's all that Money for ? " The Treasurer replied , " Sire , it is half of the Sum which your Majesty commanded me to give to the Artist . " - On which ...
Strona 48
... Coach - house , 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 .
... Coach - house , 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 .
Strona 70
... pass- ing through the Carriage , without its blowing in directly upon you : this , to Invalids who easily catch Cold , is very important . The Back Light must not be more than 27 inches from the surface of the Cushions , or it will be ...
... pass- ing through the Carriage , without its blowing in directly upon you : this , to Invalids who easily catch Cold , is very important . The Back Light must not be more than 27 inches from the surface of the Cushions , or it will be ...
Strona 101
... pass along is certainly ex- tremely desirable to the Ears of the Inhabitants of the Houses which border the Streets so altered . Our Granite Pavement has shared the fate of every thing in this World , where nothing remains long at rest ...
... pass along is certainly ex- tremely desirable to the Ears of the Inhabitants of the Houses which border the Streets so altered . Our Granite Pavement has shared the fate of every thing in this World , where nothing remains long at rest ...
Strona 121
... pass , and to the Ornaments ; likewise the inside Winker - pieces and the head chains ; these are the likeliest parts to look to for a proof of the Furniture , but the Leather is the best guide , for if the pipes and ley of the Collars ...
... pass , and to the Ornaments ; likewise the inside Winker - pieces and the head chains ; these are the likeliest parts to look to for a proof of the Furniture , but the Leather is the best guide , for if the pipes and ley of the Collars ...
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