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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 797

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ental Journey, carried one persononly, and was like the fourth of our illustra-tions. The American Sulkies are of the sameconstruction. The original Barouche we haveengraved, the Landau was only a variety, andthe Lanclaulet still smaller. The original Phaeton is too remarkable amonstrosity to pass… … Adams says of it: To sit on such a seat whenthe horses were going at much speed, would re-quire as much skill as is evinced by a rope-dancer at the theatre. None but an extremelyrobust constitution could stand the violent jolt- ing of such a vehicle over the stones of a pavedstreet. The same writer…

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