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Carriages & coaches : their history & their evolution (1912)

Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950 · London : Martin Secker · leaf 132

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nd afterwards had a mind to drive the coachhimself. Having put only the secretary into it, hewhipped up those six grey horses, which the Count ofOldenburgh had presented unto His Highness, whodrove pretty handsomely for some time. But at last,provoking these horses too much with the whip, theygrew… … Coach in the time of Charles I (From Coach and Sedan Pleasantly Disputing ^ Coach in the time of Charles^lII (From Thrupps History of Coaches V SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INNOVATIONS 113 From this, comments Sir W^alter Gilbey, whoquotes the letter, it is evident that when six horseswere used a postilHon…

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