The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 252
ing seats, calledboots, where two of the officers sat, as the Lord Mayorsdo now, back to back. We have heard of a lady, who lived during the civilwars of the seventeenth century. Her husband beingdetained a prisoner in London, she set out to effect hisransom. All the horses having been taken away… … Somersetshire Lady on her Journey. These coaches were very clumsy and uncomfortable*They had no springs; and the state of the streets androads occasioned sad jolting. As fashion, however,brought them into use, the nobility vied with each otherin the number of their horses, which were often…
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