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 99
... least 3,650 Miles in Town , and it is reckoned that they will last twice or thrice as long on a smooth Road , as they will on rough Pavement . It is said that the Macadamising of the Streets , if kept in perfect Repair , would make the ...
... least 3,650 Miles in Town , and it is reckoned that they will last twice or thrice as long on a smooth Road , as they will on rough Pavement . It is said that the Macadamising of the Streets , if kept in perfect Repair , would make the ...
Strona 120
... least , as long as Four Sets of Wheels . Harness for common work should not be encumbered with superfluous Ornaments , & c .: the plainer it is the better . The less the Horse is burdened with trappings , the more easily he can do his ...
... least , as long as Four Sets of Wheels . Harness for common work should not be encumbered with superfluous Ornaments , & c .: the plainer it is the better . The less the Horse is burdened with trappings , the more easily he can do his ...
Strona 134
... least for the lining of the Inner or the Outer Coat of the Stomach . Damp Clothes are the cause of Coachmen being so often and so severely afflicted with Rheumatism ; therefore we insert the follow- ing , which has frequently proved an ...
... least for the lining of the Inner or the Outer Coat of the Stomach . Damp Clothes are the cause of Coachmen being so often and so severely afflicted with Rheumatism ; therefore we insert the follow- ing , which has frequently proved an ...
Strona 149
... least ONE DAY AFTER they have offended you . Never forget to Commend them when they are Right ; nothing can cherish the desire of pleasing in Them so effectually , as to shew them that you are pleased : -it is a much pleasanter , and a ...
... least ONE DAY AFTER they have offended you . Never forget to Commend them when they are Right ; nothing can cherish the desire of pleasing in Them so effectually , as to shew them that you are pleased : -it is a much pleasanter , and a ...
Strona 157
... least a quarter of an hour earlier than you may think is absolutely ne- cessary , that you may have time to find the House , which is not always very easy , espe- cially if your friend has only lately resided there . Those who dwell in ...
... least a quarter of an hour earlier than you may think is absolutely ne- cessary , that you may have time to find the House , which is not always very easy , espe- cially if your friend has only lately resided there . Those who dwell in ...
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