| 单词 | four-in-hand |
| 例句 | She drove a four-in-hand on her fourteenth birthday, and her cousin, Mr. Jack, got up on the box beside her and tried to take the reins from her hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sen. Cory Booker — black guy, bald head — wore a red four-in-hand. Perspective | Kamala Harris embraced black. That was both unremarkable and theatrically powerful. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Madeline Weeks, the fashion director of GQ, said that the old four-in-hand tie was a perfectly viable option depending on the destination. Noticed: Just in for Spring: The Bow Tie 2010-05-12T17:23:00Z Acting ambassador William B. Taylor Jr. was also duly attired in a suit, with a green four-in-hand — his brow furrowing with his efforts to sort the questions from the chaff. Perspective | For dignity’s sake, Jim Jordan, put on a jacket 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z They will wear businesslike four-in-hand tie knots, as men like Robert De Niro routinely do, and not the requisite bow tie. Formal-Wear Tips From Men?s Fashion Experts 2012-02-22T21:48:18Z It included embroidered lace shirts, floral suits, silk robes and shirts with floppy bow ties reminiscent of the dress-for-success accessories women wore in the 1970s as feminized versions of a four-in-hand knot. Spring 2016 is all about lacy shirts, floral prints, silky fabrics — for men. Hey, why not? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z This time pledged by a man in a bespoke suit and a four-in-hand. Perspective | After a lifetime of vivid symbolism, Queen Elizabeth II faded to gray 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z It was not his signature searing red four-in-hand — the one that hangs well below his belt line, the one with the short end tacked down with tape. Analysis | The night the Trump family decided to dress the part 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Can you remember if he was sporting a traditional formal bow tie or a long, four-in-hand necktie? When it comes to dressing Oscar's lead actor winners, the gold medal goes to Giorgio Armani 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “Why Knot?” for example, uses 10 electric motors to drive 10 mechanisms to construct a four-in-hand knot on a necktie that it wraps around its own neck. An Engineer Creates for Fun After a Lifetime of Workaday Rules 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z But pride of place at the 1900 Games must go to the four-in-hand mail coach event, four horses pulling a coach, parcel delivery as sport. The Joy of Six: Former Olympic sports 2012-07-06T10:51:10Z One other amusement they had, which was no less an amusement to us—they had a drag—a regular English four-in-hand. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z As we approached the hills he put on an extra horse, and then two, so that we were driving four-in-hand. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z A horn sounded behind him; and a minute later a four-in-hand passed with tinkling chains and rumbling wheels. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z They were passing a four-in-hand with loud toots upon their Gabriel horn, which were being answered by the guard of the coach, when he suddenly recognized the occupants of the car. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z This rule should be particularly attended to in driving “tandem” or “four-in-hand,” as a cut with a heavy tandem-whip is by no means a pleasant accompaniment to your drive. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z And yet, a four-in-hand of her type, as she now is, Tantivy coach thrown in for make-weight, are not worth one Patroclus for real saddle work, because she has no conception of moderate gaits. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z To-day we fare no farther behind our four-in-hand than Mr. Shoolbred can take us, and he has the route entirely to himself. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Behind the four-in-hand followed a stylish victoria, in which sat a handsome young woman alone. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z "Put the two pairs together and make a four-in-hand," suggested Etheridge, eagerly. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Being almost a beginner myself, it is with diffidence that I commence to relate my small experiences in four-in-hand driving. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z But the stag four-in-hand almost brought Lord Orford to a sporting death before his time. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Then in the clear space at the far end of the building he saw three coaches, one of them already equipped with its four-in-hand, while the horses were being harnessed to the others. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The bay Morgans, which have been "stolen" for the sake of effect, are again harnessed, as leaders of the four-in-hand. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z "To C�sar's Head this time; you to drive the four-in-hand, and I to ride Kentucky Belle." Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z In driving a team, the first thing to be learnt is the art of "catching" a four-in-hand whip. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z Perhaps the maddest and at the same time most sporting thing he did was to train four stags to go four-in-hand. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Here and there were other private carriages—coup�s and phaetons, for the most part, with once and again a four-in-hand coach rumbling heavily on the firmly packed road. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z "Driving about the world four-in-hand, no doubt, and taking someone else in as he took me." The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z The husband of the latter lady was, when we met, a very rich man who drove a four-in-hand and sent his son to Eton. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z As to the use of a four-in-hand whip, there is almost as much art in hitting the leaders as there is in throwing a fishing-fly. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z He danced well, drove four-in-hand, and was a very Œdipus in expounding anagrams and conundrums. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z In the end, his American fear of anything bright conquered, and he bought a gray “four-in-hand” that might have been made in Philadelphia. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z In the "Pendulum" Katy has a new patch in her crazy quilt which the ice man cut from the end of his four-in-hand. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Suddenly, there was a tremendous uproar and excitement, and I saw a four-in-hand drive up. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z The stages on an average were eight miles, and the horses, four-in-hand, went at a gallop. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z In my day Fairman Rogers' four-in-hand was the limit, and but few Philadelphians had the money and the recklessness to rival him. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z He takes it out and with a deft twist forms it's length into a four-in-hand over his finger. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z O. Henry's is the type of mind to which images like this four-in-hand and this palm room are presented in exhaustless abundance and unflagging continuity. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z One lovely evening we drove out to Greenwich to dinner, in Newcastle's four-in-hand coach. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Tally understood well how to drive a four-in-hand, but the going was not speedy, accustomed as the passengers were to traveling in fast automobiles. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z The Teano four-in-hand was very handsome, and there were one or two others we couldn't make out which were very well turned out—some of the victorias, too, very smart, with handsome stepping horses. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z Thus did the patricians lose a privilege they had abused; and the two Consuls drove four-in-hand into the city in spite of them. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z My tie was a made-up four-in-hand of crimson satin—not too new, my suit of very serviceable check with large side-pockets, purchased second-hand, together with other oddments, from a shop in Covent Garden. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z People either had their own wagons and trekked across the veld, rode horses, or drove a four-in-hand. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z His hand rose quickly to his carefully tied four-in-hand and he fingered it nervously. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z He is not familiar with the place and, struggling to restrain the plunging four-in-hand, enquires the way in broken sentences from the box, and only half catches the answers, which are indistinct in the tumult. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Our host's elegant four-in-hand equipage, lined with white satin, was drawn up before the door, with an escort of fifteen horsemen. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Beside him sat a man in livery, it was true; but Bob himself was going to drive the four-in-hand. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z "I wonder where the General is?" remarked the Count, confidentially flicking the venerable horse with the whip and holding the reins in the manner of one driving a four-in-hand. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z As he handled his rapier perfectly, so he drove the four-in-hand; and, doubtless, in all other things he was equally admirable. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z There was nothing for it but to put on the well-worn skirt of brown panama serge, a clean shirt waist and a white four-in-hand. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z He was a perfect whip with a four-in-hand, and now, as he handled a "bright" team of livery horses, it was child's play to him. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z There were garden-parties of course, and battles of flowers and lawn-tennis tournaments, and we went for rides and drove four-in-hand or motored, and the people stood and gaped, because I was Samuel Spoelmann's daughter. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z She wore a dark green skirt and coat, and a narrow four-in-hand cravat tied under a flannel collar that clasped her throat snugly. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Robert Gunther passed by, driving his four-in-hand at a furious speed, with a very handsome girl sitting by his side. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z After ten years of childless marriage he died suddenly, of his first and unfortunately unsuccessful attempt to drive four-in-hand. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z A four-in-hand, guided by himself, issuing from the gates at Bonshaw and whirling along Yonge Street into town, was a common phenomenon.—He died at the Falls of Niagara in 1856. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z When Wanderer slackened speed a mile on the hither side of the Corindah gate, it was with some surprise that Pollie descried a strange four-in-hand converging from another point. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z "That he is, sir, though he never was leader in a four-in-hand; but, you see, poor creatures of quadrupeds forget themselves down here, just like their betters!" The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z But his four-in-hand seemed aware of the fact, and took no ungenerous advantage of him. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z When at last all her anxieties on this point had been relieved, and they had passed through the station to the carriages, they observed a magnificent four-in-hand, the harness decorated with a coronet. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z The Windsor bow or the narrow four-in-hand scarf may be worn with the Eaton collar. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines She could drive like a goddess, but for months she had not taken the four-in-hand ribbons between her fingers, for this reason more than anything else--that she had lost her pleasure in it.... The Undying Past When I married," the Duchess said, "I was the best four-in-hand whip for a woman in my set. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode And I said quickly: "Is he—is Mr. Burke the man who drove up in the four-in-hand this morning?" Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Truyn said disdainfully, "speculator that he is, he may bore through the isthmus of Panama, for all I care, but he cannot get together such a four-in-hand as that." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Neckwear—Ascot, once over or four-in-hand in somber effects. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines And so, probably, full of those proud thoughts, he drives up to the prophet’s humble dwelling with his chariot, four-in-hand, and his splendid retinue. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses He evidently liked horses and dogs; a drive four-in-hand, and a gallop "to hounds," were plainly things not opposed to his taste. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them "Find out for me, will you?" said the four-in-hand young man. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The two topics of the hour were the upset that had befallen young Capriani and his four-in-hand the day before, and the murder of an old widow in a village near Schneeburg. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z A plain white or finely striped white plaited shirt with turn-over collar and dark narrow four-in-hand scarf is in good taste with dull leather or patent leather Oxfords. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines I have learnt to rule humanity and drive it in harness before me like a well-broken four-in-hand,—but that boy sticks in my head. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts Occasionally on a high drag behind a piebald four-in-hand. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident He laughed and let her squirm from his hold, strolled over to the dresser mirror, pulled his red four-in-hand upward from its knot and tugged his collar open. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Lord Worthington drives upon the scene in his four-in-hand, and descends ADELAIDE. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded He flourished his four-in-hand whip as he spoke, and with one tremendous cut came down on the team, from leader to wheeler, accompanying the stroke with a yell there was no mistaking. Jack Hinton The Guardsman We take 'em out in the morning, a regular string altogether, brakes and all; but the prettiest turn-out we ever turned out was Lady Dufferin's pony four-in-hand. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel This driving four-in-hand was generally taken for ostentation, but it was only a personal gratification. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine “I might be able to drive four-in-hand, but I believe I’d be rather out of it with eight.” In the Whirl of the Rising Now mount we on my backer's four-in-hand, And to St. George's Church, whose portico Hanover Square shuts off from Conduit Street, Repair we all. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded Four horses, or “four-in-hand,” are harnessed in two pairs, one following the other, and called respectively the “leaders” and the “wheelers”—the same terms being used for the two horses of a tandem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Just then a four-in-hand drove up and was appealed to by the lady occupants for assistance. Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant With this, a colored shirt is permissible; a four-in-hand tie, derby, morning gloves, and black shoes. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 What four-in-hand prances by without some vacant seat, be it even in the rumble? The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life One had a charger to get off; another wanted a purchaser for his four-in-hand drag. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Though it is a less difficult accomplishment to drive a single horse than a tandem or four-in-hand, or even a pair, it nevertheless requires both knowledge and the skill that practice alone confers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" You could drive a four-in-hand, drink champagne, keep a lot of servants. St. Peter's Umbrella These were nothing in the eyes of Phaeton; go he would, so off he set, full speed, four-in-hand. Wanderings in South America Then I wrapped it around my neck and tied it in a regular four-in-hand necktie knot. The Double Spy As for me, the employment of small and insignificant means is highly distasteful; instead of following the lone mountain-path on foot, I'd drive "life's high road" four-in-hand, if I could. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas For in four-in-hand the leaders act in some measure as a restraint upon each other’s freedom of action, whereas the leader in tandem is entirely independent and therefore more difficult to control. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Specially noteworthy is the bright little picture on the title-page, “Martin Chuzzlewit.” where the coach, with its spanking four-in-hand, gallops on its distant journey after depositing Martin Chuzzlewit at his destination. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. He was headed for the cattle-camp, the lines over a four-in-hand hitched to three empty wagons, a third team tied to the tailboard of the hindmost box. The Plow-Woman Then I tied it in a four-in-hand knot and adjusted the ends until they were perfect. The Double Spy I did for a moment think of having a pony four-in-hand, but such a Liliputian equipage would have merely attracted greater attention. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 Of comparatively recent years a great improvement has been effected in the harnessing of a tandem by the introduction of swinging bars similar to those used in four-in-hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Lucky to have secured such a good amateur whip as BOB to drive our four-in-hand. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 And the other night I was moved almost to tears by the sight of a four-in-hand tooling softly down the Fifth Avenue drive. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse I wished I could have picked him up and tied him in a four-in-hand knot around his own neck. The Double Spy But his most notorious attempt of this order, was a four-in-hand of stags. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 When the ambition of the amateur coachman leads him to attempt a tandem or four-in-hand he enters on a much more complex department of the art of driving. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Through the inflated proprieties of social New York, Paliser's father had driven four-in-hand, and at a pace so klinking that social New York cut him dead. The Paliser case The mule had not long been installed at the White Farm, when a gentleman who drove a four-in-hand of these animals was ordered abroad. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 I started, as usual, by selecting an iron reinforcing bar and tying it into a four-in-hand around my neck. The Double Spy The Harvard quarterback paused in his tying of a four-in-hand to shoot a puzzled glance at the evidently insane stranger. Interference and Other Football Stories One solitary four-in-hand still drove round the parks in London last year; but that charioteer must soon disappear. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Did you ever see a hero wearing a plain black four-in-hand? Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China I am much pleased to find that the taste for four-in-hand driving is increasing of late, and am glad to say, some gentlemen drive very well. Hints on Driving Lord Lonsdale backed himself to drive galloping horses for twenty miles, single, pair, four-in-hand and riding postillion, inside an hour. Highways and Byways in Surrey A gold-wire bracelet on her left wrist and a stickpin in her four-in-hand tie were her only ornaments. Otherwise Phyllis What had become of the gay Londoner, who drove the smartest four-in-hand in the park, and rode the fastest horse to hounds? The Rhodesian That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature On this very day he had driven himself into his prebend's house in the close in his four-in-hand to welcome his young American cousin. Border Ghost Stories And later on, in Aberdeen, he drove his four-in-hand at full gallop into Castlehill Barracks. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Your new suit is certainly some clothes, and a glimpse of that four-in-hand makes the world a nobler and better place to live in! Otherwise Phyllis How fine it would be to have, instead, a prancing four-in-hand, in the style of Piccadilly on the Derby-day, or at least horses like the real Greek horses of the Parthenon! Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving With a blast on his coach horn, a crack of his long whip over his four-in-hand, proud Lemuel led the way along the city street, out of the town, and into the open country beyond. Dorothy on a Ranch The tie is a four-in-hand or an Ascot, or a simple bow, the boots black leather or dark-brown russet, and the gloves of tan or gray undressed kid or of dogskin. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men A general pelting of sugarplums salutes the appearance of the Marchese's four-in-hand with the Marchese himself in an odd mufti on the box. Stray Studies from England and Italy "Well, anyhow, she'll drive a four-in-hand and wear pearls for breakfast," he concluded, and, whistling, he went down to dream out the night in the baseball cage. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World And then, to his mortification, his head went unexpectedly down upon his arms, and a flood of tears bedimmed the radiance of his twenty-five-cent four-in-hand. Mr. Opp He had wanted to ride in the foremost vehicle with the fine four-in-hand. Dorothy on a Ranch Old “Ichabod,” with a long face, and in a dress suit, with a purple four-in-hand tie, followed among the candle-bearers with long strides. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia I had a four-in-hand coach, and we drove everywhere in and around Paris, once to Versailles and on to Fontainebleau, where we dined, a merry party. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Tyro.—You are quite right—a four-in-hand is worth two in the bush, which, as you justly observe, no good wine needs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 It was not his pale, straw-colored hair she objected to, made to look even paler by the contrast of his florid complexion and red four-in-hand with its turquoise scarf-pin. Mary Ware's Promised Land Lemuel drove the four-in-hand as on the day before, having as passengers Mrs. Ford and Miss Milliken—who had slept soundly through all the events of the night—with the four girls. Dorothy on a Ranch "Why didn't you try a four-in-hand on this one, Billy?" Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's And about how to tie a four-in-hand, and what’s the best stud to wear at the back of a collar, and where to buy socks. The Squirrel-Cage She liked the effect, and, as she thrust a scarf-pin in the long black "four-in-hand" before her mirror, she viewed the result with satisfaction. The Lady Doc "His fore-hand drives," he said, "were worthy of a driver of a four-in-hand." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 He is a splendid whip, and his four-in-hand was eclipsed by none other in the club. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden She drove four-in-hand, and was a dead shot—the very antipodes of sentiment. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 "My father often drove four-in-hand," he has said. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt "Yes, that would be better than the four-in-hand in the G.S. waggon that you took to the sports meeting," I added. Pushed and the Return Push He took his horses with him, and astonished Europe with a four-in-hand of his own. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation It is safe to declare that he was a distinctly happier man from that day forward on which Mr. Richard Dayton first dazzled the eyes of Springtown with his four-in-hand. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The gentlemen, even the stiffest of them, turned boldly round to survey such a phenomenon as the tobacco-smoking, four-in-hand Miss Coventry. Kate Coventry An Autobiography By careful evolution planned, With many a gliding wheel, To warn, to comfort, to command, Or fly, or drive a four-in-hand, Or dance a Highland Reel! 'That Very Mab' At first, indeed, she talked of things he knew nothing about: balls, and levées, and the four-in-hand club, and the Orleans. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys One old mare in a hired trap, when I’ve driven a four-in-hand over some of the wickedest roads in America! Flaming June Supposing Dayton himself had lacked courage at the critical moment; where would his four-in-hand have been to-day? Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The big yellow four-in-hand coach was standing outside the stable being washed. Just Patty Smashing the windows of the “Star and Garter,” perhaps, or fighting the bargees on the river, or capturing a four-in-hand drag, or disporting themselves in some such genial and truly English manner. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch After all, his brilliant crimson four-in-hand was the nicest. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life "Ah, here 's Tom with the four-in-hand," said Franco. The Lady Paramount A moment more, and, with a fine rush and jingle, and a clear blast from the horn, the four-in-hand dashed by. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Yesterday evening, on our way to prayer meeting, we heard a great noise of horns coming and stopped to see a four-in-hand go by. More Tish At the meeting-place there was a vast crowd of on-lookers, chiefly foreigners, in cabs and carriages and four-in-hand coaches from the principal hotels. The Eternal City I have seen you playing polo once or twice, and driving your four-in-hand; but I thought I only knew you by sight. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers "I 've given orders for my four-in-hand to come round here and pick us up," said Franco. The Lady Paramount Next he produced a soft tennis shirt, which he exchanged for the linen one he had on, and an old bow tie took the place of the blue four-in-hand which he usually wore. The Substitute Prisoner A four-in-hand is all very well for those that like it," observed Mr. Windsor to the Duke, "but give me a box buggy and a span of long-tailed horses. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow He used to drive about with a four-in-hand as if he were a king. John Gabriel Borkman As far as I can recollect, we drove into the Grand Duke's four-in-hand on one side and drove out of it on the other. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance On Thursday he wore the ring with the stone exposed, and on Friday he discarded the four-in-hand scarf for a bow tie and shamelessly flaunted both ring and pin. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures In this case there were four horses abreast, which sounds imposing, as any four-in-hand must always do. Round About the Carpathians Oh, Featherstone can drive much better than I," answered Geoffrey; "I have not driven four-in-hand since I lived in this house. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow He was dressed in a plain frock-coat, four-in-hand tie, high collar, dark-gray trousers, and patent-leather boots, and was brushing up a silk hat as I entered. Olympian Nights In proof of her contention she offered him the incident of the four-in-hand. The Helpmate The second day after the four-in-hand club affair, the following note was brought to Miss Hazel: 'Will you ride with me this afternoon? Wych Hazel In the four-in-hand tie of the other a scarf-pin in the shape of a horse's head with diamond eyes caught the light with infinitesimal sparks of fire. The Debtor A Novel Since the farmers have taken to shooting the foxes," continued Mr. Jawkins, "the noble old sport has gone all to pieces, even here; but you drive four-in-hand, I hope. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow The shirt was pink and blue, stripes of each alternating, running cross-ways, a white collar, and a flaring red four-in-hand tie! Olympian Nights The tie is usually a four-in-hand in some dark shade. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada O dear Hazel, do you know what sort of times these four-in-hand people make down here?' Wych Hazel But there is Lord Scremerston calling to us, and a four-in-hand waiting at the door. The Disentanglers At the signal to go Number 1 runs forward to Number 2, who must wear a four-in-hand necktie. School, Church, and Home Games There can be no doubt that Lucknow is a fast place, and contains a very sporting population; and, if I remember right, the winning horse was the property of the turbaned owner of a four-in-hand. A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home The cutaway coat is correct for ordinary afternoon wear, with a white waistcoat, white shirt and four-in-hand tie. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada But, my dear!—a four-in-hand party, and Greenbush at night,— that was no sort of place for you to be! Wych Hazel A four-in-hand drove past us, followed by a tandem. Uncle Max Number 1 unties Number 2's necktie, takes it off his neck and reties it in a four-in-hand knot. School, Church, and Home Games Inside there he had introduced the Raglan shirt, the Duke of Westminster four-in-hand, and the Churchill batwing collar. The Voice in the Fog Poppa decided that we had better go to Versailles by Cook's four-in-hand. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Mr. Rollo,—do you know that a four-in-hand party goes from Governor Powder's to-night at ten o'clock?' Wych Hazel With a flourish, Constable Miles Sloan, the Regimental Teamster, swung the leaders of his splendid four-in-hand and pulled up at the front entrance of the Holy Cross Hospital. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police When behind the starting line Number 2 starts to untie Number 1's necktie, takes it from his neck, replaces it and ties it in a four-in-hand knot. School, Church, and Home Games I do hope no Gentleman will take the reins, unless he is thoroughly accustomed to driving four-in-hand. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 1, 1892 In shape it was like an old print of a coachman driving a four-in-hand, long with a flapping cape, and the lining was the colour of the sky when the sun has set. Balloons But I have nothing to do with the four-in-hand club.' Wych Hazel Only consent to sit with him on his four-in-hand and let him drive you, and he cheerfully feasted you and all your friends. Father Stafford He wore a white shirt very crumpled and dirty, a low standing collar and a black four-in-hand necktie, very greasy. Vandover and the Brute Or he may wear a "four-in-hand" matching those selected for the ushers, of black silk with a narrow single, or broken white stripe at narrow or wide intervals. Etiquette Here and there a girl, probably of the people, cantered half defiantly down the line, a sailor-hat on her head, her jacket open over a shirt and "four-in-hand." The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories Messengers were sent in hot haste, one to the farm and one to town, while Jimmy Reed was detailed to canvass the guests and see if a white four-in-hand might be procured. Sandy Now her gaze, shifting, had fastened upon his tie, which was undeniably quaint; a very large four-in-hand showing pictorially, as it seemed, a black sea holding for life a school of fat white fish. V. V.'s Eyes It gave me a special sense of pleasure to look at him when he wore a certain flowing, scarlet, four-in-hand necktie. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Either a cutaway or a frock coat is always accompanied by a silk hat, and best worn with plain black waistcoat and a black bow tie or a black and white four-in-hand tie. Etiquette It was past eight o'clock when the four-in-hand on which the new member had been touring the constituency drove up to the Tallyn door. The Testing of Diana Mallory I have a neighbour of this kind; he drives four-in-hand over the bad roads of La Sarthe, visits with one carriage one day, and another the next. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 The man wore the same clothes he had worn in the summer-house, she thought; indubitably the same large four-in-hand, floating the fat white painted shad, or perch. V. V.'s Eyes He wears a "cutaway suit," not much pressed, not new; a derby hat, a standing collar, and a "four-in-hand" dark tie; hard, round cuffs, not link cuffs. The Gibson Upright The boast of the high-born Southerner, that he could carve a canvas-back holding it on his fork, will be as unknown as the driving of a four-in-hand. Etiquette Mr. Punch was about to reply when a well-appointed four-in-hand drove up, and a courteous gentleman who handled the ribbons, offered the two strangers seats. Punch Among the Planets To drive horses four-in-hand is very difficult, but to drive four reindeer is not. Far Off She got him to tie a four-in-hand for her one day. Said the Observer Here, as you perceive, it is totally changed into a beautiful gravel-road, gracefully curving through a belt of limes: and there is Lord Littlebrain driving four-in-hand. Headlong Hall So that Theagenes and Proxenides Might flourish and gasconade and prance away Quite at their ease, both of them four-in-hand, Driving abreast upon the breadth of wall, Each in his own new chariot. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Count Willie has few British sympathies, but some British tastes, being famous as a four-in-hand whip, and as a magnificent shot. The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) Item, a bit of a farrier, and half a surgeon; could play the fiddle and the guitar; could draw and paint and drive a four-in-hand. A Perilous Secret "I hear fellows talking about golf and driving four-in-hand, but, if anyone wants to experience a real hot time, let him get one of these easy-working cameras and practice on the family." Said the Observer Thoroughly sound in wind and limb, expected to be equal to carrying 13 stone in the Park, or to doing any work from a four-in-hand down to single harness in a hearse. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 "Boy," said Jone to him, as if he was hollering to a stubborn ox, "go order me a four-in-hand." Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden Hobson and his men were a great feature of the parade in the four-in-hand. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient I am a veterinary surgeon, and I can drive four-in-hand. A Perilous Secret He had an itching palm, which could be satisfied with nothing but the "ribbons" drawn over the backs of a four-in-hand. The Mystery of Metropolisville Her gray silk waist was brightened by a narrow four-in-hand of rich blue, and her tiny gauntlets of soft gray buckskin were stitched with blue silk. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life But when Yorke appeared at the front-door, there was no less attention paid to him than if he had driven up with four-in-hand. Bred in the Bone After awhile a towering four-in-hand coach rose out of the hollow where it had been hidden, and came bowling along the level. Hodge and His Masters He was in the Dragoon Guards, a "blood about town," and an adept in boxing, rat-hunting, the fives-court, and four-in-hand driving. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The tutor wore a traveling-suit with large British checks, a blue four-in-hand, and, instead of a fez, a rakish cap with a peak in front. The Slim Princess And when he appeared at the supper table that evening he wore an ambitious four-in-hand tie of red and yellow. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life An excellent sportsman and a wonderful judge of a horse, he dines in pink the best part of the year, drives his four-in-hand with some skill, and wears the old-fashioned low-crowned beaver hat. A Cotswold Village Purchasing a four-in-hand of docked unicorns, and much improved in health, he returned to Rome. Comic History of England Boxing, rat-hunting, the fives court, and four-in-hand driving were then the fashion of our British aristocracy; and he was an adept in all these noble sciences. Vanity Fair There were seven of us in a four-in-hand, four women and three men, one of whom was on the box seat beside the coachman. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant He got two in addition to the two we changed, so that now we have a rude four-in-hand. Dracula At the races at Vincennes, about a fortnight ago, I was bowling along the boulevard behind my four-in-hand, when I heard a laborer say, 'How happy those rich people must be!' The Count's Millions He was a first-rate driver; he could take a four-in-hand or a tandem as easily as a pair. Black Beauty Only now and then did an elegant victoria glide along, or an aristocratic four-in-hand demand the respectful yielding of the crowd. The Indian Lily and Other Stories And the four-in-hand, hardly moving at all, became suddenly torpid, as if laden with sorrow. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant A four-in-hand drag was despatched to bring us into the city, and a procession, consisting of several private carriages, a number of the citizens on horseback, and the volunteer band, escorted us. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, She wanted to jerk up his chin and putter at remaking the four-in-hand. Star-Dust He consumed both time and soap on the fractious forelock, and spent precious moments trying to induce a limp string tie to assume the same correct set that distinguished Mac Clarke's four-in-hand. Calvary Alley Of this class is the observation made by the Irish hackney coachman, upon seeing a man of the ton driving four-in-hand down Bond-street. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 I have driven a four-in-hand over corduroy roads and ridden horseback over the pathless vasty wilds of the continent's backbone. A Woman Tenderfoot We furthermore make affidavit that we supposed all the nobility of Europe to be in the habit of driving four-in-hand over wooden-legged beggars. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Reginald took the reins, and got into his seat with the quiet grandeur of a celebrity in the four-in-hand club. The Golden Calf What would have been the difference of their fate and of their feelings, had they been suffered to grow up into mere idle lounging gentlemen, or four-in-hand coachmen! Tales and Novels — Volume 07 And it is in the Bonaparte blood to drive, not only a pair, but a four-in-hand in the thickest traffic of the world. The Isle of Unrest For those who have driven four-in-hand, this will have no message. A Woman Tenderfoot He was a skillful driver, as the Major knew, and he spoke of his desire to extend his proficiency in this art: in fact, be entertained the ambition to drive a four-in-hand. The Magnificent Ambersons Everybody was pleased to see the young squire driving four-in-hand. The Golden Calf I would rather defray the keep of a four-in-hand team than be battered with blows. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Axel wears cutaway, but without the decoration, and is wearing a standing collar with four-in-hand scarf. Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter But as four-in-hand literature seems to be somewhat limited and my first lesson was somewhat drastic, I shall venture to tell you how it felt. A Woman Tenderfoot At nine next morning the four-in-hand came round, and they started for the asylum—coachman and two more in brave liveries; two outriders. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day His regrets were after the Opera and Almack's, and his height of felicity seemed to be driving a four-in-hand drag. The Englishwoman in America Here is young Adonis dreaming of a four-in-hand and a yacht, like any other gentleman. Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" "Good gracious, Joy, where did you learn to drive people four-in-hand this way?" breathed Phyllis admiringly, in a lull. The Wishing-Ring Man I had always intended to learn to drive four-in-hand, but this first lesson left me no pleasure in the learning. A Woman Tenderfoot Buckhurst drove four-in-hand, and they all of them sometimes assisted him; but not immoderately. Coningsby We were invited to drive in a four-in-hand. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The park is open to visitors—here comes a gay four-in-hand heavily loaded sweeping by on its road to that summer town. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies He was dressed in a plaid suit, and wore a red four-in-hand necktie, in which blazed a huge diamond. Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp It was no kindergarten way of learning to drive four-in-hand. A Woman Tenderfoot But perhaps the best way to drive the hours before you four-in-hand, is to select a soft plank on the gun-deck, and go to sleep. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War People nudged one another as we hove in sight in our four-in-hand. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Then comes a venerable crocodile, in a royal livery of scarlet and gold, or in a coat with sixteen capes; and the crocodile is driving four-in-hand from the box of the Bath mail. Miscellaneous Essays Some little anxiety had begun to be manifested, when he appeared, dashing through the gates at a great rate, and with the skill of a member of the four-in-hand. Precaution If ever a woman put her whole mind to a thing, I did on that four-in-hand. A Woman Tenderfoot "Down from Dawson?" asked the bartender hurrying forward, a magnificent creature in a check waistcoat, shirt-sleeves, four-in-hand tie, and a diamond pin. The Magnetic North Jr., behind her delightful four-in-hand, he is apt to feel a little "uppish." Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 19, August 6, 1870 On this shutter eight men and boys balanced themselves; enough for the Olympian height of a four-in-hand. The Open Air So they started with a four-in-hand to their cart, the broken buggy tied on behind, and another pair of horses behind that again. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba If you have, then you know the nature of my first lesson in four-in-hand driving. A Woman Tenderfoot Aunt Faith, I have driven a four-in-hand over and over again, so you need not feel alarmed. The Old Stone House Then with a long horn blowing a glory Came the four-in-hand of the young Lord Tory, The young Lord's eyes on his leader's ears And the blood-like team going by to cheers. Right Royal We drove with a four-in-hand, in an ancestral, very comfortable carriage. Letters of Anton Chekhov Then comes a venerable crocodile, in a royal livery of scarlet and gold, with sixteen capes; and the crocodile is driving four-in-hand from the box of the Bath mail. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc It was not long before I had trained my horses to drive either tandem, four-in-hand, or three abreast, and with an assortment of various styles of carriages my equipment was complete. The Romance and Tragedy But Jonas did not answer, and Hugh, upon going up to the platform, discovered that he had started homeward with his cart, having first harnessed the four-in-hand. The Old Stone House Some had been struck by the mare's hoofs; others had been run over by the wheels; and a great demand for whisky set in, under cover of which Gordon and Carew retired to the four-in-hand. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life When I was a girl, I was desperately in love with a cousin of mine who drove a four-in-hand down a flight of steps, and won a bet by jumping on a wild bear's back. The Heart of Rome We travelled in a small victoria, to which was harnessed a four-in-hand of splendid negroes, whose backs bore the marks of terrible floggings. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville When there was sufficient snow to permit it we would have out the large sleigh, and with four-in-hand or three abreast derive keen pleasure from our drive. The Romance and Tragedy But someway a flannel shirt and a four-in-hand tie—even a khaki coloured tie, did not seem to Henry and me de rigueur. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me There were carriages in swarms, ranging from the spider-wheel gig of a British subaltern to the four-in-hand of Rajput nobility—kept pretty carefully apart, though. Guns of the Gods One man was to be seen here driving a four-in-hand of black stallions which had cost forty thousand; there were other men who drove only one horse, and had paid forty thousand for that. The Metropolis He wears a brown flannel shirt and a blue four-in-hand tie, and a good ready-made suit. Dr. Jonathan He shot pigeons at Hurlingham, drove four-in-hand in the park, had a box at every race-course, and was the most good-natured fellow known. The Way We Live Now The couple and their waterman rowed away to the party they had left with the four-in-hand at their inn. Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete Hence his London drag and appointments; hence the yacht and a four-in-hand—then a great novelty—all of which he had promised her should she decide to join him at home. Tides of Barnegat Crack shots and polo-players and four-in-hand experts were all very well, but he had his living to earn, and he feared that the problem was going to prove complicated. The Metropolis He took his friends out everywhere in his four-in-hand, and they saw to advantage some of the sights of Burton's younger days. The Life of Sir Richard Burton Moreover, he preferred his yacht and his four-in-hand. The Way We Live Now I do like so much to drive four-in-hand with plenty of space before me. L'Abbe Constantin — Complete Joseph Rubinstein suspends his commercial occupations, and returns from Cracow to drive the four-in-hand accompaniment of Rheingold. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End After dinner Katy would show him the new patch in her crazy quilt that the iceman had cut for her off the end of his four-in-hand. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million In the morning an expedition was planned, and Uxmoor proffered his "four-in-hand." A Woman-Hater "Everybody belongs to the four-in-hand club now," said the son. The Duke's Children Much of his four-in-hand driving was done in the summer afternoons when he would come out on the train from his business in New York. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography "You mean that young swell whose business it is to drive a four-in-hand to Yonkers and back, and toot on a horn?" That Fortune Success in business, membership in a good club, tandem in the Park, introduction to a good house, marriage to a pretty girl of family and not much money, a yacht, a four-in-hand, a Newport villa. Their Pilgrimage The Northern blood in Vere demanded other things of a man than imitations of a seal, the clever driving of a four-in-hand, light-footed dancing, and songs to the guitar. A Spirit in Prison I suppose he will have the four-in-hand buckboard. Stories of a Western Town The four-in-hand, as can be gathered from the above description, did not in any way in his eyes represent possible pageantry. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Sitting bent and cold but cheery under his slouch hat, he talked encouragingly to his four-in-hand. Main-Travelled Roads She wore a blouse of green velvet and a black four-in-hand tie. The Rise of David Levinsky He can drive four-in-hand, swim for any number of hours without tiring, ride—well, as an Italian cavalry officer can ride, and that is not badly. A Spirit in Prison He was shaven, and his coat was decent and his neat black, ready-tied four-in-hand had been presented to him by a lady missionary on Thanksgiving Day. The Four Million He usually drove four-in-hand, or else a spike team, that is, a pair with a third horse in the lead. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography "When Mrs. Lessing trains her eye on you she'll want to make time getting to the shops," Burns observed, struggling with the scarlet scarf and finally tying it like a four-in-hand. Red Pepper Burns He dwelt on the civil-service reform of President Cleveland, charging the Republicans with "offensive partisanship," a Cleveland phrase then as new as four-in-hand neckties. The Rise of David Levinsky He could drive a four-in-hand very nearly as well as the Brighton coachman, could fence elegantly, and it is said, played the fiddle well. The Book of Snobs I went over the pole of a four-in-hand once, and picked a game out of the dust by it. The Day's Work - Volume 1 But round the corner in front came the four-in-hand red mail instead. Robert Falconer You yacht against them, you hunt with them, you play polo, you match them in every game, your four-in-hand takes the prize at Olympia. His Last Bow I remember the passionate efforts I made to learn to tie a four-in-hand cravat, then a recent invention. The Rise of David Levinsky Passing itself was a task of difficulty, and frequently of danger, in that narrow road; but Richard had to meet the additional risk of turning his four-in-hand. The Pioneers Yes, a luxury; just as much as a four-in-hand coach or a yacht. The Prime Minister Eventually Jacob slipped the mantle under his collar, tied it in a neat four-in-hand, and became a licensed harrier of our Mesopotamian proletariat. Strictly business: more stories of the four million An elegant brake was intended for the ladies, in which the coachman could exhibit his skill in driving four-in-hand. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant I guess maybe she didn't put a dent into your heart that a person could drive a four-in-hand into and never touch the sides, a regular Hoosac Tunnel. Billy Baxter's Letters, By William J. Kountz I've heard of your four-in-hand, and your yacht, and your racers, and that beautiful house in Park Lane. A Millionaire of Yesterday He obeyed, being a skilful whip enough who, as he informed me afterwards, had been accustomed to drive a four-in-hand at home. Finished And as long as I rely on pebbles, I cannot truthfully speak of myself as “tooling a four-in-hand.” A Collection of Stories While trying to figure out Jimmy's manner of tying his four-in-hand he cordially gave information. Roads of Destiny He said he was from Muscogee, and he looked it, with his yellow shoes and crocheted four-in-hand. Whirligigs The other's "four-in-hand" was a narrow blue one pinned with a black pearl. Options We had the elevating sense of traveling four-in-hand, however—a satisfaction to which I do not believe any human being is altogether insensible. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness In the meantime I was learning—I shall not say to tool a four-in-hand—but just simply to drive four horses. A Collection of Stories I was walking along wondering who it could be in a four-in-hand? Anna Karenina "And it's there I must load my sledges up, With reindeers four-in-hand, That go to the North, South, East, and West, To every Christian land." Saltbush Bill, J. P. Everything was in tip-top order there—glass sides for keeping the dust off the four-in-hand harness and all that kind of thing. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields My grandfather always drove four-in-hand; and so shall we.” Lair of the White Worm |
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