| 单词 | hansom |
| 例句 | Mr. Tomony who owned the pawnshop came home in a hansom cab from his spendthrift evening in New York. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came a third hansom with two more policemen in it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile an old gentleman had begun to struggle shakily out of the ruins of the first hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Outside the fairgrounds, I hailed a hansom cab. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Every day he saw them stepping from trains and grip-cars and hansom cabs, inevitably frowning at some piece of paper that was supposed to tell them where they belonged. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The hansom crashed into the lamp-post and shattered into several pieces. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z There was the lamppost, with one arm missing; there was the wreck of the hansom cab; and there was the crowd. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She had a long, bright knife in her hand and had been busily cutting the horse free from the wreck of the hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z However, only minutes after we left the neighborhood, Raizel chased down a passing hansom cab. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A second hansom dashed up close behind the first: out of it there jumped a fat man in a frock-coat and a policeman. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Pedaling down Maxwell Street, I took care to stay away from the hansom cabs and wagons that rushed through the road as though they were racing to see who could mow down the most pedestrians. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Frankie wanted to hail a hansom cab, but instead, I forced the two of us to walk to the nearest tram stop, the way Yakov would have done. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Rain poured down in violent torrents, pummeling the hansom cab’s roof and sending the coachman cursing at the sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The horse shied, just as it might have shied in the old, miserable days when it pulled a hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Holmes and Watson have taken a long, strange hansom cab ride through modern times. The televisual Sherlock: The role that made Benedict Cumberbatch a star drove another actor insane 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Leonard’s chosen genre is the Victorian mystery, whose iconography — sulfurous fog, hansom cabs — had already been fixed in Conan Doyle’s lifetime. Review | Niall Leonard is E.L. James’s husband, but his new novel shows he’s more than a plus-one 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Maybe our collective imagination is recycling images from all those films, with hansom cabs rattling over the cobbles in black and white. The changing face of Sherlock Holmes 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z These are moments that might have been glimpsed in the street, from the window of a moving hansom cab, by a device not yet perfected. Manet's portraits: the artist on the knife-edge of photography 2013-01-12T09:01:01Z In a preamble we're told that the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once encountered a hansom cab horse being whipped so he flung himself on to its neck to stop the brutality and thereafter went mad. Berlin film festival ? review 2011-02-20T00:05:49Z Two gentlemen in formal evening dress, both seemingly drunk, enter a hansom cab late one night in July. ‘Blockbuster!’: The strange tale of the best-selling crime novel of the 19th century 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z A team of stagehands and handlers attached Lord’s hansom cab, and Musetta and her paramour loaded into it, with their prop shopping packages. Enter Stage Left: A Donkey Debuts at the Met Opera 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z This explains their titchiness: because they were on the public highway, the shelters could not be any bigger than the area occupied by a hansom cab and its horse. T Magazine: Fare Grounds 2012-11-28T16:00:38Z She didn’t entirely trust this, despite the presence of the hansom carriages and the Time Warner Center—she insisted that south and north were east and west. My Summer Morning in Central Park with Elaine Stritch 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Donald Pepper formed a special connection with a retired Philadelphia hansom cab horse. A ‘magical’ treatment for seniors with dementia: Horse therapy 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Both shows update the timeline of their source material to modern day, trading hansom cabs for subways and limousines. The case of the missing Sherlock Holmes films: UCLA and Robert Downey Jr. investigate 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The car cut into Central Park, passing a hansom cab, whose driver shouted, “You’re going against traffic!” The Night We Landed on the Moon 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Previously, the drivers of the horse-drawn hansom cabs had to sit in the open waiting for fares, as they were not allowed to leave their cabs unattended. Listed buildings: New additions mark 70 years of preservation - BBC News 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z New York City’s taxi industry grew out of the horse-drawn hansom cabs of the 1800s, according to Graham Hodges, the author of “Taxi! A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver.” Yellow Cab, Long a Fixture of City Life, Is for Many a Thing of the Past 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z In the 19th century, it housed horses and hansom cabs. Murals and mosaics enliven an already bustling Blagden Alley 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Being so late, he probably hailed a hansom cab to take him to his workshop. Louis Le Prince, who shot the world's first film in Leeds - BBC News 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Holmes is an icon of the Victorian metropolis, a place of horse-drawn hansom cabs, dark corners, gaslight - and fog. Exhibition probes the mystery of Sherlock Holmes 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Tourists snap pictures of the hansom cabs and the drivers in top hats, and the atmosphere is one of romantic obsolescence. Let New York City’s Horses Work, Too! 2014-01-27T18:07:48Z In just ten lines a man tells the story of waiting in a hansom cab with the object of his desire while the rain pours down. How can you talk interestingly about the weather? 2012-06-06T08:45:05Z They drove to Kensington Gardens and walked under the trees to Hyde Park Corner; there they took another hansom and drove to a restaurant with very comfortable chairs and delicious things to eat. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z We also know that a P. and O. steamer is a means of conveyance almost as generally used by heroes and heroines of English fiction as a hansom cab. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z He lives at the British Hotel in Cockspur Street, and never goes anywhere except in hansoms, which, whatever the distance, he invariably remunerates with one shilling. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z At Thirty-fourth Street the hansom was halted to let a funeral cross the current of the Avenue. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z "And now, Harry, please get me a really nice hansom, because I must simply tear round hard for frocks and frills." The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Fred Organ had succeeded to the paternal house and hansom about two years before. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Our plan of action after this honeymoon in a hansom had already been decided upon. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z On the way home in the hansom that he had called, Jules scarcely spoke. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z The prisoner in the hansom noticed that the shades were drawn in the one that followed the hearse; it bore a grief too sacred for observation—a mother’s, no doubt. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Above the castanets of hansoms and the horns of motors the omnibuses rolled like drums ... the hansoms were going back, back, the motors were going forward; but the omnibuses were going home, home, home. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Arthur had done nothing; even when Fred Organ, to please Sylvia, had offered to teach him to drive a hansom, he had refused to learn. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Will you condescend to drive back in a hansom? The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z At four o'clock she found herself stepping into a hansom in front of her house in Cavendish Square. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z The young man in the hansom felt his hatred hot within him for those with whom he had meant to match himself. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Yet the sight of these same streets was like wine in the veins to a man who drove through them in a hansom piled with Gladstone bags and P. and O. trunks. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z “Come along, then,” said the middle-aged gentleman, a little fussily, she thought, and forthwith he hailed a passing hansom. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The porter believed that Mr. Allonby, on leaving the bank, hailed a hansom and drove off; but even on this head he was by no means sure. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Ten minutes before the train was due out, he arrived at the station in a hansom. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z They did not mean to hurt the younger of the two men in the hansom; they did not know, of course; but just then their mirth smote him to the heart. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z The address was noted, hands clasped again with strenuous cordiality, and Pythias regained his hansom. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Sylvia had for a long time been ambitious to travel in a hansom. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z It was a bitter night, and the snow lay so thick upon the ground that we had some difficulty in procuring a hansom to take us from Bayswater to Old Quebec Street. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z She took her seat in the hansom, and Carthew went back. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z And as the hansom rolled on toward the Battery the prisoner had again a resentment against the capitalist for choosing so unfortunate a day to die. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z London, moreover, is rendered habitable by hansom cabs. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Why, he tried to make me ride in a hansom once, and I was actually too nervous. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "Good," he said, and before we could arrive at any detailed explanation he had banged the door and dashed downstairs, jumped into his hansom and was off. Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z Yet when he was distant a house or so from No. 14 he started guiltily at a very ordinary occurrence; at nothing more than the arrival of a hansom cab at the door. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The hansom was at last under the ugly framework of the Elevated almost at the South Ferry gate. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z And the ostrich who draws a hansom cab, and the man who beats the boy with a stick? Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z When they came to the door a hansom happened to pass and he called it. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z He was in a hansom and saw me. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z He was still among his papers--though expecting the breakfast-gong with every minute, when a hansom cab driven at full speed stopped at the door. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z Some of the hansom cab drivers with bits of black ribbon or stuff on their whips, and everybody looks grave. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z You cannot play scalp hunters with the mechanical ostrich indissolubly welded to a hansom cab. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Presently a hansom drove up; Lady Maxwell got out and entered the house with a latch-key. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z I asked, when Mademoiselle, finally and reluctantly, had been bundled off by J. in a hansom. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z He demurred a little, but I had him in a hansom in the time it takes to blow "Lights out," and we were bowling along Piccadilly in two minutes more. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z As we came quite near to the house we crossed very quickly two gentlemen in a hansom and just recognised the Prince of Wales and Prince George. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z How the Collie Reached his Home.—The following is a true story about a collie who took a hansom. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Burnett dismissed the hansom at once and together they went to the Bachelors’ Club near by, where, over a friendly glass, they gathered up the loose ends of their friendship. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z They were seen to return, about three, in a hansom. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z When Callon in the hansom cab had said to her, "Come South," her first swift reflection had been, "Pamela will be safe in England." The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The stranger thereupon came slowly back to the hansom, showing a face which was no longer agreeable. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z After the dog had been lost, he saw an empty hansom, which he got into; and the cabby could not get him out, for he showed his teeth. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The first volume was finished when, having occasion to go on other business to her publisher, she had the manuscript put into the hansom which was to convey her to his office. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z But as things stood, I was compelled to burst down the High just as I was, hail a hansom opposite Queen's, and drive furiously to the station in bare time to meet the 10.15 train. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z A hansom jingled past him, and by the light of the lamp which hung at the back within it he caught a glimpse of the truants. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z I hailed you from a hansom cab once outside Lloyd's bank in Plymouth. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The idea of such a journey arose from my seeing Mr. Robert Bourke in a hansom as I was driving late in the season of 1886. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z We watched the taxicabs coursing with their noses down to the street, we watched the rocking hansoms, and the lumbering stateliness of buses. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The moment I arrived at Oxford, I dashed up to college in a hansom, and got the Professor's address in London from the porter. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z At the door she sent her carriage home, and when the performance was over she took a hansom cab. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Charnock was not distressed, because he saw a hansom cab waiting for him at the Customs, though how the hansom was to pass up those narrow cobbled streets he could not think. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Pushing our way through the dense crowd, I called a hansom. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z "The woman is mad—she is a prig!" he said to himself, as he hailed a passing hansom and set out for the City, where he was more in his element. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z There was no back seat for the driver in the original design, and there is little beside the suspended axle and large wheels in the modern hansom to recall the early ones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z A hansom cab drove past me just as I crossed the road to go out of the gate to the coffee-stall. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z In less than ten minutes a hansom discharged him at my feet. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Presently a hansom was secured, and Philip handed his guest in, at the same time furtively paying the driver. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z "A hansom cab," replied Dora, laughing, "is much more convenient, goes faster, costs less, and gives you much less trouble." Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z The hansom cab as improved by subsequent alterations, nevertheless, took and held the fancy of the public. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The message was received by Mr. Mudge, who read it, took up his hat, and jumping into a hansom cab, drove westward with all speed. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z "Let us wait a little," she said, as he spoke of sending for a hansom. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z "We might pick up a taxi or a hansom outside the Savoy." A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z In Egypt the donkey takes the place of the motor car, the trolley, the hansom, and the bicycle. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z He took a hansom cab and bade the man drive him to Mount Street,—through Mount Street and so back again. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z The designers had ceased to mimic hansoms, broughams, and victorias following invisible horses ridiculously. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The hansom stopped, and Everard got out and held out his hand. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The hansom stopped at the mansions, on the third floor of one of which Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z By some miracle of driving he gets over or under or past the hansoms and comes to the platform. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The sorrel in the hansom likewise lifted his head, stood on his hind legs, and then, plunging sideways on to the pavement, locked the wheels of the two conveyances together, completely stopping the roadway. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z He lifted a finger, and a hansom rattled along, and drew up by the kerb. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Then he left the bag in a hansom cab. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z After campaigning for decades, animal rights advocates are gaining support for legislation that would ban the hansom cabs, including endorsements from mayoral candidates and celebrities. Campaign Gains to Make Central Park Carriage Rides Horseless 2011-12-08T03:29:56Z “All the same,” he remarked, coolly, “I am going to send you home in a hansom, and see you into it myself.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z My hand stretched out to aid fell to my side; but, as I staggered back, the brute in the hansom plunged yet more violently than before. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z He had not answered those questions to his satisfaction, when the hansom stopped so suddenly that he fell forward. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z It was a cold evening in early November when Frank's hansom drove up to the little house near Bond Street, where Lucy's aunt resided. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z As his cab drew up at the house he saw that another hansom was already at the door. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z Vehicles were passing to and fro, and they had not gone many steps before the captain--to give him the title which he had not improbably himself affixed to his name--called a hansom. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Once in the street, he hailed a hansom and was driven to his destination. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z He stepped into his hansom, and told the driver to take him to Toorak, that he might see how the house where they were going to live together was getting on. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z Downton took it into the office while I waited in Fleet Street in the hansom. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Hailing another hansom Mrs. Lamb left Mr. Luker's two "friends" standing on the pavement. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The hansom had put them down at the departure platform of the main-line trains. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z In the crowd that fought and elbowed its way for room--it was a crowd all elbows--I was the first to reach the hansom. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z I opened the spy-hole at the top of the hansom to ask at what house I was to stop, and, lo and behold you! there was my fare snoring the snore of the just. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z But just as she was getting into the 'bus, a hansom dashed down Trafalgar Square, and a well-known voice hailed her. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z As they turned into Whitehall a hansom, one of many, passed them at a foot's pace, with its usual civil interrogatory, "Cab, sir?" Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z And in truth a few minutes later a hansom rattled to the door, and Archie came in, breathless with haste. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z Another hansom was coming round that corner too. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Instead she rushed off the pavement into a "crawling" hansom, saying to the driver as she entered his vehicle,-- "Drive me to the city--anywhere; only be quick and get away from here!" Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z "Why were you so cruel?" he murmured, as she nestled against him in the hansom. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z There were a few hansoms on the stand. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z We left the house unnoticed, and, having hailed a hansom, were driven to the carriage builder's yard at Vauxhall. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z In that brief, exciting moment Mr. Roland saw that the sole occupant of the other hansom was a lady. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Having deposited Mrs Plummer in a large drapery establishment, with peremptory instructions to make certain considerable purchases, she went off in a hansom by herself to an address in the Temple. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z A hansom was waiting for his master, and into this he put Jenny, and drove her home through the gas-lit streets to her impatient mother and sister. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Look there, that is the same hansom waiting at the corner that hailed us as we came out of the gates. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z She heard the pulling up of the hansom; she put on a light shawl and descended; and Mrs. Leggat lingered in the doorway as she drove off. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Before either had a chance to utter another word hansoms, riders, and drivers were on the ground. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Hewitt had taken leave of Mr. Neal's clerk, and was stepping into a hansom, when he noticed a veiled woman in widow's weeds hailing another hansom a little way behind. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z Soon after dinner was over the hansom Mrs. Oxenham had ordered was announced, and the good old fellow, bustling in from his wine, declared his intention of seeing Miss Liddon home in person. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z And a little hansom cab and horse in diamonds as a brooch. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z We had a hansom, because I had read about them in books. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z He was soon dressed—how strange it seemed to be wearing a black coat and a tall hat again—and was in a hansom bound for the station. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z This man and the two who alighted from the second hansom were unmistakably plain-clothes constables—their air, gait, and boots proclaimed it. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z He detached himself from her clutches, and, when her carriage drove off, called up his hansom and flung himself into it with a sigh of relief. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Many an impromptu carouse was thus initiated, and it was after one of them that Rackham distinguished himself by whistling for a hansom outside the tent. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Our lean horse stumbled just then, and the hansom gave a seasick lurch. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The inebriate one careened forward, blinked his eyes and, with head wagging limply from side to side, gave the hansom a slanting look. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The cabman once more lifted the lid and informed him that the hansom with the veiled woman in it was again following, having waited while Hewitt had visited Palmer's. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z The stopping of the hansom and the lifting of the trap aroused me. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The hansom beat up into the east in a series of short tacks, grinding endless curbstones as she went about, but at last emerging into latitudes less unknown to Denis. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Five minutes later the naval officer was in a hansom, driving towards Westminster Bridge, while, at a little distance behind, the Tsar's agent was following in another conveyance. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The hansom jolted to the curb and halted. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Summoning a hansom, he bade the driver take him to the Hotel Cecil, and looking back he saw Marker following in another cab. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z This was the stepping out of the hansom I had picked up in the Circus and my entry into the hotel. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The extravagant fellow would arrive in hansoms at all hours, and go rattling back to barracks through the silent country in the middle of the night. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Claude sat far back in the cab; he felt thankful it was not a hansom. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z The hansom stopped, and the Phantom gazed a trifle dubiously at a tall building from which issued the clatter of linotype machines and the dull rumble of presses. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Then turning quickly down Sixth Avenue, he brought the hansom to a sudden stop in front of a restaurant whose electric lights flared valiantly into the rain and mist. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z A hansom slipped swiftly through the deserted Square, its wheels making no sound and the slap of the horse's hoofs dying gradually away in the distance. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z They stifled him in his hansom, which they boarded ruthlessly. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z That morning, when he stopped his hansom at the house, he had told the servants not to expect his Grace until he telegraphed. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z A hansom drawn by a scraggy nag came toward him and drew up at the curb on his signal. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z He longed to throw himself inside the hansom and rest his exhausted frame. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z There I hailed a hansom that was returning eastwards. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The next was from Herbert, as they drove home together in one hansom, while Ruth and her husband followed in another. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z Blessings on that London hansom cab, its horse, and knowing driver. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z I was crossing the road, and it was a case of being run over by a hansom, or biked over; I preferred the latter.” The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z They led him down the steps, hustled him across the sidewalk and into the hansom. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z It seemed to me that several sounds awoke me simultaneously—the stopping of a hansom at the front door, the ringing of a bell downstairs, and a quick exclamation from Evie. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z I turned and looked in: there, grinning at me from the interior of the hansom, over the folding-doors, was the wraith of Barnjum! The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z I will take a hansom and gallop all the way. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z His man had packed his things; his hansom was waiting at the gates to take him to the station, and his portmanteau was lettered "Ischl." Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z "We must give this man air," and in a moment more they had staggered with Sullivan's limp form to the ever-ready hansom, which had wheeled quickly to their assistance, and shoved him in. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Also her frugality received a shock when it was discovered that the hansom had been kept waiting all this time. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z As they were driving home a few minutes later, in a hansom, she turned suddenly. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z I have heard of a man Who rowed In a winning Cambridge boat And is now driving A hansom cab. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z "Drive back; I have changed my mind about going abroad to-day," said Cheveley, as he got into his hansom at Albert Gate. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z At seven in the evening two hansom cabs drew up before the door to allow four men to enter the house—also by the area. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z On recovering myself my first impulse was to hail a hansom and make after him, but on second thoughts I saw the folly of such a proceeding. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z So I hired a hansom and came here.” Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Blair called a hansom and told the driver to take him to the Carlton, and leaning back in the vehicle he breathed a long sigh. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z There was a hansom cab waiting, and as I gave my breathless order, “Great Ormond Street,” the horse started, and panting with excitement, I thought I had never gone so slowly before. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z They raced down the avenue in silence until, with a sharp turn, the hansom dashed into East Twenty-seventh Street and stopped with a lurch in front of a low red-brick house close to the corner. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z She consented, and as it was too far to walk, I called a hansom. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z There were similar parties in hansoms and broughams. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z I sent her the very biggest bouquets, such as occupied a whole hansom cab each; love letters, their weight barely covered by eight stamps; and valentines that would only go by parcels delivery. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z At red lights, you get overtaken by clip-clopping horses pulling hansom cabs. City Room: The Guilty Pleasure of a Drive Through Central Park 2011-07-14T21:53:38Z The men laughed and jested, watching the lone hansom and its three occupants with interest. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Turning into Piccadilly he saw a face he knew coming towards him in a hansom, and raised his stick. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z And before I had time to smile at the quip I would be dragging my friend off the roadway on to the pavement to escape the oncoming tramcar, bicycle or hansom cab. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Artingale’s way of going to his own chambers was to take a hansom, and tell the man to drive him to the Marble Arch, and then along the Bayswater-road until told to stop. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z But the war-whoop of the hansom cab fiend athirst for—bones, is nothing in the way of a test compared with the wholly unexpected receipt of an objectionable and unwelcome letter. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Simultaneously he raised his hand to his hat, then crossed the sidewalk and jumped into the hansom. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z "Bond Street," he called up the trap to the driver, and the hansom dashed jingling on. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Meanwhile, the subject of this charitable remark was seated in a hansom with his face turned westward. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z “Yes,” was the reply; and going out to the waiting hansom, they were soon run down to the club, where the choicest little dinner Artingale could select was duly placed before them. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z There is a point at which one of the chief characters is at a loss for half a crown wherewith to pay for the hansom in which he is going off to a ball. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z If he gave himself up and declared that he had struck in self-defense, how could he explain having dashed away with the woman in a hansom? Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z He sat forward in his hansom, leaning out, gripping the front, ready to dash it open. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z In case the increasing storm should interfere with the cars, there was always a hansom cab at a nearby stable. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z With a grin the cabman touched his cap, the door banged, and the hansom set off as if the fare were in a breakneck hurry. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z He came out again in about a quarter of an hour, hailed a passing hansom, and drove away. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z At the curb stood a hansom, the driver cloaked in a heavy waterproof. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z But he obeyed mechanically, and the hansom started off. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z As he spoke he dodged an old shoe which the astute Polo projected from the studio window, and springing into the hansom drove rapidly away. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z I immediately took a hansom to Maxwell's rooms, to find that he had gone to Paris in a great hurry. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Mrs. Palmer was greatly disturbed to find herself driving home alone with Dolly in the hansom. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z He had climbed into his own hansom, little the wiser for his experience at the Moonshine. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Therefore, both men entered the car, and as they did so a man jumped from a hansom in breathless haste. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z On the steps Madame was parting tenderly from Miss Noakes, who was in travelling costume, and Mr. Mudge sprang from the interior of the hansom to assist her to a place beside him. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z A hansom stood at the door, and into it the American handed his companion and raised his hat. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z So the hansom drove on, carrying many agitations and exclamations along with it. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Through its arched portals one might drive a hansom cab, and tradition says that the feat has been accomplished. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Then he took a hansom to the "Dispatch" office, and proceeded to prepare a special edition of his paper—an edition containing surely the most amazing news that had ever startled London. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z I therefore got into a hansom and drove off to inform Mdme. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z He got up from the dinner table of his club quite quietly and called a hansom. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Robert called a hansom, and they drove rapidly along the road towards town. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z While you are writing I will get Dorothy to tell your footman to whistle for a hansom for me.' Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z After a while he looked at his watch, hesitated, and finally hailed a hansom cab. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z In due time his hansom enters the gates of Broadlawns; at the door he is met by Mr. Stone. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z At the end of the lane two hansoms were standing. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z It is a hansom cab that follows them—the same you saw just now. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z And presently she drew away from the two girls and hailed a belated hansom. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z I took a hansom to the Caf� Royal and sat there drinking coffee and Benedictine. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z At this juncture the shop door was hurriedly thrown open, when Sarah Kane, cold, pale, and trembling, followed by the driver of a hansom, came in quickly into their midst. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z There were two hansoms in the lane, and I put the supposed king into one of them and gave the cabman the address of the general's lodgings. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z A piteous cry from Mr Swinton—for it was he—did not hinder him from being dragged out of his hansom, and receiving a chastisement he would remember to his dying day! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z If she had lost them, the child knew just what to do,—take a hansom and drive straight to their lodgings. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z I gave him half a crown for himself, while the dignified doorman called me a hansom. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z He drove to the office of Sharp and Co. in a hansom, and entered the premises with a defiant air. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z The hansom drove away, and Hunt raised his hat. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Your servant, in a hansom cab, can fetch the stuff, and be back in fifteen minutes. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Once more the hansom started on its way. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z There I took another hansom and doubled back to Piccadilly Circus. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z In the street beneath, hansoms were jingling along, bringing people home from the restaurants. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z He made some remark about the beauty of the night, and a minute later he was bowling back in a hansom to Merehaven House. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z If there be any chivalry in a London cabman, it is to be found in the driver of a hansom—especially after having received a sovereign with the prospect of earning another. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z “It’s so old and gray and smoky and full of history——” “And quaint little shops——” “And buses and hansoms and carriages of state,” laughed Billie. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z I waited until he had disappeared, then followed in a second hansom, which bore me leisurely in his wake. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Not yet did the roar of London sing in familiar harmonies; the crunch of the omnibuses, the jingle of the hansoms, made no music in his ears. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z A hansom crawled along with the driver half asleep on his perch. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z At the Piccadilly entrance another hansom would be found, holding the real luggage of the travellers, which had been transported the night before to the residence of the soldier-author. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z At one o’clock, in a fit of restlessness, he went out, and taking a hansom drove over to Westminster, to Harcutt’s rooms. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z A mirror set in an angle of the hansom showed me, by the light of a match, a blotchy nondescript face that nevertheless could not be mistaken for my master's. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z And, oh, glorious, unmatchable Boat Race day: how we all cared, how everyone cared, the whole of London cared, the costermongers, the drivers of four-wheelers, those delicious hansom cabs, everyone cared. Boat Race still takes British sport's venerable cream cracker 2011-03-23T00:06:01Z Then, as Jessie had confidently anticipated, another figure emerged as if from the door of the garden and hailed the other hansom. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z So dense was the fog, it could only have been seen by one who chanced to be near it; and very near to know that it was a hansom. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z “Into the lion’s mouth, indeed,” he muttered to himself grimly as he hailed a hansom at the corner and was driven homewards. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z This brought the greengrocer's cart nearer to the empty hansom, and gave me a chance to examine some of the passengers on a Chancery Lane 'bus beyond. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z We went home in a hansom, and agreed that we would have just one cigarette and then go to bed. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Doubtless the idea was to keep the general's cab in sight and track him to his destination, under the impression that the King of Asturia was in the first hansom. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z The man, who had got out of the hansom to horsewhip him, must have known that he was being followed, and wherefore. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The driver of the hansom, who also was covered with mud, stood talking to Felix while staunching the blood from a wound in his forehead. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z The porter blew his whistle, and a second hansom soon appeared. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z A good hansom would convey him to Harborough in half an hour. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z I could come back in a hansom, but danger lies that way. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Jack called a hansom—of course he could have walked, but he had no idea of economy or the value of money—and was driven to Park Lane. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The Ambassador, when he left Mr. Sabin’s house, stepped into a hired hansom and drove off towards Arlington Street. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Beckoning to a porter, I directed him in mealy tones to fetch me a hansom. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Then Peggy hails a hansom, and bids the cabman drive as quickly as he can to the G. W. station. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z A hansom cab had come to a stop beside the pavement, and an old man carrying a handbag was fiercely abusing the cabman, who sat on his perch the image of bewilderment. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Then he called a hansom, and was driven to the club. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z It had fallen from her gown as she had stepped into the hansom. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z The clocks were striking a quarter to six as we resumed our hansoms. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Talbot's eye has eagerly singled out the hansom, and followed it. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Was the man who came out of the Aerated Bread Shop and jumped, into the hansom three minutes ago a youngish looking man with dark whiskers and spectacles? The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Weary, exhausted rather, he signaled a hansom, and was driven to Spider Court. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z He turned and hailed a passing hansom, which drew up immediately at the kerb by their side. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z In another second I was out of the house, and seated in my waiting hansom. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Nita dons hat and gloves and hurries out on the street, while she takes the first hansom she sees. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z Finding it impossible to overtake them, I hailed a passing hansom and persuaded a policeman, who, for a wonder, happened to be near, to accompany me. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z At five minutes to eight a hansom dashed up to the door, and Jack, in evening dress, with his light overcoat, strode up the steps and into the drawing-room. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The hansom drove off, and Wolfenden stood on the pavement, hat in hand. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z The street was almost deserted, but a belated hansom was approaching. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z This time it was Julia who shared the hansom of her brother-in-law. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z It chanced that I drove down in a hansom and a violent thunder storm came on so that in spite of all precautions the front of my dress shirt became hopelessly splashed with mud. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z And now, as I feel rather tired, would you mind coming up to my rooms? and we’ll have a hansom, after all.” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Everyone seemed to like her and respect her and be interested in her, and Trafford kissed her flushed cheek in the hansom as they came home again and crowned her happiness. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Two hansoms now joined the procession, but the first carried an eye-glassed snob, and the other an officer in uniform. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z I just go to the nearest cab-stand, strike a bargain with Mr. Jehu for an afternoon’s use of his hansom, and go around the town hunting flats. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z While we were driving to the Museum in a hansom cab, I remember that a somewhat ridiculous contretemps took place. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Stephen called a hansom, and they were rattled away to the Albany. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z "Here we are!" said Marjorie, a little relieved to find the hansom turning out of King's Road into their own side street.... Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z At Red Lion Street we pulled up, and the Bank 'bus passed us with a good start, also the empty hansom. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z As the sky had become overcast, and a thin drizzle was beginning to fall, he called a hansom, and bade the driver take him back to his hotel. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z "I wish you could get a hansom," she said; "we shall be hours getting home in this." A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z “Great Heaven! has everyone disappeared?” he exclaimed, irritably, and flung himself out of the house and into a hansom. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z He gathered all his mental strength together with a mighty effort, shook off the great trembling hand, and leapt into the hansom. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z An empty fourwheeler overtook me at last, and I drove like mad to London Bridge, where I took a hansom to Bruton Street. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Out in the street he stopped the first hansom that he saw. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z "How awfully things have gone askew," he said to himself, as he spun east in a quick-going hansom. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z For just as she had rung the bell a hansom cab drove up to the door, and a tall, dark-complexioned young man leaped out. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z She replied: "Did you come up to the house in a hansom cab?" Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z This person ordered a hansom to take him to the City, giving the driver the address of a substantial firm of stockbrokers—named Ducker and Sims. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The young man stopped a hansom and they got in. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z “One wandered about in it like a maggot in cheese; it was not a hansom cab, to be got into, or out of, at dinner-time.” The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z In fact, the two four-wheelers, three hansom cabs, several dog-carts, and one open landau suggested rather a picnic amid the tombs. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z If he joins you in a hansom, You alone provide the fare; Not for all a monarch's ransom Would he pay his modest share. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z By Jove, I've run it precious near, Was ever "hansom"-horse so slow! Mr. Punch's Railway Book 2011-01-23T03:00:16.120Z She was just wondering who, in the event of a separation, would have the custody of the children, when she heard the sound of Teddy's hansom as it stopped at the door. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z It was with difficulty that Belinda stopped a stampede in the direction of the hansom. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z Through the half-opened window came floating in the everlasting chorus,—the falling footsteps upon the pavement, the jingling of hansom bells, the far-off roar of the heavier traffic. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z My dear, I have a hansom waiting; the impudent fellow says his horse won't stand. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Having paid the bill, he left the shop, and started walking towards the bridge; but he did not walk far—he would have been lame in reality—he hailed a hansom. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z A hansom was waiting just outside, and Mr Carver began to organise briskly. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z "An angel in a hansom!" cried the Secretary, "that's certainly a combination worth seeing," and rising, he stepped to the window, followed by Kingsland. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z After a dose of sal volatile, Miss Burton called a hansom and insisted on taking me home. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z A hansom was passing the telegraph office door. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z There he hailed a hansom and was rapidly driven to his lodgings. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z A minute later Lilly, glancing from the hansom window as she was being driven along the canal, saw a taxicab whizz past from the opposite direction. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z About eleven o'clock last night a young man was observed, while endeavouring to get out of the way of a hansom, to slip and fall under the wheels of a heavy two-horse dray. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z I watched them drive away in a hansom.... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z My hansom would drop him at the door of his chambers in Grafton Street, and then I would go on to Chelsea. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Athelstan hailed a passing hansom and they drove off. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z The coachman turned his russet face inquiringly to the lady in the hansom. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z "That hansom in front—follow that hansom——" We tried Regent Street first, for I remember seeing the revolving doors of the Piccadilly; but no hansom was to be seen. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Oh but, by the way, I saw a hansom—a real hansom—in Regent Street. H.M.S. —— Oh, by the way!" said Camilla, "I think I had better send the horse away; I can go home in a hansom. Capricious Caroline But, no: he was so utterly astounded that when he hailed a hansom, and slowly stepped in, his reply to the driver as he peered down through the little trap was only— “Bai Jove!” By Birth a Lady Kneeling on the steps he leaned far into the hansom and stared into her face. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z White satin slippers in hansoms had very little to do with it, and tearooms that had once been something else even less. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z He raised his cane as a hansom cab came by, got in, and was driven to the Channel Hotel, where he paid and dismissed the man. A Double Knot Outside, too, it was quiet, only sometimes a hansom would rattle past the front of the house, its bells jingling, and the horse's hoofs beating merrily on the asphalt. The Princess Galva A Romance On the day he came home from his wedding trip, I went down with my traps on a hansom, in accordance with a prearranged schedule. The Window at the White Cat "I say, don't those hansoms tell us all about his pals!" Witching Hill Or rather it was the hansom that I saw first. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z “Follow that hansom!” he cried to the man as he leaped in. A Double Knot Outside the station he engaged a hansom, and told the man to drive him to The Beeches. The Man Who Rose Again Falkenstein walked on, hailed a hansom in Regent street, and in a quarter of an hour was chatting with his hostess. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories I said when we had skirted the shallow drive, avoiding a couple of hansoms that stood there with the cabmen snug inside. Witching Hill He now had that young beard again, and he and it and the hansom with the white satin slippers in it had disappeared behind a bus opposite Swan and Edgar's. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z For, having mastered the repugnance which had made him feel disposed to send a message to put off his visit, he had chartered a hansom, and run up to the doctor’s house. A Double Knot "Do you prefer," he asked, fixing the unhappy and bewildered chemist with a glare of anger, "a hansom or a taxi?" The Gay Adventure A Romance Michael felt some misgivings about ordering a hansom after last night, but Mrs. Murdoch went cheerfully enough to fetch one. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Michael was excited by this notion, especially when he heard that they were to travel by hansom, a form of vehicle which he greatly admired. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I dashed across to the island and dodged in front of the nose of a horse; but I could not see the hansom. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Huish nodded assent and turned away, hailed the first hansom, and jumped in, the man smiling at him in a friendly way. A Double Knot As a hansom drove up in answer to the whistle, he wondered if it might be taken as a sign. The Gay Adventure A Romance Michael managed to hail a hansom immediately, but when he turned back to the scene of the pavement the conditions of the dispute were entirely changed. Sinister Street, vol. 2 How will people think I'm bringing up my daughters, if they return at midnight with young men in hansoms? Sinister Street, vol. 1 But neither beard nor hansom helped me to what I most anxiously wanted to know—how far back in years he had now gone. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z At Fifty-ninth Street we caromed with a hansom trotting too leisurely across the plaza, and I listened for nearly a block to the remarks of a bicycle cop before he dropped behind. The Haunted Pajamas Suddenly their driver gave a shout, the hansom jerked violently, and Lady Betty, clutching at Wyndham's hand, saw a woman just step back in time from under the horse's head. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel She would not go in a hansom, however; nor would she allow Barnes to make a third; and in the end she and Michael went wandering off down Shaftesbury Avenue through the warm September night. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "I vote we drive home in two hansoms," suggested Michael as they stood in the vestibule when the pantomime was over. Sinister Street, vol. 1 He had had no set intention of growing that beard that I had seen in the hansom. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z In the road, usually so crowded at that hour with vehicles of all descriptions, omnibuses, hansoms, private carriages, vans, and even costermongers' barrows, two dogs were fighting over a piece of food. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance At Trafalgar Square the town was alive with masses of hansoms in motion that broke into jets and streams flashing and darting into all the avenues. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel In London it was overwhelming to speculate upon a hansom's progress. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Why should they not have dinner on a balcony over the river, and after dinner drive all the way home in a hansom cab? Sinister Street, vol. 1 He was alive, well-dressed, driving a woman somewhere in a hansom, and certainly looking as if he ate four square meals a day and enjoyed them. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Hailing a hansom, I bade the man drive me with all possible speed to Eaton Square. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance At last another hansom—coming from the abandoned direction! An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Yet it was absurd to think of murder on this summer night, with all these jingling hansoms and all that fountainous sky of stars. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "And drive back at eleven o'clock in hansoms?" Sinister Street, vol. 1 I don't care who he takes in hansoms; I've nothing to gain and nothing to lose. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z A hansom conveyed them to a house in an up-town street, where Mr. Manning boarded. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck "There is no suggestion of drama here, but just the average feeling of the London thoroughfare—busy people going their way, and a procession of omnibuses mixed up with carts and hansoms." An Engagement of Convenience A Novel "What you really thought," said Michael, "was that you would have to drive my sister in a hansom." Sinister Street, vol. 2 She took a hesitating step forward, but Macheson led her firmly towards another hansom. The Missioner Then he would appear from nowhere and take her in his arms, and he had a golden beard, and the next moment was riding in a hansom with nothing of Jennie visible but her slipper.... The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The ring fastened on Victoria's imagination as she stepped into a hansom which was loafing near the door. A Bed of Roses The driver cracked his whip and shouted something angrily, and then the hansom moved on again. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Driving home with my old man in a hansom cab. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Take a hansom cab, and drive as far, say, as Whitechapel. The Missioner Milly, when they reached home—and she had talked lightly if not gaily in the hansom—said that she had rather a headache. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Now and then too the rumble of a dray or the clatter of a hansom filtered into the dullness. A Bed of Roses It was as if some great arm had encircled him irresistibly, and hurried him out of his studio, and jerked him into a hansom. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel He often ricocheted from the inside to the outside of the pavement to get a nearer view of a passing hansom whose occupant had faintly resembled Lily. Sinister Street, vol. 2 We will take this hansom,” he added, hailing one. The Missioner The jingle of harness sounded, as the hansom drew up; and, walking deliberately forward, she got into the vehicle. The Gambler A Novel C. He hailed a hansom and was off in a moment. Love's Usuries And this, whether he came on foot or in a hansom. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel "Oxford train?" inquired a porter, as the hansom pulled up. Sinister Street, vol. 2 They threaded their way through the streets, crowded with hansoms, electric broughams, and streams of foot passengers. The Missioner A few minutes later the hall porter had put her into a hansom, telling the cabman to drive to the Apollo Theatre. The Gambler A Novel He was not long absent, for he had secured a passing hansom and paid a doubled fare for doubled speed. Love's Usuries Now and again she heard the ring of a hansom, the smart trot of a horse, and she held her breath with excitement. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Michael leaned back in the hansom and cursed their inefficient memories. Sinister Street, vol. 2 She refused to tell me her destination, or to allow me to see her into a hansom. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Reaching the courtyard of the station, she unostentatiously hailed a hansom, and, having given her new address to the cabman, took her seat. The Gambler A Novel In the hansom, glad to be alone, Sophy sat with her arms tight against her breast as though she would keep something in her from bursting. Shadows of Flames A Novel The trot of a horse, and the rattle and tinkle of a hansom sounded just then, coming smartly along the avenue. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel The hansom clattered through the murk beneath, past the dim people huddled upon the pavement, past a wheel-barrow and the obscene skeletons and outlines of humanity chalked upon the arches of sweating brick. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Without approaching her he stood back in the shadow and saw her enter a hansom in the station-yard and drive out into Buckingham Palace Road. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England As the hansom descended the current Loftus nodded to this acquaintance and to that, occasionally raising his hat as women smiled and bowed. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident So neither of them saw the young man who bent eagerly forward from a passing hansom, and looked at them with amazement, and yet with an intense interest. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance The hansom pulled up, and he helped her down. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel There in black, strolling nonchalantly across the pavement to a hansom, was Lily! Sinister Street, vol. 2 I entered a hansom and drove to the place in question, a semicircle of dark-looking, old-fashioned houses of the Bloomsbury type—most of them let out in apartments. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Suddenly the hansom tacked, veered and landed him at the ex-first lady's door. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident He was on the point of jumping into a hansom to be driven to his cousin's house, when he remembered that he had not a cent in his pocket with which to pay for it. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 She got into a hansom, which, choosing its route through unobstructed back streets, arrived at her goal wonderfully soon. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel "I say," said Michael, with his foot on the step of the hansom, "I think I must have talked an awful lot of rot to-night." Sinister Street, vol. 2 Five minutes later, refusing to allow me to accompany him to the station, he drove away into Piccadilly with his luggage upon a hansom, and thus was I left alone for an indefinite period. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England One night last February, Alphabet Jones rattled up to the door in a vagabond hansom. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes A vagabond hansom was loitering near, and with its assistance he presently reached her door. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel As she turned into another street she overtook a hansom going at a snail's pace. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel "I'm really awfully worried," he said aloud to himself, as through the stale city air the hansom jogged heavily along from Paddington to Charing Cross. Sinister Street, vol. 2 To be rattled in a hansom down George Street and then brought face to face with the front quad of Balliol is not an inspiring method of approach to beauty. Years of Plenty They were held up by traffic as they crossed the Marylebone Road; drays, hansoms, bicycles passed—there was a stir of voices and wheels, somewhere in the park a band was playing. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Put Mr. Webber in a hansom, And bid the driver hie to Downing Street. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded As the next morning turned out fairly clear, Wyndham took his materials with him into a hansom, and rang the bell at Grosvenor Place at about ten o'clock. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Michael could not bear to stay at home to-night alone: so, getting back into the hansom, he told the man to drive to the Oxford Music-hall. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He caught a passing hansom in Fleet Street and the last train to Lymchurch. Man and Maid He called a passing hansom and they climbed into it. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary He hurried off in a hansom and I followed, stopping on my way at the Vienna Caf� for dinner. The Green God "Besides, I could easily cut to and fro in a hansom," put in Wyndham. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel He called a hansom and told the driver to go to Blackfriars Bridge, and from there slowly along the Embankment to Cheyne Walk. Sinister Street, vol. 2 I wonder whether taxis will ever be as romantic as hansoms. Carnival This is not the sort of weather to ride in hansoms. The Red Rat's Daughter Once more they were in the hansoms and Ewing slept again, to the strains of "I have other mothers now," sung by Baldwin, who sat in his lap. Ewing\\'s Lady Nearer and nearer came the hansom, louder and louder beat the horse's hoofs on the asphalte, but she pursued her meaningless way, without paying any heed to it. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel "Do you think Mr. Cleghorne would go and fetch me a hansom?" Sinister Street, vol. 2 They were mulcted in chocolates and hansoms and cigarettes. Carnival I thought you said just now this was not the weather for driving in hansoms? The Red Rat's Daughter They are ready for their turn of duty, and are as spruce as hansoms. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The lad drove up in a hansom, and smiled patronisingly upon the sisters assembled to welcome him in the bare entrance-hall. The Daughters of a Genius On the platform Michael and Alan decided to part company, as neither of them felt sure enough whether St. Mary's or Christ Church were nearer to the station to risk a joint hansom. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Jenny shook her head and retraced her steps regretfully, watching the satisfied hansoms drive off one by one. Carnival The clocks in the neighbourhood were striking eleven next morning as he alighted from his hansom and approached the door of the studio. The Red Rat's Daughter Here come pouring down Park Street on the maid�n a rush of broughams, neat buggies, the lightest of gigs, trim office brownberrys, shining victorias, and a sprinkling of veritable hansom cabs. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel There was a crack of the whip here, and the hansom trundled along. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Riding through London in a hansom a few minutes later, the people of the city became unreal to him, and only those goblin-children remained in his mind as the natural inhabitants. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Her mother was suddenly aware of Jenny's cross-examinations, which she had been answering mechanically with thoughts far away with a florid man in a jingling hansom cab. Carnival A few moments later Browne bade him good-bye, and, calling a hansom, drove back to his own house. The Red Rat's Daughter He descended to his pantry, where he drew a glossy hat from a box, took an empty Gladstone bag from a cupboard and went out to hail the first hansom round the corner. Blind Policy Once in the hansom again, he called up through the little hole in the top. International Short Stories American He left his hansom at the entrance of the park, at 72nd Street. Fairfax and His Pride Soon they were driving in a hansom cab towards the railway station. Carnival At ten o'clock he ordered his hansom and drove to his lawyers' office in Chancery Lane. The Red Rat's Daughter Still the occasional flash, more welcome than ever, of the passing lights of the hansoms. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Van Buren paid his bill, and, returning to the street, hailed a hansom. International Short Stories American And with an air of dignity I flung it into a hansom, and ordered the driver to set me down at the South-Eastern. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The rattle of a hansom cab was heard at last—at last, Mary thought—in reality a few minutes before the time appointed; and the poet and Mr. Heron entered. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. So engaged was he with the thoughts it conjured up that he quite forgot the fact that he was standing in a shop in London with hansoms and 'buses rolling by outside. The Red Rat's Daughter He 's taking shelter under an archway till he can call a hansom. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly I walked down with C., and as a large crowd gathered, though in the main friendly, we went into Dr. Clark's, and then in a hansom off the ground. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) George R. Sims, in consenting to drive a hansom, fears there may be cabbies of the same name. The Battle of Blenheim In the meantime give me my hat and call a hansom. Long Live the King Not a private hansom Lie, But a fair and brougham Lie, Not a little place in Tooting, but a country house with shooting and a ring-fence, deer-park Lie. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Of course not; no more than for the color of the horse in a hansom. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly She did not at once see a hansom, and therefore she walked for a few yards along the broad pavement of the Bayswater Road, where at that hour not many passers-by were to be encountered. A Life Sentence A Novel She could scarcely wait for Val to make his adieux properly, and sprang into the hansom while he was still in the hall. Leonore Stubbs And laughing as though he had said something insultingly original, he hurried down the stairs, and jumping into a hansom, he presently rolled up town. Eden An Episode I whistled for a hansom, and, as the cab turned up Whitehall, Big Ben chimed a quarter to eight. The Red Symbol Two cabs were running along, a four-wheeler and a hansom: the woman staggered almost under the first, and was thrown under the second. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Quite astonished by her own success, Flossy slipped a coin into his hand and made him call her a hansom cab. A Life Sentence A Novel Say, it must be tough to have ambitions like that, and never get nearer to 'em than now and then a ten block hansom ride. Side-stepping with Shorty It took the hansom but a few minutes to reach its destination, and presently the door of Mr. Menemon's house was opened. Eden An Episode They do not harass those with whom they are concerned unnecessarily, but whether it is the London County Council, a powerful omnibus corporation, or an unlucky hansom driver, they act impartially, without fear or favour. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police The poor fellow had spent his first week at home in hansoms, rushing passionately from one end of London to the other, looking up his various acquaintances. The Return of the Prodigal Meanwhile, you must jump into a hansom and appeal to the sympathies of Miss—Vanrenen, is it?” Cynthia's Chauffeur "Now come along," and he hailed a hansom. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons But my apartment in the Cumberland is hardly a donjon; a hansom is not a vehicle suited to an elopement; Lochinvar is out of fashion; and besides, she would not have gone. Eden An Episode Within ten minutes they were bowling along the Embankment towards Westminster Bridge in a luxuriously appointed hansom of the newest type, with the precious case lying across their knees. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror As he walked leisurely along under his umbrella, Mr Clinton looked without envy upon the city men who drove along in hansoms. Orientations Some primitive instinct of caution directed her to a street car in preference to a hansom or taxi-cab, and she found the French woman's small, musty establishment with an ease that surprised her. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon She poured out her words hurriedly, and only the restraint that comes with a seat in a hansom cab within full view of the populace of Camden Town prevented her bursting into hysterical tears. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons "I say, cabby," he called to the hansom; "Second Avenue and Stuyvesant Square." Eden An Episode Oliver sedulously averted his eyes and hailed a passing hansom cab. Brooke's Daughter A Novel It was when he was in a hansom driving to his hotel that Heron, putting his hand in his waistcoat pocket, drew out a crumpled card which he had thrust in there hastily and forgotten. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Outside the club windows the rain fell, glistening and grey; it was making for dusk and the black stream of hansoms and umbrellas were homeward bound. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon At Piccadilly Circus, I jumped of a sudden into a passing hansom. Miss Cayley's Adventures On descending from the hansom at the “Currency Lass,” Hadden was struck with the appearance of the cabman, a gross, salt-looking man, red-faced, blue-eyed, short-handed and short-winded, perhaps nearing forty. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) She had last been seen on the pavement, shortly before midnight, assisting a lady to get into a hansom. Brooke's Daughter A Novel One of my ambitions is to drive in a hansom cab. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 The streets were now dark, and Miss Mary, who had begun life in New York with her own private hansom, felt singularly out of place in the jostling crowd. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon I will follow you at once, to King's Cross, in a hansom.' Miss Cayley's Adventures You can whisk round in a hansom and no questions asked; but if you try to come on a quarter-deck, my boy, you’ll get nabbed.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Two or three carriages drove up: there was a call for a hansom, a whistle, and an answering shout. Brooke's Daughter A Novel Lizzie scarcely knew what a hansom was; but she submitted to be put into one, and to get with much difficulty a shilling out of her purse to pay it. A Country Gentleman and his Family I accepted, and she taking a hansom in the Strand, drove off. The Count's Chauffeur Rochester’s hansom set him down in Cadogan Street just as a new and very handsome motor-car moved slowly away from the door. The Moving Finger Yes, it would probably be better to draw back from this high-flying venture, settle back on the leather business—— “Great God!” cried Morris, bounding in the hansom like a Jack-in-a-box. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The girl took a hansom and drove at once to her mother's house. Brooke's Daughter A Novel Just as he stepped inside the portico, turning round for a last look, he saw something approaching in a hansom—something rather than some one, a gray veil covering an unseen face. A Country Gentleman and his Family She refused to tell me her destination or to allow me to see her into a hansom. The Count's Chauffeur Thereupon I arranged my clothes as best I could, and summoning a passing hansom, drove to a hotel in Portland Street, the name of which I chanced to remember. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) And at the Langham Hotel, sure enough, with a brow expressive of despatch and intellectual effort, Gideon descended not long after from a smoking hansom. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) As the trust officer returned to his hotel in his hansom, he jingled a few stray coins in his pocket, the remains of twenty pounds in gold that the day had cost him. Clark's Field There were two huge sows—O, brutes of animals that would have broken down a hansom cab—four smaller pigs, two barrels of beef, and a horror of vegetables and fowls. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) I took a hansom, and drove to the place in question, a semicircle of dark-looking, old-fashioned houses of the Bloomsbury type—most of them let out in apartments. The Count's Chauffeur With these words, Somerset hailed a passing hansom; and the pair were driven rapidly to the railway terminus. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) As a rule, complete surrender meant less striving and contriving, a better establishment, and a freer use of hansom cabs in place of omnibuses. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography “After all,” he reflected, as he descended from the hansom, “I have not had long to wait for my adventure.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) After he has imparted this information he will re-conduct her upstairs, and will then leave in a hansom preceded by a tall cigar, for which he has paid half-a-crown. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 Father and I go down to the theatre in a hansom, when we feel ourselves quite smart. The Landleaguers I rose accordingly from table, got into a hansom, and drove straight to Jekyll’s house. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) The driver of a hansom cab shouted aloud as he jerked his horse to its haunches to avoid running over me. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Not knowing what to do under the circumstances, he resolved, after due consideration, to get into a hansom and drive down to the “Goose.” The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit I’ve been run over by a hansom cab, and I’m all buggy, but I ain’t hurt, and this gentleman brought me home. Berenice He will then drive a hansom through the streets, and, having knocked over a hot potato-stall, he will compensate the proprietor with a round of oaths and a five-pound note. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 Near the Marble Arch they found a hansom, which rapidly conveyed them to the terminus at Euston Square; and here, in the hotel, they sat down to an excellent breakfast. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) She had tucked the child in a hansom, and they were driving slowly through the lower end of 243 Central Park to restore Sheila’s roses before she was exhibited to her parent. Outside Inn A square away, the lights of a hansom winked into the avenue, and the hoof-beats of the horse clonked on the pavement, unaccompanied by any sound from the smoothly trundling, rubber-tired wheels. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel Ellison thrust his arm through his companion’s, and called a hansom. Berenice Actually, I'm very contented in my windmill; it is just the sort of warm, sweet-smelling spot I was looking for, a long, long way from newspapers, hansom cabs, and all that fog!… Letters from my Windmill According to the returns of the day, there were 6,793 of the modern single-horse hackney-coaches in the metropolis altogether, of two different kinds, "four-wheelers" and "hansoms," which took their name from the patentee. Dickens' London He was perhaps twenty yards ahead of me, he was paying off a hansom which had just put him down outside Blake's. The Passionate Friends They sat, side by side, looking straight before them over the horse's bobbing crupper, until the hansom pulled up sharply before the broad and brilliantly illuminated entrance of the "Rockingham." The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel When he arrived at Victoria he took a hansom and drove to the house of the great doctor who had last seen Sibyl. Daddy's Girl London has placed a hansom in the British Museum with the other obsolete and historic styles of equipages, but frugal Paris has kept her out-of-date vehicles on exhibition in active use on the boulevards. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone She did not know, as she drove along in her hansom with her shabby little box on the roof, whether she were ever to see Les Solitudes again. Tante In Paradise Row he again encountered Tribbledale, and suggested to that young man that they should first have a glass of something at the "Duchess" and then proceed to more exalted realms in a hansom. Marion Fay And without doubt he tasted the wonder of a city of automobiles still clinging to the hansom cab. Westward with the Prince of Wales |
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