... baggage he never took; then, mounting one of his hunters, his next attention was to get out of London, into that road where turnpikes were the fewest. Then, stopping under any hedge where grass presented itself for his horse, and a little water... Annual Register - Page 22edited by - 1793Full view - About this book
| Horse racing - 1793 - 470 pages
...fage 41.) MR. El wes generally travelled on horfeback. His firft care was to put two or three eg^s boiled hard, into his great coat pocket| or any fcraps of bread he could find. Baggage he never took ; then, mounting one of his hunters, his next attention was to... | |
| G.W. Johnson - Biography - 1795 - 418 pages
...ufually travelled on horfeback; and it was curious to fee him fetting out on a journey : his fir't care was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his great-coat pocket, or any fcraps of bread which he found ; baggage he never took ; then, mounting one... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 424 pages
...was the bufinefe of his life to avoid both. •He always travelled on horfeback. To fee him fetting out on a journey, was a matter truly curious ; his...was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his great-coat pocket, or any fcraps of bread which he found; baggage he never took: then mounting one... | |
| Edward TOPHAM (Major.) - 1802 - 38 pages
...it was the bnfmefs of his life to avoid both. He always travelled on hotteback. To fee him fetting out on a journey was a matter truly curious. His firft...found — baggage he never took — then mounting ene of his hunters, his next attention was to get out of London into that road where the turnpikes... | |
| Characters and characteristics - 1805 - 596 pages
...travelled on horseback, and to •ee him preparing for a journey was a matter truly curious. His first care was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his great-coat pocket, together with a few scraps of bread; then mounting one of his hunters, his next... | |
| Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...travelled on horseback. To see him setting out on a journey, was a matter truly curious : his first care was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his great-coat pocket, or any scraps of bread which he found — baggage he never took — then, mounting... | |
| 1811 - 610 pages
...sitting up the whole of ihe nighr. Mr. Elwes generally travelled on horseback, having first taken care to put two or three eggs boiled hard into his great coat pocket, or any scraps of bread he could find ; then, mounting one of his hunters he made the' best of his way out... | |
| Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 280 pages
...always travelled on horseback ; and to see him setting out on a journey was truly curious: his first care was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his great-coat pocket, or any scraps of bread which he fouud; baggage he never took; then, mounting one... | |
| Great Britain - 1821 - 682 pages
...travelled on horseback. To see him setting out on a journey, was a matter truly curious: his first care was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his great-coat pocket, or any scraps of bread which he found; baggage he never took; then, mounting one... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1825 - 544 pages
...travelled on horseback. .,Tfo see tiim setting out on a journey was a matter truly curious : his first care was to put two or three eggs, boiled hard, into his greatcoat pocket, or any scraps of bread which he found — baggage he never took— then, mounting... | |
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