| 单词 | hackney |
| 例句 | One was me, bound naked on a hackney, with two knights riding on either side, and flogging me with thorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But a knight turned up and knocked him off his hackney—I’m afraid our family was never exactly in the heroic style—and there he was on foot again, with Galahad no nearer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had some dreadful troubles trying to borrow horses from people, and finally ended up on a groom’s hackney, can tering after Galahad as fast as it could go. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! but their removing from the chaise into a hackney coach is such a presumption! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Today's London, Gatiss believes, is just as exciting as a London full of fog and hackney carriages. London gets star billing in new Sherlock Holmes series 2010-07-25T09:00:00Z She moved to Paris just in time to witness King Louis XVI “in a hackney coach going to meet his death,” she wrote. A Naked Statue for a Feminist Hero? 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Someone showing a miniature pinscher wants to showcase the high-stepping hackney gait that is a hallmark of the breed. Dog show 101: What’s what at the Westminster Kennel Club 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Council chiefs in all 10 boroughs have signed up to minimum standards for private hire and hackney carriage drivers in the licensing process. Greater Manchester: Taxi drivers given dress code and behaviour rules 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Cohen explained that the nickname stemmed from his taxicab business, in which drivers’ monikers traditionally derived from the original locomotion: hackney horses. Michael Cohen clears up various conspiracy stories 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The boxy sedans, or “hackney carriages,” must all be wheelchair-accessible and able to turn on a dime. London rejects Uber’s license, saying the company is not ‘fit and proper’ for passengers 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z I live in London, where there is a centuries-old licensed hackney carriage trade. Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Bob Azam, a hackney carriage driver for 15 years, described the city's Northern Quarter as the "Wild West" of illegal touting. Drivers given taxi licences despite criminal convictions - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Instead, there were thousands of hackney coaches pulled by horses. New York Today: The Tale of Our Taxis 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z "This hackney driver exhibited exemplary behavior and his honest deed should be recognized," Police Commissioner William Evans said in a statement. Boston cabbie turns in $187,000 left behind in his taxi 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z “This hackney driver exhibited exemplary behavior and his honest deed should be recognized,” Police Commissioner William Evans said in a statement. Boston cabbie turns in $187,000 left behind in his taxi 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z After the first official licensing of hackney carriage drivers in 1838 and the formalisation, decades later, of “the Knowledge”, London’s black cab drivers ruled the roads more or less unchallenged. How Uber conquered London | Sam Knight 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z A woman who was a passenger in a hackney taxi cab died when the vehicle was in a crash with a car. Coventry black-cab passenger dies in crash - BBC News 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z “It’s a girl” was shouted from the rafters of the BT Tower to the more plebeian heights of London’s hackney cabs. The 2015 UK Election Has Too Many Kingmakers, Not Enough Kings 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z In March, he was given a hackney carriage licence by a council officer. Taxi rape row councillors' new roles 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z In London, the tradition of licensed cabs goes back at least 300 years to “hackney carriages.” The Uber-Disruptor - What Ride Shares Can Teach You About Disrupting The Market 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z After a brief tussle with sedan chairs, horse-drawn hackney carriages ruled the streets for the best part of 300 years. How Uber conquered London | Sam Knight 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Stage one complete, we look for a cab, which takes four whole minutes and we get into the hackney carriage for the return leg at 1.49pm. Uber: testing the app driving UK black-cab drivers round the bend 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Up to five gruelling years spent scootering around the capital learning "the knowledge", plus a full medical, meant the black hackney was driven by the cream of drivers. Uber: the smartphone app that is driving London cabbies to distraction 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z You are finer and know better, perhaps, how to entertain; but sometimes the labourer’s humble hackney goes further than the palfrey of the knight. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The hackney coaches moreover only ply till five o'clock, so if you go to a party at night, it costs you a scudo. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Property left in hackney carriages should be asked for at the office for property left in such carriages, at the office of the Commissioners of Police, Great Scotland Yard, Charing Cross. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z His dress was plain; and he sat a good hackney as a miller's sack might have sat it. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Occasionally one of the younger of them would step aside to look at a passing hackney, or an older man would speak to a favorite tenant whom he called by his first name. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He possessed a marvellous appreciation of the beautiful in nature, yet lived in dirt and squalor, and dressed in a style between that of a sea-captain and a hackney coachman. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z When they were within a few yards of the door, a hackney coach passed them, and, turning, came to a stand before the house. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The Normans brought with them their own word haquen�e, or hacquen�e, a French derivative from the Latin equus, a horse, whence the name hackney. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z But the banker's feelings as he jogged homewards on his hackney were not so happy. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The beautiful lady who emerged from a hackney sedan, and tremulously paid the men more than a double fare, was extremely agitated, and appeared in a desperate hurry to reach the first-floor landing. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z There were already above thirty hackney carriages, partly belonging to negroes, of whom only the far 71 smaller portion are free in the state of Kentucky. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The hackney coachman, an interested spectator of the scene, heard it, and looked at the higher windows in annoyance. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Both nag and hackney continue to be used as synonymous terms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Where shall I sell my coach-horses and hackneys and my tenants their heavy nags? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The hackney sledges bumped on the ice-glazed snow, and creaked over the stones. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Weare went home, collected a few things in a bag, and took a hackney coach to a given spot, where Thurtell met him with a gig. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z We would recommend every person who hires a hackney coach in London, to notice what number is on the door, which, on many occasions, has been found very useful. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z Frequent mention is made of hackneys and trotters in old farm accounts of the 14th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Besides, a man who has just come into twelve hundred a year can afford to be generous in the matter of hackney carriages. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Will one of you order me a chair or hackney coach? The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z I hurried away; threw myself into the first hackney coach I could find; and returned home, exhausted and dispirited. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He was the first Londoner, it is said, to carry an umbrella, and he lived to triumph over all the hackney coachmen who tried to hoot and hustle him down. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The high hackney action is uncomfortable in a riding horse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The driver whistled; the porter came out of his lodge and opened the gate first, and then the door of the hackney coach. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Nay, 'tis the gayest place, with hackney coaches passing to and fro all day. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z She was urging the driver of a hackney coach to proceed, while he surlily declared, 'that he would not break his line and have his wheels torn off to please anybody.' Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z On the approach of Edmonton Fair, wishing to see the sports and pastimes of the place, he ordered his wife to make as many puddings as to fill a hackney coach. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z Excellent results have sometimes followed the use of hackney sires upon half-bred mares, i.e. by thoroughbred stallions and trotting 724 mares, but it is not always so. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z After luncheon he was about to go out on his quest, when a servant came to tell him that a hackney coachman wished to speak with him. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z That this letter may not be unacceptable in all its parts, I enclose your allowance without stopping anything for the hackney. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Even Governor Bradstreet in his day rode in a hackney coach. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Afterwards it is placed in a plain hearse, also uncovered, and without feathers; the attendants accompanying the funeral in their family carriages, or hackney coaches. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z The hackney should also possess good hock action, as distinguished from mere fetlock action, the propelling power depending upon the efficiency of the former. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z You must, please, take a hackney coach to your house and bring me back every line I ever wrote to you, that we may burn them. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z I expect it was popular when Holmes and Watson were in a hackney carriage and the driver kept bending down to peer at them. Simon Hoggart's week: In Kerry Katona's world, hacking is a help 2011-08-26T21:30:02Z A bet between two hackney coachmen, as to which of them should be selected by a gentleman for a particular journey, was void because it tended to expose the customer to their importunities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z No, the Esperance was not known to the owner of the hackney coach. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z The Pony differs essentially from the hackney in height, the former not exceeding 14 hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z She walked as far as the Plaza del Angel; there she took a hackney coach to drive home. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z We know that "Pickwick Papers" was written partly in hackney coaches while Dickens was jolting about the town. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The porter was announcing the theatre cab and Smith reserved his answer until the motor hackney was rolling jerkily away toward the opera-house. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z Yet the fast gliding pace at which she rode up the main street indicated no trace of fatigue on the part of her hackney. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z A combination of the best points of the hunter with the style and finish of the hackney produces a class of weight-carrying pony which is always saleable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z It was afterwards learned from the people of the house that when he saw Taddeo with the pistol case, he had gotten into a hackney coach and followed the three friends. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Whereat he turned and set his spear, and smote Sir Percival's hackney in the breast, so that it fell dead, and then went on his way. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z He established a wide reputation as a breeder of shorthorns, Southdown, and Oxford Down sheep, hackneys and cart horses. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z And I am sure my good old Wanderer, that I rode up, is as grand a hackney as ever was saddled. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z If the judges decided that an aeroplane plying for hire was a hackney carriage it would in law remain liable to all the statutory hackneydom of carriages until Parliament otherwise ordained. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Their effects were taken by Leonard to a stand of hackney vehicles, and then left at a coach-office, while they went in search of lodgings. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The W�rtemberg and Baden regiments were in the town; the soldiers, in groups of four and five, went gaily about the streets in hackney carriages. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z He was one of the best known agriculturists in Norfolk, an excellent judge of stock, and a noted hackney breeder. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The well-bred hackney stepped out gaily, shaking his head and making his curb-chain ring in a fast and easy walk. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z A hackney coach is called and poor Harry goes to sleep in Chancery Lane.” The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Even a pair of Percherons which were perfectly placid in St. Louis, where I got them, stepped up like hackneys when they reached Denver. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Lenhart, in his double capacity of hackney coachman and purveyor of travellers and tourists for the H�tel Royal, Hanover, was well known to Mr. Stephen, landlord thereof, who gave him a cordial reception. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z Very true, madam, and he's a little engaged; besides, madam—a hackney coach will do as well, madam. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z Both horses walked fast, particularly the one which Lance bestrode, which he found to be good in all his paces, free, clever, and in all respects a superior style of hackney. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Gertrude drew back, perhaps wondering why she was not considered smart enough to be sent for a hackney. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z At last the luggage, collected and identified, was piled on top of a hackney coach and the bags stored inside with Miss Campbell, Elinor and Mary. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z "Captain Ryecroft!" he exclaims, grasping the new arrival by the hand, and hauling him out of the hackney. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Then, as they were coming out of the oyster-shop, they found two ladies, who also had been up stairs eating oysters, sitting in a hackney coach at the door. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z When I tell you that he was the best animal I ever crossed, I need n't say what the loss was to me; the nags you saw were broken-down hackneys in comparison. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Mathab Khan, the hackney carriage association's chairman, said he hoped "some kind of deal will be struck" on Wednesday. Wales-England taxi strike threat 2011-03-21T15:27:15Z Having—in his own words—no choice but to be a hackney coachman or a hackney writer, he chose the pen; and his inclinations, as well as his opportunities, led him to the stage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z This amiable person had been caught while conveying a pauper's body, wrapped in a sack, by hackney coach, from Shoreditch to St. George's hospital, for the use of surgeons. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z A hackney coachman appeared before the Bench, upon a summons to answer the complaint of a gentleman from whom he had extorted seven shillings and sixpence for a four shilling fare! Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z We have contrived to have his card of admission dated for a particular day, and the hackney coachman has been bribed to break down on the way home, and detain him several hours. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z This I did for some time, by driving a hackney coach through the streets of Sydney. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Half a million of the city's inhabitants streamed eastwards in carts and in hackney carriages. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Then, having sent for a hackney coach and taken a very friendly farewell of his lordship, he was driven to the starting-place of the Manchester stage. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z No private carriages were to be seen, only hackneys waiting for a fare from the boat. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z “Captain Ryecroft!” he exclaims, grasping the new arrival by the hand, and hauling him out of the hackney. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z When gold was discovered in these diggings, I gave up my hackney business, took an affectionate leave of my girl; and came out here. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z As these thoughts passed through his mind the individual referred to cantered up on an active-looking hackney, rather high in bone, and greeted him with pleased recognition. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z After all, this was a more effectual barrier to curiosity than the blinds of a carriage, and how many people think they are hidden from the world in a hackney carriage! Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z He is but a common hackney writer of a man, Henry Fielding by name, who hath come out of Grub Street to take the country air. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z You remember that night as we were passing the back entrance of the convent where your sister’s at school, our seeing a carriage there—a hackney, or whatever it was?” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Opinions were divided as to whether it was better to go disguised as a hackney coachman or an apothecary's assistant. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z There are not many of them, either, to whom the laity are anxious to lend superior hackneys. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z A boy out of the first-floor back soon fetched a hackney coach, and into it Mrs Cripps hurried all her party, to be conveyed by her to the “Gravel Pits.” Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z A spokesman for Wolverhampton City Council said the licensing of private hire and hackney carriages was taken seriously. 2010-01-11T02:12:00Z We were never tired wondering how the hackney coachman on the opposite stand could cut jokes in the presence of such horrors, and drink pots of half-and-half so near the last drop. In Jail with Charles Dickens But once there, I needed not to look a second time, for down below in the snow of the yard stood a great coach with four sturdy hackneys that kicked and whinny'd to be gone. Idonia: A Romance of Old London He had not permitted her at ten to keep her great Danes nor at thirteen to drive a high-stepping hackney in a red-wheeled cart which she ordered for herself without consultation with anyone. Manslaughter At twelve sharp Mr. Liston and a hackney carriage had come for "Mrs. Laurence." Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "He came to Hamilton Court with four hunters and three hackneys, the like of which were never seen in the county." Tony Butler "Another ———," hackney, Miss Kennyfeck was about to say, when she stopped herself, and, at the instant, Counsellor Clare Jones was announced. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) I have had varied experience of this strange creature for fifteen years, and am now driven by a Man, in the hackney cabriolet, number twelve thousand four hundred and fifty-two. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Better make a new one, according to Pope's hackney coachman's principle. Maria Edgeworth The young lady crunched radishes, with enthusiasm, and spoke disparagingly of a certain hackney which, according to her, had unfairly been awarded a blue ribbon at Piping Rock, gaining a decision over her own palfrey. A Top-Floor Idyl The race is not for the thoroughbred, but the clever hackney, always "ready for his work," and if seldom pre-eminent, never a dead failure. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) For hackney purposes Mr Boulnois introduced a four-wheeled cab to carry two persons, which was followed by one to carry four persons, introduced by Mr Harvey, the prototype of the London “four-wheeler.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" As he spoke, the good priest, putting spurs to his hackney, dashed on before me, and motioning me to follow, cantered down the slope. Jack Hinton The Guardsman "Not one, save the hackney carman, who evidently did not know him." Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience These relate to obstructions and nuisances in streets, fires, places of public resort, Hackney carriages, &c. hackney carriages and public bathing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Old hackney coaches abounded, and the cabs were few and far between, and very dirty as well, all of which have immensely improved of late. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself He saved money, and afterwards purchased a hackney coach, which he himself drove. The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act Walking in these places is like walking upstairs all the way, or like treading in deep straw, forms of exercise most certainly concomitant with heart disease and a hackney gait. Seeds of Pine The French have their Saint Fiacre, who must be the patron saint of hackney coaches; why shouldn't the English calendar boast, in the like manner, of its "Saint Cabbie?" Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The hackney coachman flings Bonichon into his cab, takes him for a four hours' drive, and charges accordingly. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Fielding got to a phase of life when he found he had either to write or get a living by driving a hackney coach. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself The austere landlady of the inn was smiles and courtesy to him; even to that unpolished class, the hackney coachmen, his blandishments extended, and they vied with each other who should serve him. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day While the last good-bye was being spoken, Lanty had saddled and bridled the hackney, and led him to the door. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago "Lend me your hackney," said Percivale; "I may get you your horse again." Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The reception was well attended, as the ordinary receptions on Mondays generally were, for the times had gone by when the courtyard was a howling wilderness dotted with two, or perhaps three, hackney cabs. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections He had emphatically satirised the sycophancy which estimated literary works by the rank of the author: What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition They rode small hackneys—hardy, well-built animals—on which they cantered over hill and dale, moor and meadow, a circumstance which gained for them the name of hobylers. Border Raids and Reivers My own hackney is here in the stable. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago He mounted a hackney, and with few followers rode under Gouvernail's guidance till they came to Tristram's pavilion. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur They had just passed a hackney coach standing idle, both horse and driver asleep, near the gate of a porte coch�re. Pierre and Luce It will be noticed that Paine now keeps his servant, and drives to the Mayor's dinner in a hackney coach. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 The large numbers of pilgrims conveyed in hackney coaches to the French shrine of this saint at Breuil, caused those vehicles to be known as fiacres, a designation they still bear. A Calendar of Scottish Saints All was still and silent then as the horse-dealer descended the stairs, and took the path towards the stable, where he had left his hackney the night before. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Ye’ll find a hackney coach, no doubt, to bring ye home.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) In the fourteenth century roads were so far improved, that jobbing horses became a regular business, and the licenses for hackneys and guides added to the returns of the exchequer. Old Roads and New Roads A four-wheeler was called from the hackney stand near the church, and within a few minutes the two partners and the errand-boy were being driven to the waterside. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts The seventh branch of the extraordinary perpetual revenue is the duty arising from licences to hackney coaches and chairs in London, and the parts adjacent. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First It was a convenient mode of conveyance for those who were incapable of taking care of themselves before the invention of hackney coaches, which was of later date, in Charles the First’s reign. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Well, after many a sad reproach, They got into a hackney coach, And trotted down the street. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 In another generation no p. 85one will survive who has seen a Norfolk hackney. Old Roads and New Roads Sober personages, magistrates and burghers, rode mules, and the ladies were loath to give up their hackneys for the new machines. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 The parties joined in Arlington Street and went off in two hackney coaches; Duncombe, Worcester, and De Ros, with Dr. Hume, in a third. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III We were tired, we were not fit to be seen, but I thought it right to accept Walter Scott's cordial invitation, sent for a hackney coach, and just as we were, without dressing, we went. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen For steady work upon the road the sober hackney is of more service than the race-horse. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He had been forced, as he said, to choose between the positions of a hackney coachman and of a hackney writer. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Presently Norton came back and beckoned them out, through one of those clusters of clamorous hackney coachmen, and Matilda found herself bestowed in the most luxurious equipage she had ever seen in her life. The House in Town Bellon was an assiduous hackney writer and translator of the day. The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V Maybe they are a sort of hackney or chariot?” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The tramway facilities are so complete in the city of Mexico that one has very little occasion to employ hackney coaches. Aztec Land To prevent mistakes, it should be mentioned, that the watermen here meant are those who, by their own account, are so called from their office being to shut the doors of hackney coaches. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue So we exchange the cards, and I have hackney coach to come at my hotel, where they say—"No room, Sir—very sorry—no room." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. No hackney brethren e'er condemn him twice; He fears no enemies, but dust and mice. An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad We have no hackney coaches here, as yet, my lord, but Mr. Hancock and the governor and a few of our citizens have coaches. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Somebody mentioned the well known reply of the hackney coachman to Pope. Practical Education, Volume II The word in former times meant merely a hackney, or horse adapted for the road. Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Leaving a friend who was in the house with her husband, she ordered a hackney coach, and drove as fast as possible to the Tuileries, where the Assembly was in session. Madame Roland, Makers of History J. B. Epigram on Four Lawyers.—It used to be said that four lawyers were wont to go down from Lincoln's Inn and the Temple in one hackney coach for one shilling. Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc First rode the doctor on a tall steed, decently caparisoned in dark gray; next, ambled Mrs. Rolt on a hackney horse; . . . then followed your humble servant on a milk-white palfrey. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Now, when he was in a passion with the hackney coachman, he cried as usual, 'God mend me!' Practical Education, Volume II A horse then, which was pre-eminent in this particular, was termed a clipper, i.e. a hackney, par excellence. Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc I certainly never saw such rusty old rattle-traps, and I do not except the king's equipage, since the hackney landaus have been abolished in England. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition She thanked me for the trouble I had taken, and begged I would go and engage three hackney coaches, and return to her with as little delay as possible. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 It was a close carriage—a hackney—with two men upon the driver’s seat, and three inside. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley But for everyday the hackney coach was used. The History of London As I had promised to pay for speed, it was not long before the wheels of my hackney rattled over the pavé of the Rue Saint Luis. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West As I remember them, the old Gordon hackneys move as deliberately as old Gordon himself—that is, if horse flesh can move as slowly as human flesh. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 A feasible plan soon suggested itself, and leaving the police office, he stepped into a hackney coach, and requested the driver to convey him with all despatch to Franklin house. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston To cause a delay, a new set of deputies were sent forth at a very late hour, and went out by the West Bow in a hackney coach. The Red True Story Book Feargus O’Connor had, in fact, taken fright, and presently the petition rattled ingloriously to Westminster in the safe but modest keeping of a hackney cab. Lord John Russell Returning one afternoon from Plymouth, I met two hackney coaches driving very rapidly. A Sailor of King George A constable was sent for, and we carried the money and Turner in a hackney coach to Mr. Tryon, and there left the money on a table with Mr. Tryon. State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) When everybody was in bed, and the lights were out, the royal family went out by a door that was not in use, and got into a hackney coach. Lectures on the French Revolution The hackney coach before mentioned had deposited its load of deputies at the council chamber and was returning to its stable-yard in the Canongate. The Red True Story Book From White Hall, I was conducted in a close hackney coach, under the charge of Colonel Williamson, a polite, genteel officer, and two of the illest-looking fellows I had ever seen. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader The Duke was mostly represented in the livery of an old hackney coachman, while Sir Robert Peel figured as a Wellington unpopular rat catcher. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The day after my arrival I embarked for Stamboul, the Turkish quarter, in one of those long caicks which are as it were the hackney coaches of Constantinople. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 The two took a hackney coach and rode in haste to Lord Stormont's. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin The party then got into hackney coaches and was driven to the Guildhall, where the case was to be tried at ten o’clock precisely. Bardell v. Pickwick "Can I drive you into Grenoble, my good Clyffurde?" he asked airily as he paused on the top of the perron steps, waiting for the hackney coach. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Battered, and bruised, and dripping with water, a man descended from the hackney coach, and Clarissa started up. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The crowd was left to expend its remaining enthusiasm upon the hackney carriage which contained his fellow-sufferer Jones. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill When King Arthur and the two kings saw them begin to wax wroth on both parties, they leaped on small hackneys and let cry that all men should depart unto their lodging. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Before the west end of the church was the first stand for hackney coaches. The Strand District The Fascination of London One bookseller who was sentenced to stand in the pillory in New-palace-yard, Westminster, drove thither in a hackney coach numbered 45, and was cheered by a crowd estimated at 10,000 persons. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration With his plays and his hackney coaches he doubtless got through his twenties and thirties with no very hardly grinding poverty, and at forty or so was comfortably secure. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] But such is not my project now, So let us to the ball-room haste, Whither at headlong speed doth go Eugene in hackney carriage placed. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Presently, the rogues, having dressed the kids and other meat they had with them and eaten and drunken, went off, some hither and some thither, about their affairs, and carried with them the girl's hackney. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio To spare her sister, and indeed herself, Annabella had taken a hackney coach, and this was what came of it. The Gold of Chickaree One night, in going to Lady Dungannon’s, he was actually obliged to make use of a hackney coach. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 The horses which took the hackney coach to the Fleet jolted along as hackney coaches usually do. Pickwickian Studies His companion, who was apparently somewhat older than himself, was dressed in a coarse greatcoat and a glazed hat exactly resembling those worn by hackneys. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest It may appear a singular remark to make, but I cannot help thinking that there would be a good moral effect in the improvement of hackney coaches. Olla Podrida Immediately an old hackney coach appeared; my father stept into it, and in an instant it was filled. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. At half-past seven arrived the musicians in two hackney coaches, and by eight the lordly company began to appear. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record The number of people in p. 72Limerick is computed at thirty-two thousand; it is exceedingly populous for the size, the chief street quite crowded; many sedan chairs in town, and some hackney chaises. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 It was late in the night when we turned homewards in a hackney carriage. My Reminiscences An English hackney coach is a type of misery, as regards the horses’ outsides, and a cloaca within; you know not, when you step into it, whether you are not to encounter disease and death. Olla Podrida I escaped to a hackney carriage and found my way to my own lodgings, accompanied by Hinge, who was as delighted at the scene as I was angry at it. In Direst Peril Robin was as good a hackney as rider ever bestrode, but Shashai was a thoroughbred hunter with an Arab strain. Peggy Stewart at School Soon he met a yeoman riding upon a hackney, who led in his hand a great black steed, blacker than any bear. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" I scattered handfuls of gold among them to divert their attention; and, with the assistance of some compassionate souls, sprang into a hackney coach. Peter Schlemihl If an alteration was to be made in the regulations of hackney coaches and cabs, we should no longer have our feelings tortured by the spectacles of horse misery which we daily meet with. Olla Podrida I hailed the first hackney carriage I met and drove to my rooms. In Direst Peril I walked back with him, till he came upon a hackney coach. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) "Sir," said the yeoman, "take my hackney and do the best ye can, and I shall follow you on foot, to wit how that ye shall speed." Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" A Venetian, on the other hand, sees vulgarity in a gondola, and thinks the only true romance is in a hackney coach. The Harbours of England Five, six, seven times was the book begun, but, like the hackney coaches, the audience could not get off the stones. Rattlin the Reefer A hackney coach was sent for, and we drove to Southsea. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor When they reached London, Mr Leslie called a hackney coach, and True Blue found himself rumbling along through the streets of London, towards Portman Square, at an early hour on a bright summer morning. True Blue And he turned, and set his spear against Sir Percivale; and he smote the hackney in the midst of the breast, that he fell down dead to the earth. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" In less than an hour I stepped into a hackney coach at the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, and was rumbling away to Mr Plowden’s house. Mark Seaworth There were then few hackney coaches, and we both got into one sedan-chair. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London “Let us jump into a hackney coach, and we shall soon be there,” exclaimed the admiral. The Three Lieutenants The 'hackney author,' as Dunton called him, in his curious Life and Errors, was a mere huckster, who could scarcely be said as yet to belong to a profession. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Then Sir Percivale mounted upon that hackney, and rode as fast as he might. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" I carried a note to Lord Cochrane at Mr. King's manufactory; I remember the gentleman coming to Lord Cochrane's in a hackney coach; I do not know that I have seen him before or since. The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 It seems as though all the horses, carts, chaises, and hackney coaches of the city were on the road. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland At last, unable to endure this more, he stopped rubbing down the brown hackney, and, stepping up to the table, took a seat on a stool opposite Malsain. Orrain A Romance In the society of the clubs there was a natural tendency to form minor cliques of the truly initiated, who looked with sovereign contempt upon the hackney author. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg A. I went from the Dog and Duck by the Asylum; this coach-stand was at the Three Stags, there was no hackney coach there. The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 To keep up the excitement, the master and his favorite junior clerk rode about London in hackney coaches, in search of any cheap lots that would answer their purpose. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money And the author of 'Hymns on the Hill' thinks it a great compliment to the immortal whirlwind to be compared to a hackney coach. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Four or five hackney carriages stood in a line with their lamps lighted. The Child of Pleasure On his way home he fell in with Mr. Dacre and the two Baronets, returning on their hackneys from a hard fought field. The Young Duke Then he asked me, if there was not a hackney coach stand in Lambeth Road? The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 Not improbable that the person who has just quitted it, had never, till he was a corpse, got higher than a single-horse Chay—yet no fewer than half-a-dozen hackneys must be hired for his dust. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Fox was left with a minority which was satirically said not to have been more than enough to fill a hackney coach. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Less than a week later two young hackneys, plump of neck, round of quarter, springy of knee and hock, were brought to the stable. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle After a paragraph or so our blood Is up, and even our jaded hackneys scud along, and warm up into friskiness. The Young Duke Then he said, "Drive me there, post-boy, for your chaise will go faster than a hackney coach will, and so you may drive me there." The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 Weare went home, collected a few things in a bag, and took a hackney coach to a given spot, where Thurtell met him with a gig. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends It is now universal on hackney carriages propelled by mechanical means, and it has also extended largely to those drawn by animal power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It was within a few hours of the time when the hackneys were to take the ring—and look at him! Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle The subject of the Frenchman's denunciation looked harmless enough as he sat in his hackney carriage under the shadow of old Baron Leone's gloomy palace. The Eternal City What does Lord Cochrane state; that he went with his uncle in a hackney coach, which took him into the city at the hour of ten in the morning. The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 I had a strong hackney under me, a bright clear sky overhead, and a companion who, if not brilliantly amusing, was very passably intelligent. Border and Bastille Cabs, or hackney carriages, as they are called in English acts of parliament, are regulated in the United Kingdom by a variety of statutes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It was altogether too heavy work for high-bred hackneys, of course. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle We are glib concerning the laws of nature, and seem to regard them much as the printed regulations stuck on hackney carriages, whatsoever they may be. The Stowaway Girl Q. You do not pretend to be able to recollect every person you carry in your hackney coach every day? The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 About a week after this, I'm bringin' a hackney up to the showroom fur Brown to look at, when a young chap dressed like a shoffer stops me. Blister Jones Her home was no more to her than his station at the corner of the street is to the handcart man or the hackney coachman. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Yet this is the method that rounds you into perfect hackney form. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle A license duty on hackney coaches, imposed in 1693, called forth, however, opposition from an unexpected quarter. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 A. Yes, when I got there I pulled up alongside of a hackney coach. The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 Then he got into a second hackney coach and drove away after the first one. The Poor Plutocrats By this time Sally Salisbury was nearly exhausted, and in St. Paul's Churchyard she jumped into a hackney coach and shaking her purse at the driver bade him join in the pursuit. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Skipper caught hasty glimpses of smart hackneys drawn up trembling by the roadside, of women who tumbled from bicycles into the bushes, and of men who ran and shouted and waved their hats. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle But before Oo-koo-hoo could re-load for a second shot the rest of the little band passed out of range, and, with their high-stepping, hackney action, soon passed out of sight. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Q. Why did you follow that hackney coach. The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 Even the hackney coachmen exhibited their patriotic self-denial by the heroism of refusing to carry any fare to the Castle, the residence of the viceroy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Lavinia smiled triumphantly and tripped into the hackney coach that was awaiting her. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Another set of petitioners was the drivers of hackney coaches. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Armed with this they hastened to the Tuileries, where nothing was visible except several hackney coachman drinking round one of the small shops near the wicket gate of the Carrousel. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Then he asked me, "which was the first hackney coach stand?" The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 "The hobby-horse is but a colt, and your love perhaps a hackney." The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo The hubbub was ended, and not altogether to the satisfaction of the hackney coachman judging by the way he banged his door. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' I was alone, and a hackney coach had conveyed me thither. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three The meeting place of the royal family was on the Quai des Théatins, where two hackney coaches awaited them; the queen's waiting women, and the Marquise de Tourzel had preceded them. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Another, with a like acreage, specializes in hackneys. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia Observing that I was helpless, the woman, my wife, summoned a hackney carriage and drove off, taunting and jeering at her spouse. Berry And Co. Their carriage had, however, been so badly damaged that they had to get a hackney carriage to bring them home. Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition Satin linings of yellow, pink, and blue, are very prevalent ... even in their hackney coaches. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Whether your hackney coachman take you through the March� des Innocents, or straight forward, along the banks of the Seine--passing two or three bridges--you will be almost equally amused. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two A fourth, with 1,000 acres, fattens cattle for market and breeds Percheron horses, thoroughbreds, hackneys, and cattle. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia But as no tidings were afterwards heard of her, she was advertised for, rumours having gone abroad, that she had been heard to shriek out of a hackney coach in Bishopsgate-street. Strange Pages from Family Papers The hackney has been refused by the King this year, and the Pope, giving him three months to return to obedience, threatens, if he does not, to proceed seriously against him. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 They had come over through the mountains, from the borders of Mayo, to sell the filly to the hotel-keeper for posting, and were primed to the lips with the tale of her hackney lineage. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Again, in the streets--their cabriolet drivers and hackney coachmen are sometimes the most furious of their tribe. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two He could sing comic songs, imitate hackney coachmen and fowls, play airs on his chin, and execute concertos on the Jew's harp. Charles Dickens and Music There should also be a public office, to hear just complaints against those who give unnecessary trouble, as there is for hackney coachmen. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged All this is to my taste, but most of your countrymen miss and regret the rattle of hackney coaches, without which they can't sleep. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals With other objects in view, the heavy draught horse, the spirited hackney, and the agile polo pony have been severally bred by exactly the same method. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope "Folly that hackney," said he to the driver, "at what is called a respectful distance, an' you'll be no loser by it." The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Said to be taken from an English ballad in which it is supposed to express the bold and fiery nature of a certain hackney coachman. Charles Dickens and Music They rode ordinary hackneys; and each had luggage strapped behind his saddle. Come Rack! Come Rope! The Major sent for a hackney coach, and when we were going home he pointed out to me the folly of my conduct, and received my promise to be more careful for the future. Japhet, in Search of a Father He demanded surrender, the bailies went and came, in a hackney coach, between Charles’s quarters, Gray’s Mill, and Edinburgh, but on their return about 3 A.M. A Short History of Scotland She had by this time got close to her hackney coach and looked at the coachman for a moment. His Excellency the Minister Why did Ruskin lament when the little square at the foot of Giotto's Tower in Florence was made a stand for hackney coaches? A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century For you can't take a shilling fare with a plough as you do with the hackneys in town. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "Pray God it has passed," and was aroused from his thinking by a sound of horses' feet, and looking up saw my lord cantering towards him on his brown hackney, and with brightly smiling face. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality She examined him with the critical gaze which she might have given a hackney at a horse show. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Do not men breed racehorses, which are useless for any practical kind of work, but which preserve the purity of the breed and become the sires of excellent hackneys and hunters? Tragic Sense Of Life Before a closed hackney carriage from the hotel arrived to carry Phoebe to Newtake, Miller Lyddon passed through a variety of moods, and another outburst succeeded his sentimental silence. Children of the Mist Sweet was the tune—the words were even sweeter— Praising her eyes, her lips, her nose, her hair, With all the common tropes wherewith in metre The hackney poets overcharge their fair. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Therefore, the king ordered her to borrow the hackneys of the countess and chariots, too. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Anon as the squire had heard these words, he alit off his hackney and kneeled down at Galahad's feet, and prayed him that he might go with him till he had made him knight. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Now hardly here and there an hackney coach Appearing, showed the ruddy morn's approach. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 How long have you been in the hackney line? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 We will go and look at the hackneys, and make choice of one fit to carry those great limbs of yours, my worthy friend. Tom Tufton's Travels So zealous was this messenger on his master's commissions, that his hackneys were ruined by his fast riding and had to be sold for petty sums. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Sir, said the yeoman, take mine hackney and do the best ye can, and I shall serve you on foot to wit how that ye shall speed. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) On one occasion a friend was so careless as to leave the manuscript in a hackney coach on his way home and it was lost. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians The entries consisted of horses—Percherons, Clydesdales, hackneys, and English coach animals. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission It is a great pity as he is a splendid hackney and is a great loss at present. McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia Then they all mounted their chariots and hackneys and issued forth on the streets in great triumph and wonderful were the jousts of the Tree of Gold. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 This does not seem much to give for good hackneys, as these were; but they were not particularly cheap for Mexico. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Not a hackney car was permitted to attend the railway station, and commercial travellers had to leave their samples at the station. About Ireland So we exchange the cards, and I have hackney coach to come at my hotel, where they say, "No room, sir,—very sorry,—no room." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829 The hackney carriage horses which took first prize at the last Montreal and New York horse-fairs were foaled and raised near Calgary. The New North The said queen had neither hackneys nor vehicles with which to follow her husband. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Mr. Lincoln and his stalwart friend, Colonel Lamon, slipped out of a side door to a hackney carriage, were driven to the railway station, and returned by the train to Philadelphia. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I Whereat he turned and set his spear, and smote Sir Percival’s hackney in the breast, so that it fell dead, and then went on his way. The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights A gentleman named Harrison had been accused of beguiling a Dr. Clenche into a hackney coach, on pretence of taking him to see a patient. Cock Lane and Common-Sense A hackney coach was procured, into which the hapless victim of her own follies was carried. Marriage Five chariots followed the thirteen hackneys, the Duchess of Norfolk, the most beautiful woman in England, being in the first. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 During his second winter in Edinburgh, Burns met with a hackney coach accident which kept him to the house for six weeks. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Among the ten or fifteen equipages which I found drawn up in file, there was not one hackney vehicle. In the Days of My Youth And at his Grace's first sight of Katherine he uttered an oath and some other expression that savoured of common hackney; for Cedric had been telling him of the soothsayer's words. Mistress Penwick He declares Mr. Bradshaw to have been the best accomplished hackney author he ever met with. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays The spirit of one of them walks here; nay, I saw it go by my window yesterday, at noon, in a hackney chair. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II He urged her to buy a saddle-horse, of which she had spoken, but to be careful that it did not start nor stumble, which were bad faults, "especially in a woman's hackney." The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 "A collaborateur," said a cynical-looking man who had not yet spoken, "is a hackney vehicle which one hires on the road to fame, and dismisses at the end of the journey." In the Days of My Youth Tom, with his ugly face and his long lean limbs, seemed as some other species of animal, or a Derby winner let loose among a pen of prize hackneys and cobs. Elizabeth Visits America They called a hackney coach at the first stand they reached, and were soon at the destined spot. Venetia She came down to the homely hackney vehicle attended by the obsequious Berners, whose curiosity was naturally excited by this solitary expedition. Fenton's Quest Hark ye—was seen with him in a hackney coach. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield The number of hackney coaches that ply in the streets is twelve, under the following regulated fares. A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington Wishing to take my own luggage in a hackney, I found that, however valuable for security the ticketing system may be, it was, under circumstances like mine at present, painfully trying to patience. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The hackney coach conveys alike the living and the dead. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 He saw her safely seated in the hackney vehicle, and then walked slowly back to his chambers, thinking over the interview which had just concluded. Fenton's Quest In fact, Diogenes was at that moment staring through the window of a hackney cabriolet, into which he had been ensnared on a false pretence of rats among the straw. Ten Girls from Dickens Crawling behind an infirm horse, a metropolitan hackney carriage drew up on wobbly wheels and with a maimed driver on the box. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Early morning witnessed a procession of hackney coaches, laden as though we were bent on permanent emigration. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada If the midnight thief find his plunder too ponderous for his hands, the hackney coach offers its services, and is one of the most expert conveyances. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 So when Mr Pecksniff drove up in the hackney cab, Mrs Gamp's curtains were drawn close, and Mrs Gamp was fast asleep behind them. Martin Chuzzlewit I merely said that you were paying a hackney coach. Nicholas Nickleby The locksmith complied right willingly; and both getting into a hackney coach which was waiting at the door, drove off straightway. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty All Little Britain was in an uproar with the smacking of whips, the lashing of miserable horses, and the rattling and the jingling of hackney coaches. Little Britain I went thither with some of my agents, and when he arrived all was so well arranged, that he had only to get into a hackney coach, of which I paid the fare. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 So much so, that I was obliged to see him home in a hackney coach at three o'clock in the morning.' Martin Chuzzlewit I haven't been in a hackney coach of my own hiring, for thirty years, and I hope I shan't be for thirty more, if I live as long.' Nicholas Nickleby Susan at first objected slightly, on the score of distance; but a hackney- coach being mentioned by her mistress, withdrew that opposition, and gave in her assent. Dombey and Son With that he cometh down and mounteth again on his hackney, and they go forward a great pace and ride until they espy the fire and the hold. The High History of the Holy Graal Simultaneously with the travelling equipage, arrived Mr Chuckster in a hackney cab, with certain papers and supplies of money for the single gentleman, into whose hands he delivered them. The Old Curiosity Shop At a late hour Captain Dobbin put his guest into a hackney coach, in a hiccupping state, and swearing that he would be the kick—the kick—Captain's friend for ever and ever. Vanity Fair She wasn't well for some days after that day she dined here, and I can't help thinking, that she caught cold in that hackney coach coming home. Nicholas Nickleby The two friends accordingly soon made an end of their tea, and a servant was despatched to fetch a hackney cabriolet for Miss Tox. Dombey and Son And the knight looketh in the way before him, and seeth a squire coming on a hackney, that was carrying before him a wild boar dead. The High History of the Holy Graal Next morning I dressed as well as, in my present state of indigence, I could possibly contrive to do; and went in a hackney coach to the residence of M. de T——. Manon Lescaut The two gentlemen then returned, languidly, to their hotel, and sent for a hackney coach, and in this commodious vehicle they rolled comfortably downtown. An International Episode The other gentleman was plainly impatient to be gone, however, and as they hurried into the hackney cabriolet immediately afterwards, perhaps Mr Nickleby forgot to mention circumstances so unimportant. Nicholas Nickleby Miss Tox had great experience in hackney cabs, and her starting in one was generally a work of time, as she was systematic in the preparatory arrangements. Dombey and Son When the squire was alighted, he tied up his hackney and entered into the chapel. The High History of the Holy Graal So came those young men to the Want-ways, and found their father sitting there on a heap of stones, and over against him eight horses, four destriers, and four hackneys, and four squires withal. The Well at the World's End: a tale Then he endeavored to get employment as a hackney writer, to copy for the stationers and lawyers about the Temple, but could find no vacancy. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin I never pay a hackney coach, ma'am; I never hire one. Nicholas Nickleby My direction was across the common; and fortunately I met with a carriage, which proved to be a hackney coach returning to town with two passengers. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor He goeth thitherward as fast as he may, and as straight, and scarce hath he ridden away or ever he met a squire that seemed right weary, and his hackney sore worn of the way. The High History of the Holy Graal The superior horsemanship of the London hackney cabman needs no exploitation, and he in whose hands rested the fate of the Calendar treasure was peer of his compeers. The Black Bag And yet these are the Heralds and Pursuivants of Scotland, who are about to proclaim a new law of the United Kingdom before two score boys, and thieves, and hackney coachmen. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Thomas was a boy nearly half as tall as a shutter, and the warehouse was a shop about the size of three hackney coaches. Nicholas Nickleby There was a hackney carriage waiting near the archway—the carriage that had brought Mr. Granger. The Lovels of Arden I have therefore engaged to hire a lodging, and bring a hackney coach for him myself, at seven in the morning, the hour least likely for him to be watched or traced. Anna St. Ives 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 What! shall each spur-gall'd hackney of the day, 140 When Paxton gives him double pots and pay, Or each new-pension'd sycophant, pretend To break my windows if I treat a friend? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 There is a modish performance there to-night, I hear; but I doubt it is over, for the Strand was crowded with hackney coaches moving eastward. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Occasional streams of smoke may be seen issuing from the carriages, but chiefly, it must be confessed, from the most old-fashioned equipages, and from the hackney- coaches. Life in Mexico The Pegasus might be but a common hackney, but the hack was young and fresh, and galloped gaily as he scented the dewy morning air. Charlotte's Inheritance The elderly lady had a hackney coach waiting for her in the next street, and Mrs. Dempster, too tired to resist, got into it at once at her mother's desire. Stephen Archer and Other Tales We drove as fast as we could to Swallow-street—dismissed our hackney coach, and walked up to the pawnbroker's. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Fine ladies in gilded chairs, and vizard-masks in hackney coaches, called frequently at his lodgings in St. James's Street to inquire about his progress. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger "You can wait," he said to the hackney coachman; "I shall be here in about half an hour." Run to Earth A Novel He rode well, and was mounted upon a strong wiry hackney—a cross-bred horse, and of little money value, but one of those active cats of horseflesh that a knowing hand can appreciate. Lord Kilgobbin Until within quite recent date, for instance, there was no such thing as a stand for hackney carriages here; now it has become the fashion to take drives in fine weather. Holidays in Eastern France As the hackney coachman said, "Mend you! better make a new one." The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 The wonder is they never had us or our hackneys. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger From Ratcliff Highway to Charing Cross was a long journey for Joyce; but he had no idea of indulging in any such luxury as a hackney- coach. Run to Earth A Novel But the greater number were occupied in tucking up their white gowns, finding their clogs, or calling for hackney coaches. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 And yet," de Puysange queried, as he climbed democratically into a public hackney coach, "why not? Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes The burgomaster had kept his word with me; so mounted upon a strong hackney, I set out with Power on the road to Brussels. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Then he made an excuse to his household and gave them his last injunctions, after which he loaded three camels and mounted his hackney. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Hence are a thousand hackney writers fed; 190 Hence Monthly Critics earn their daily bread. Poetical Works A hackney coach horse turned into a field of grass, falls not more eagerly to a breakfast which lasts the whole day, than I attacked the old folios, so respectably covered with dust. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Putting their swords to the breast of the trembling merchant, they demanded where he had concealed his treasure, and learned from him of the hackney that was following, laden with, money. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies But the hackney man, learning these facts, frowned more grimly than ever, his mind evidently full of grave doubts. The Life of John Clare Then do thou take with thee a pair of saddle-bags full of gold and mount a swift hackney and I will do the like; and we will take each a spare horse. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III He pranced into action, throwing his legs like a hackney trotter. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea The hackney coach was soon at the door, and as the sick man entered it, he said to Lamb, "Alter the address, and then send the letter with all speed to the poor children." Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey He was attended by a trusty clerk from his comptoir, and a man servant; while another servant led a hackney, laden with bags of money, with which he intended to purchase merchandise. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies He was himself inclined to laugh at his droll adventure in the hackney coach, and thought he should be ready almost to shake hands with the terrible driver. The Life of John Clare Dr. B. thinks it a good opening on account of Grey's death; but I rather think that the intention is to employ me as a mere hackney without any share of the profits. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. But no, false hopes—not even the great Ducrow 'Twixt two such steeds could 'scape an overthrow: If solar hacks played Phaëton a trick, What hope, alas, from hackneys lunatic? The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Half an hour before that time Mark's hackney coach drew up at the wharf. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret Thus it was with an honourable declaration of war against indecency and libel that the young wit and man of fashion, began his career as "hackney writer." Henry Fielding: a Memoir Clare having been formally introduced, Charles Lamb took a whole handful of snuff, and falling back in his armchair, stuttered out an atrocious pun concerning rural poets and hackney coaches. The Life of John Clare A hackney coachman, who was passing by, pulled up, and asked him if he wished a cast in his carriage. The Crayon Papers I was going along Park Street in a hackney carriage, and as I passed St. Xavier's College I found it had started growing rapidly and was fast getting impossibly high within its enveloping haze. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore "I am going to have trouble about that bracelet," he said to himself, as he hailed a hackney coach and told him to drive to Islington. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret To this truly prolific period of the young 'hackney writer's' pen belongs an Epilogue, hitherto overlooked, written for Charles Johnson's five-act play Caelia or the Perjur'd Lover, and spoken by Kitty Clive. Henry Fielding: a Memoir After which, in special honour of Clare's ingenious method of declaring his identity to a hackney coachman, there came, amidst universal delight, another toast to 'The Village Minstrel in London.' The Life of John Clare A hackney coach carried them to Warwick Street, where he was welcomed by Mrs. Rodney, who was exquisitely dressed. Endymion The clock had struck four before I left Ellen's, and without returning to my hotel, I threw myself into a hackney coach, and drove to Charlotte-street. Pelham — Complete They can go; one of you can call a hackney coach for them if they wish it. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret Henceforth we can almost forget the hard-hitting political Champion; we may quite forget the facile 'hackney writer' of popular farces, and the impetuous studies of the would-be barrister. Henry Fielding: a Memoir The clock had struck four before I left Ellen's, and without returning to my hotel, I threw myself into a hackney coach, and drove to Charlotte- street. Pelham — Volume 08 His Majesty had had quite enough of going down in hackney coaches to carry revolutions. Endymion They walked on without speaking for a few yards, Kate leaning upon Montgomery, until a hackney coachman, guessing that something was wrong signed to them with his whip. A Mummer's Wife Leave your classroom on some trifling pretext, and engage a hackney carriage. Autobiography of a Yogi "Sire," the English general exclaimed in indignant astonishment, "our William the Third entered London in a hackney, with a cloak bag behind it, and was made king not many weeks after." The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain Fortified with some strong bouillon, which my nurse gave me instead of beef-tea, and getting into a hackney coach, I went off to procure myself some necessaries for the journey. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 Mr Singleton proposed calling a hackney coach, she consented, and they stopt for it at the church porch. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 A servant then came in, and said the hackney coach was at the door. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 She ordered a hackney carriage, not hinting to the children at any disagreement. Autobiography of a Yogi They were supplied from the hackney coach-stands, and slips of paper of the same color as the carriages were pasted over their numbers. The Companions of Jehu He left the presence of Napoleon, got into a hackney coach, drove to the Bois de Boulogne, and there shot himself. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 He drifted down to the landing-place and went out to his yacht in a hackney launch. We Can't Have Everything Then ringing the bell, he ordered a hackney coach. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 The pedestrians as well as the passing trolley cars, automobiles, bullock carts, and iron-wheeled hackney carriages were all in noiseless transit. Autobiography of a Yogi After having my trunk examined, I hired a hackney coach and drove into Vienna. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 The poets proceeded, wrapt in thought, till they heard another voice of a nature that made Dante start and shake as if he had been some paltry hackney. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 She came alone, in a hackney chair, met him in the hall, and was led up the back stairs to bed. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 She made, however, her enquiry about the carriage, and he told her that he had come in a hackney coach, which was waiting for him at the door. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 They summoned a hackney carriage and departed with all the luggage. Autobiography of a Yogi Outside Mr. Pickwick and his friends made their way to a hackney coach, and Sam Weller was just preparing to jump upon the box when his father stood before him. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Let him furnish you with a hackney, it is as much as if the King's warrant overtook you within ten miles to stay your journey. Character Writings of the 17th Century One day Sydney Smith came home with two hackney coaches full of pictures, which he had picked up at an auction. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Carriages of all sorts and hackney coaches were on the road all the morning to Richmond. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II China then enjoyed hackney coaches, tea gardens, and hilarity; while the delights of European capitals were processions of monks among perpetual dunghills in narrow crooked lanes.--E. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Compton, Bishop of London, was waiting for her with a hackney coach, and she fled to his house in Aldersgate Street. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 In every place you beheld squires leading horses and destriers by the bridle, setting saddles on hackneys and taking them off, buckling the harness and making the metal work shining and bright. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut When he entered the hackney coach and I followed him in, my heart gave such a thrill of joy that I could hardly keep from shouting aloud. The Green Flag After obtaining the address, and ordering a hackney coach, he hastened to the house; but on inquiring for Mr. Denbigh, to his great mortification was told they knew of no such gentleman. Precaution She saw him come riding over the bridge, clad in scarlet, and mounted on his grey hackney, his little daughter beside him, in a bright riding dress of blue, on a shining chestnut horse. Boys and girls from Thackeray The constables, after putting the corpse in a hackney coach, proceeded to the room; but it was dark and empty. The Revolution in Tanner's Lane He gave largesse of bears and of leopards, of palfreys and hackneys, of chargers with saddles thereon. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut I ordered our carriage to move on, and I engaged what you call a hackney coach. The Green Flag There were special stands for hackney coaches, which were 12d.6d. for a day of twelve hours. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III He then packed up his daughter and the parson into the hackney coach, after which he mounted himself, and ordered it to drive to his lodgings. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling After Zachariah had washed and dressed, they were to take a hackney coach together. The Revolution in Tanner's Lane On the Sunday, he got with her into a paltry hackney coach to go to Porcherons. The Queen Pedauque Shocked beyond all expression, I flew after her, and entreated her, with the utmost earnestness, to let us return in a hackney coach:-but, oh!-she is impenetrable to persuasion! Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World They said they had orders not to admit any hackney chairs. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 Before the day had quite gone down, a knight, richly armed, and mounted upon an ambling hackney, rode slowly into the village. Waverley Water was called for; Zachariah was sponged, the wound strapped up, some brandy given him, and the stranger, ordering a hackney coach, told the driver to take the gentleman home. The Revolution in Tanner's Lane He crossed our vision and the open archway: a high-stepping hackney going well, driven by a lady in a light trap which was half full of wild flowers. The Guest of Quesnay Loveday was behind, directing the bringing in of trunks from a hackney coach. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Took her in an open hackney cab and through the town. The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein Let us bilk the rattling cove; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Mrs. Bardell had just recovered from her fainting fit when the ladies observed a hackney coach stop at the garden gate. The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"; with Some Observations on Their Other Associations, What then were her feelings when the rider, who dismounted from his little hackney as unpretendingly as did her husband in the twilight court, proved to have my Lord's long beard and narrow face! Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Whether the tax on chairs or hackney coaches be not paid, rather by the country gentlemen, than the citizens of Dublin? Querist A different and still more striking welcome awaited the Duchess, who presently appeared on her favourite white hackney, surrounded by the members of her household. The Valley of Decision This plebeian Don Juan observed me from behind a hackney car and sent me in double envelopes an obscene photograph, such as are sold after dark on Paris boulevards, insulting to any lady. Ulysses She would not give me time to cry, but got into a hackney coach and rode off to where we were to meet Harry. Mr. Hogarth's Will Cf. the Tatler, No. 30: "On Tuesday last I took three lads, who are under my guardianship, a rambling, in a hackney coach, to show them the town: as the lions, the tombs, Bedlam." The Journal to Stella Well, after many a sad reproach, They got into a hackney coach, And trotted down the street. Rejected Addresses The king dying before the new registration was the greatest blow to pseudo-toryism since his majesty, calling for a hackney coach, went down and dissolved parliament in 1831. Sybil, or the Two Nations From the left arrives a jingling hackney car. Ulysses But the old Neds and Nellies of the town, accustomed leisurely to transport their various family surreys, did not metamorphose into hackneys of such spirit and dash as filled Tess's dreams. Missy It rolled along before her in the direction of the hill and she urged her hackney to keep up with it, until reaching the hill it suddenly stopped. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 He went on, till his hackney stood still, whereupon he left it and walked till his feet swelled. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] "Well, if you like, take steps to restore her, and when she has come to herself, she shall be moved in a hackney coach alone with her father." Sybil, or the Two Nations Then he took with him his Wazir and two thousand cavalry, clad in mail cap-á-pie and set out, without other to guide them but Abd al-Samad who forewent them, riding on his hackney. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 Notwithstanding this was the first day of the King's proclamation against hackney coaches coming into the streets to stand to be hired, yet I got one to carry me home. 10th. The Diary of Samuel Pepys This mighty horseman was carried by his steed as lightly as the young springald by his Andalusian hackney. Burlesques Now as soon as it was evening, the Chamberlain bade bring two hackneys and great store of water and provaunt and a riding-camel and a fellow to show them the way. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] A shrewd and vigilant hackney coachman indeed was from the nature of his calling, very likely to be successful in this sort of chase. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 I speak to the railway porters and hackney coachmen in English, and they reply in their own language, and it seems somehow as if we understood each other perfectly. Roundabout Papers And myself being in a hackney and full of people, was ashamed to be seen by the world, many of them knowing me. 19th. The Diary of Samuel Pepys The far-off clatter of carriage wheels presently arrested his attention; looking down the street, he could see the lights of a hackney carriage advancing towards him. Under the Redwoods Then he took of the dirhams in his pouch and bought him victual for the way and hired a hackney and set out for Ispahan, leaving his wife to the trooper. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] A hackney coach was in waiting for them there. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Not quite so well, however, as one ought; A hackney coach may chance to spoil a thought; And then a nodding beam or pig of lead, God knows, may hurt the very ablest head. An Essay on Man It is pity, therefore, there are not commissioners for watermen, as there are for hackney coachmen; or that justices of the peace might not inflict bodily penalties on watermen thus offending. Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business And if he is in this workhouse instead of living in a mansion, it is solely because he reminded the pretty Countess that he had taken her, like a hackney cab, on the street. Colonel Chabert The two women, unable to see him in the obscurity of the hackney coach, felt his tears falling hot upon their hands. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Sir Edward Hales was in attendance with a hackney coach. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Here he found Colonel Bamfield waiting, who, giving him a cloak and a wig for his better disguise, hurried him into a hackney coach, which drove them as far as Salisbury House in the Strand. Royalty Restored Pacing before him was a white hackney, bearing the sacrament of the altar,—the said hackney being led by reins of white silk held by two footmen finely equipped. Catherine De Medici Now and then the hackney coaches clattering across the Place de l'Odeon, or the omnibuses toiling past, sent up their dull rumbling, as if to remind us that Paris was still close to us. Z. Marcas Cesar took a hackney coach, but stopped it several paces distant from the hotel, whose courtyard was crowded with carriages. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau He had a hackney coach waiting for her lower down the street. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel He would often come in on foot or in a hackney cab when I returned in a carriage—I, his secretary! Honorine He hailed a hackney cab on its way to a neighboring stand, and jumped into it with an air of affected indifference. At the Sign of the Cat & Racket The footman hesitated—it was a hackney coach. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Before I could tell him what a vulgar document it looked like, two more dirty strangers put me into a hackney coach. A Rogue's Life A hackney coach brought up the rear of the cortege, with a man riding at either door and two more following at a distance of twenty paces. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel No, master; the hobby-horse is but a colt, and your love perhaps, a hackney. Love's Labour's Lost After the execution Dangerfield was put into a hackney coach and was taken back to prison. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Just then two men of the corps of Public Safety came up; they recognized Jacques Collin, lifted him up, and carried him to a hackney coach. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life "And here is my carriage," he added, calling a hackney cab. The Commission in Lunacy We were just getting out of the cabriolet, when a hackney cab turned into the street. Gobseck Sebastien meanwhile had made up a package of papers and letters belonging to his chief and had carried them away in a hackney coach. Bureaucracy Oh! but their removing from the chaise into a hackney coach is such a presumption! Pride and Prejudice "Keep dinner back," said the lawyer's wife, remembering that the driver of the hackney coach that had brought her home was waiting to be paid. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life You can get a hackney cab at the club; there is always one to be found there till daybreak. The Commission in Lunacy Like some old hackney which takes no heed of the strokes of the whip, nothing could move him now. The Magic Skin Anon as the squire had heard these words, he alighted off his hackney and kneeled down at Galahad's feet, and prayed him that he might go with him till he had made him knight. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 He did trace them easily to Clapham, but no further; for on entering that place, they removed into a hackney coach, and dismissed the chaise that brought them from Epsom. Pride and Prejudice "And I had not a chance of telling her that Madame d'Espard wants to see Lucien on the scaffold!" thought the judge's wife as she returned to her hackney cab. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life When King Arthur and the two kings saw them begin to wax wroth on both parties, they leapt on small hackneys, and let cry that all men should depart unto their lodging. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 Yes, marry will I. A great piece of business to go to Covent Garden Square in a hackney coach, and take a turn with one's friend. Love for Love: a Comedy Right so Sir Gawaine took a squire with him upon hackneys, and rode all about Camelot within six or seven mile, but so he came again and could hear no word of him. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 His principal object must be to discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from Clapham. Pride and Prejudice In short, madame, do not wait for your carriage, but get into my hackney coach. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life So the king took a little hackney and but few fellowship with him, until he came unto Sir Tristram's pavilion. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 I don't doubt but you have thought yourself happy in a hackney coach before now. Love for Love: a Comedy Then forthwithal King Arthur alighted and unarmed him, and took a little hackney and rode after Sir Launcelot, for ever he had a spy upon him. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。