| 单词 | coach-and-four |
| 例句 | It is a social engineering outfit masquerading as a tech firm, and it appears to regard social responsibility as an outdated piece of apparatus, a wooden coach-and-four in an age of tarmac. Every time we take an Uber we’re spreading its social poison | Laurie Penny 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It was after a visit to some such mansion that Daniel Webster asked, "Did those old fellows go to bed in a coach-and-four?" Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Asking who they were, she was informed that the party consisted of two gentlemen, who had travelled there in a coach-and-four, attended by a livery servant, evidently a foreigner. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z There now, whilst she’s eating that cabbage a coach-and-four might drive over her——’ ‘Never mind, never mind; just run down and fetch her up quick.’ The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The end had come; the clock had struck twelve, and her fineries were rags, her coach-and-four was a pumpkin and mice. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z He drove up to this house one fine day in a coach-and-four. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z It seemed to us to be framed so that a coach-and-four could be driven through every one of its clauses. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z How about a coach-and-four, such as he heard their king had? The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z Presently, a coach-and-four came round the corner where the Brandenburg Lane meets the Ivenack Lane and, in it, sat a general who had been quartered on the Graf of Ivenack the night before. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z He made the fine old mansion of William Penn his residence; kept a coach-and-four; gave splendid soirées and banquets, and charmed the gayer portion of Philadelphia society with his princely displays. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z A French cook and a coach-and-four,—nothing less! Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) In Great Britain, however, the coach-and-four is the more popular. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The mother was brought from Fannet in a coach-and-four, and there was a splendid wedding. The Irish Fairy Book His insolvent condition was due, true enough, to pleasure and his foremost luxury—the luxury of ceaseless charities that he could as ill afford as a coach-and-four. Oliver Goldsmith He might as well ha' ordered her a coach-and-four. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines I saw them arrive in a coach-and-four and chaise-and-pair—two footmen, a page, and two maids. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II The coach-and-four, or more, with booted and belted man on the throne of the swinging chariot, made every boy envious and created in him a desire to become great some day too. Trail Tales Even in that short drive, the idea of riding in a coach-and-four was losing some of its freshness, and deeper thoughts had come. The Fairchild Family The conscious Mrs. Smith reddened violently, but was relieved by the interruption of a handsome carriage, though not the coach-and-four, stopping before her house. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 "Did you command the Daumont coach-and-four to meet us at the station?" Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess No enemy, however, appeared, but in about ten minutes, having taken the direction of the western lodge, they were surprised by the sight of a coach-and-four coming rapidly along. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Lord Eldon used to say, that 'no man in England could construct an act of Parliament through which he could not drive a coach-and-four.' Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject I sobbed and cried the whole way, for where were the delights then to me of a coach-and-four? The Fairchild Family Mrs. Morgan Silsbee lives ten or twelve miles out; their place is said to be magnificent, and I know that she and her husband drives a coach-and-four on state occasions. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 "I suppose you want to go off in a coach-and-four!" The Wind in the Willows He drove a coach-and-four when going to his country place out on the Seventh Street Road near Brightwood. A Portrait of Old George Town We could have driven a coach-and-four neither through, nor around, any such express prohibition. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject This airing was taken in a coach-and-four; and they generally went the same road and turned at the same place every day but Sunday throughout the week. The Fairchild Family "I'm not riding in my coach-and-four yet, as you see, Crump, but the time may come." McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 "Running as pretty as a coach-and-four when I left at seven this morning," said Sam. The Vicar of Bullhampton Here the party went off in two detachments, one in a sleigh with six horses, and the other rattled along in a coach-and-four. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 When priority of service is had, like a coach-and-four, by the man who can afford to pay for it, industry, which is the source of wealth, receives its fitting reward. Ralph the Heir Elegant coach-and-four remind the visitor of days of grandeur of Old Virginia when the FFV’s were entertained at the royal palace. Blue Ridge Country The evening papers said that I had stopped a runaway coach-and-four on Fifth Avenue, that morning, by lassoing the leader. Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas You speak of a wife as if she were the same as a coach-and-four, or a box at the opera,—a sort of luxury for rich men. The Vicar of Bullhampton Only think how she’ll flaunt about now, with a coach-and-four perhaps, and such like. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn He was most distinctly aware of pleasure in the sight of the Tory candidate driving past, at a pace to overtake steam-cars, in a coach-and-four, with amateur postilions and an orchestra of horns. Clayhanger "And I suppose she told you some rubbish," said Herbert; "sent you riding off in a coach-and-four with your pockets full of money and your barrels full of beer?" Carry's Rose, or, the Magic of Kindness. A Tale for the Young Every kind of a conveyance that could be used was pressed into service, from the lumbering stage coach that had been retired from active service, to the coach-and-four of the millionaire. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson The girl's active imagination could well picture the imposing motor which came to the door as a coach-and-four, resplendent with regal trappings. Red-Robin I looked at them for a moment, unable to credit my eyes, and then I spoke to them in German, saying, "Where the devil's my coach-and-four?" He Walked Around the Horses Why, that Palmer drove down with a coach-and-four and postilions, and he kept us all alive for a week. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary "Well, when they come back we'll have her to tell us ours," said Lizzie, "and see if the coach-and-four is to fall to our lot." Carry's Rose, or, the Magic of Kindness. A Tale for the Young Then the next thing that happened was that a coach-and-four with a Lord in it came swinging along the road; and he wanted to marry the second daughter. English Fairy Tales Well, two days after this dainty stranger with his coach-and-four came to the village, a little wretched beggar-boy, leading by a dirty string a forlorn muddy little dog, appeared on the street. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories "Pardon, excellency," he said, "there's been no coach-and-four here, all the time we've been here." He Walked Around the Horses A most inspiritingly young old lady, as soft and white as a powder-puff, in a carriage that was like a coach-and-four. My Friend Prospero On the third day she looked out of the back-door, and saw a coach-and-four coming along the road. More English Fairy Tales So they were wed, and there were great rejoicings, and the bride and bridegroom drove away in the coach-and-four. English Fairy Tales The thieves had driven off with the coach-and-four, and the poor little boy had crawled back to the village. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories We took about two hours, starting just after we had eaten lunch, and in all that time, there was no coach-and-four in the inn yard. He Walked Around the Horses He is of good family, and doth keep his coach-and-four like any gentleman. The Mississippi Bubble Those of high Turkish functionaries or foreign ambassadors are very different from yours—as different as a coach-and-four from a common cab. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 And it came to be understood that a coach-and-four could be driven through the loopholes that had been left in the law, and saloonkeepers began to remark, "Prohibition don't prohibit." Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler The most beautiful coach-and-four is drawn up there. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories I made no attempt to argue with him—one wastes time arguing with madmen—but if this man could believe that, the transformation of a coach-and-four into a cabbage wagon was a small matter indeed. He Walked Around the Horses Someone's bound for Sussex, in a coach-and-four; And, when the long whips crack, Running at the back Barks the swift Dalmatian, whose spots are seven-score. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 We have dinner-parties, and drive out in the coach-and-four the footmen put on their newest canary-coloured liveries; we drink claret and champagne as if we were accustomed to it every day. Vanity Fair On the third day she looked out o' the back door, and saw a coach-and-four coming along the road. The Blue Fairy Book Some little time before, he and his little son had journeyed to London, with their coach-and-four. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Their dishonoured representative was driving up from the railway station in a coach-and-four, with music and a banner. Fantastic Fables "That curiously historic worn-out family with its ghostly legend of the coach-and-four?" Tess of the d'Urbervilles On the first of May in each year he used to drive up, in his coach-and-four, Mohawk Village, to attend the annual Indian festival which was to held there. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 She came home in a coach-and-four nearly two hours ago, with Monsieur de Malfort; and I think they must have quarrelled. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The pretty child had straightway driven off in his coach-and-four as soon as he had left Margary's mother's cottage; he had only stopped to have some defect in the wheels remedied. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories And I might have gone on with such weakness longer, if I had not heard that his coach-and-four was ordered for the Moonstock Inn. Erema — My Father's Sin The Madonna arrived in a gilt coach-and-four, a good deal the worse for wear, with a coachman and two shaggy-headed footmen, all bareheaded. Here, There and Everywhere We set out in the coach-and-four, with two men on horseback, and got to Warminster, a small town in Somersetshire, a little before twelve. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 She started at hearing the snort of a horse, and the jingling of bit and curb-chain, and came suddenly upon a coach-and-four, with a couple of post-boys standing beside their team. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger He can handle a drill or a coach-and-four; he can tell all about the art of ancient Babylon; and he beat me playing cribbage, which shows that he ain't on the level. The Iron Trail Her hand actually shook when she tore the envelope open, and as the engraved card made its appearance, Susan's expression might have been that of Cinderella eyeing her coach-and-four. Saturday's Child Did not the King send off Revolutionary Prince Napoleon in a coach-and-four? The Paris Sketch Book A coach-and-four, resplendent in liveries, stopped at the door; I knew it well, and so did all Norton Bury. John Halifax, Gentleman Who is this finely dressed traveler alighting from his coach-and-four, attended by servants in livery? The Story of a Bad Boy One afternoon at that period she appeared in the streets of Saratoga in an open coach-and-four, her horses ridden by gaily dressed postilions. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 |
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