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 269
This word, which is the Latin for for a//, probably de-notes the universal accommodation afforded by this vehicle. 256 FRENCH DILIGENCE. genteel word, conductors;—but the vast number ofthem now plying, and the use of them by all ranks ofpersons, show that the convenience of traversing Londonfrom… … French Diligence. The diligence of France is a much heavier and morecumbrous vehicle than the stage-coach of England, andinfinitely slower in its movements. The same may besaid of a diligence (the only one) which runs from St.Petersburgh to Moscow. A late English traveller speaksof it in the most…
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