 A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the canibals adored the divell.  Bracebridge Hall; Or, The Humorists. A Medley - Page 109by Washington Irving - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1887 - 952 pages
...internal dangers to which the best-regulated governments are liable. In this perplexed situation of then- affairs, both mother and son have applied to Master...strange monster in those days, and the sight put both horae and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell brought out of China, and some Imagined... | |
 | Washington Irving - American wit and humor - 1896 - 408 pages
...Ready-Money Jack ; which only shows the intrigues and internal dangers to which the best regulated governments are liable. In this perplexed situation...opinions and wishes are so diametrically opposite. "fcorsemansbip. A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both horse and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Cloth bindings (Bookbinding) - 1896 - 406 pages
...Ready-Money Jack ; which only shows the intrigues and internal dangers to which the best regulated governments are liable. In this perplexed situation...opinions and wishes are so diametrically opposite. •fcorsemansbip. A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both horse... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1896 - 386 pages
...Ready-Money Jack ; which only shows the intrigues and internal dangers to which the best regulated governments are liable. In this perplexed situation...other people's concerns, he finds it an exceedingly difiicult part to play, to agree with both parties, seeing that their opinions and wishes are so diametrically... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1896 - 632 pages
...first the use of Coaches hither ; and the said Boonen was Queene Elizabeths Coachman ; for indeede a Coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of them put both horse and man into amazement : some said it was a great Crab-shell brought out of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1900 - 874 pages
...coaches came into use. They were introduced in 1 564 by a Dutch coachman of the Queen ; but we are told ' a coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of it put both man and horse into amazement ; some said it was a great crabshell brought out of China,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 pages
...Ready Money Jack ; which only shows the intrigues and internal dangers to which the best regulated governments are liable. In this perplexed situation...affairs, both mother and son have applied to Master Simon tor counsel ; and, with all his experience in meddling with other people's concerns, he finds it an... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - England - 1903 - 416 pages
...coaches came into use. They were introduced in 1564 by a Dutch coachman of the Queen ; but we are told " a coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of it put both man and horse into amazement ; some said it was a great crabshell brought out of China,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Fur trade - 1904 - 744 pages
...more she meddled with this perverse inclination of the son, the stronger it grew. In the meantime, old Ready-Money was kept completely in the dark; both...wishes are so diametrically opposite. HORSEMANSHIP "A ooaoh was a strange monster in those days, and the sight put both horse and man into amazement. Some... | |
 | Rose Barton - London (England) - 1904 - 480 pages
...introduced them into England before the end of the sixteenth century ; and Taylor observes, " Indeed, a coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of them put man and horse into amazement." The Park was deserted by the " rank and fashion" of the... | |
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