| 单词 | one-horse |
| 例句 | Then Mrs. Carson enters from outside, complaining that there’s not enough parking in this one-horse town. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The problem with living in a one-horse town like Chokecherry is you can’t get away with anything. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We wended our way along squiggly roads, crossing a 14th-century stone bridge, and drove steeply up into the one-horse town perched on a ridge with vistas over the valley below. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Available free, this device sends the traditional audio guide the way of the one-horse buggy. 2010-01-15T05:00:00Z Q: I recently purchased a one-horse open sleigh — a cutter — made in the 1800s. I’ve seen bad antique restoration stories on TV. How can I find good work? 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z I had an old sleigh in a barn, a real, wooden sleigh of the one-horse open variety. William Blacker in Romania 2010-12-18T00:06:01Z Anarene is a dying one-horse town so sapped of vitality that its movie house is closing. The Week Ahead: Oct. 2 ? 8 2011-09-30T17:17:58Z You think it's gonna be this inspiring, beautiful little one-horse town, when actually it rivals Beverly Hills. Kyuss: Kings of the stoner age 2011-03-25T10:00:04Z Los Angeles is “kind of a one-horse town isn’t it?” she said. The Carpetbagger: Plenty of Stars but Only One Mayor and Film Fan 2012-02-24T21:25:46Z This leads to passages of fine writing, such as when Theo recalls his father's East End boxing club, or when Lily relives her origins in a one-horse Irish town called Knocknanoo. Lay Me Down Softly ? review 2011-07-13T18:10:00Z In the one-horse town of Oberlin, the old bank had been turned into a hotel for the few passing tourists, and the locals all seem to be in the same business: antiques. Buffalo, the Pawnee and an Old Story on a Trip Across the Plains 2012-06-22T16:48:50Z The teeming plot is centered on a prairie village rotting from lawlessness: “a one-horse town where the horse broke down,” to quote the opening song. Review: ‘Tumacho,’ a Rootin’-Tootin’ Musical, Keeps Its Poker Face 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Javed, the son of Pakistani immigrants, is 16 and feeling very stuck in a one-horse town in which the local racists are keen to shut down its one mosque. ‘Blinded by the Light’ Review: Testing the Limits of Springsteen 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z A little more than a week ago, the Premier League title was being seen by many as a one-horse race. 'They could easily win the league'- are Arsenal closer to Man City? 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, a ruling from a one-horse federal courtroom in Texas reminds us that there’s almost an endless supply of those litigants and the judges who run with them. Column: How right-wing judge-shopping in Texas is erasing Americans' rights everywhere 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z "It feels ominous for everyone, and almost feels like a one-horse race whatever the table tells you," former England defender Rio Ferdinand told BT Sport. Grealish answers critics as 'ominous' Man City roll on 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z “It was a one-horse race for him to be mayor, but apparently someone was jealous,” said Kirk Petrakis, who, along with his wife, Hannah, owns the mayor of the town in Devon, England. A mayor in England is fighting for his office. He’s also a pony. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He rode into town in a one-horse posse and very much remains a man of his own. Primary voters thrilled with Trump’s new party 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z She left her one-horse town in Ireland and moved to New York City. From 'Outlander' to 'Belfast,' Caitríona Balfe has learned you must 'create your own destiny' 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Brisbane has long seemed to be in a one-horse race to host the 2032 Olympics. Brisbane set to be named 2032 Olympics host next month 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z “They don’t seem to be able to pick a winner in a one-horse race.” As virus surges, isolated UK leader Johnson faces many foes 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z And so it went from a one-horse race with all of us kind of chasing Francesco. Never say never: An oral history of Tiger Woods' magical fifth Masters' victory - Golf Digest 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z I spent the autumn of 1989 in a camp near a one-horse town in Australia called Turkey Creek. ‘We finished every bottle!’ Berlin's cultural legends on the night the Wall came down 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Rachel came into view – a tiny, one-horse town besieged by cars and tents and camper vans. I 'stormed' Area 51 and it was even weirder than I imagined 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Mugabe won with an official tally of 85 percent of the vote in a one-horse race. Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In fact, it was the only one of Europe’s big five leagues which did not turn into a one-horse race. Ronaldo to Juve is quick fix for Serie A but issues remain 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z In one episode, they joke that a one-horse town’s population of gay people has increased by 500%. In “Queer Eye”, wardrobes and world-views are made over 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Mousa entered what remains a one-horse race at the very last minute, after five other candidates were jailed or otherwise prevented from running. Egypt's Ghad party leader makes discreet bid for presidency 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z “When you have a one-horse economy as West Virginia is and has been, the fact that there’s one paper willing to not be a lap dog for that industry” is important, he said. A West Virginia newspaper is in bankruptcy. The powerful coal industry celebrates. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z It feels like we are watching one of the most exhilarating one-horse races there has ever been in England’s top division and, as far as the championship goes, that surely is that. Manchester City defeat United with Otamendi strike and open 11-point gap 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z If an opposing team does not stall Manchester City soon, the English Premier League will become a one-horse race for the fourth time in six seasons. Liverpool v Huddersfield, West Brom v Man City, Arsenal v Swansea – live! 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z A journalist from a big city wakes up in the same one-horse Pennsylvania town every day hoping for something — anything — to be different. First person: How the Bill Cosby trial was — and wasn't — like some of Hollywood's best legal dramas 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z “The area is so remote, a lot of people come out there to hide. It’s like a one-horse wilderness town. There’s no cellphone service for about 30 miles outside the town.” 'I'm glad this is over,' Tennessee kidnapping suspect allegedly told Northern California authorities 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z And once this one-horse race becomes a two-horse one, it won’t stay that way for long; other automakers are developing competitors. Why Bolt’s Range Is a Buzz Kill for Tesla Bulls 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z From those earlier centuries, the museum displays small carriages pulled by goats for children and one-horse sledges used in the Versailles garden’s alleys in the winter. Versailles Reopens Its Carriage Collection 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Mass disqualifications and lack of public interest led many observers to predict a dull campaign and a one-horse race in favour of the hardline candidates. How Iran's 'election oven' went into meltdown - BBC News 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Carson said, “I think we ought to give Ukraine offensive weapons and I think we ought to fight them on the economic basis because Putin is a one-horse country: oil and energy.” The most memorable, head-scratching, WTF moments from the 7th GOP debate 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z He referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "one-horse country" and seemed surprised when he was asked about immigration. US election 2016: Winners and losers of Republican debate - BBC News 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z “I think we ought to give Ukraine offensive weapons and I think we ought to fight them on the economic basis because Putin is a one-horse country: oil and energy,” he said. Trump sidelined as Republican rivals debate without frontrunner 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z I think we can use that in order to keep Putin contained, because he is a one-horse show. Transcript: Republican Presidential Debate 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Just like anybody who wanted to buy a piece of land in this one-horse town.” Alleged Colorado gunman was adrift and alienated 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z “A one-horse mobile vendor just isn’t a great fit with the stock market.” King Digital Seeks Cover to Solve Candy Crush Conundrum 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z It also goes to show: this is clearly no longer a one-horse race. Smartphone camera shootout: how the iPhone 6S Plus takes on the competition 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Vincent Marotta Sr., who as a creator of the Mr. Coffee machine helped send the percolator the way of the one-horse shay, died on Saturday at his home in Pepper Pike, Ohio. Vincent Marotta Sr., a Creator of Mr. Coffee, Dies at 91 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z This year, however, is described simply as a "one-horse agenda". What to watch at the Grand National 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z A knee-warmer from the days of open carriage and one-horse sleigh rides, the worn but serviceable quilt is one more treasured piece of yesteryear the family plans to hang onto. EXCHANGE: Family’s history seen in old clothing 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “When is the last time you showed up to a one-horse race?” asked Tomaselli. GoPro Competitor iON Cameras Chases After The Home Security Market 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z But most importantly, all these changes, as a whole, are contributing positively to the overall adaptation of Williston from a one-horse boomtown to a thriving, diverse and intellectual city. Excerpts from recent North Dakota editorials 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z In an unabashed one-horse race of a Scottish Premiership, the new manager Ronny Deila was always going to be defined by his European exploits. Celtic miss Euro windfall as Marcos Tavares strikes for Maribor 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z “This used to be very much Amazon’s monopoly, and a one-horse race was not good,” Mr. Stanek said. Even Early Adopters See Major Flaws in the Cloud 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Instead of depending on one vast agri-dustrial realm, it’s better to build some resiliency into the system by growing fruits and vegetables in hundreds of yards, gardens, one-horse hamlets and community orchards around the country. This is the way the world ends: Once-in-a-millennium drought a wakeup call for America 2014-03-30T18:30:00Z Lisa’s Booby Trap remained a veritable one-horse stable, residing in a barn on the Central New York farm owned by Calley’s parents. The Rail: The Rail Bookshelf: A Filly’s Growing Mystique 2013-06-05T10:23:52Z Napravnik, who will break from the five hole, cautioned against believing the Preakness is a one-horse race but admitted, "I'll have my eye on Orb." Orb faces Preakness hurdle en route to immortality 2013-05-17T19:19:07Z It is as if the simple embarrassment of a one-horse race is not enough, and so there is a need to advertise it too. Top trainers take a step too far in bringing about Worcester walkover 2012-07-15T18:27:06Z First, it merely confirms how far the core of London is becoming, in industrial terms, a one-horse town. The Shard is the perfect metaphor for modern London 2012-06-25T18:59:00Z It is worthy of note that he was the first to set up, for the public accommodation of visitors to Harrogate, a four-wheeled chaise and a one-horse chair; these he kept for two seasons. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z He met a one-horse carriage about a couple of miles further on; the horse was trotting pretty fast. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z Then I can say that the bob-tail car is a one-horse concern, and is therefore a victim of the healthy American hatred of one-horse concerns. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Friday morning found us at La Puebla station, mounting the little one-horse diligence that runs to and from Alcudia in connection with the trains. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z "Why," said Ralph, "I think the sight of a man in a long linen duster, driving a one-horse gig down this road startled you or attracted your attention, or something of that sort." Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z After lunch I went for a sleigh ride with Lady Salisbury in a pretty little one-horse sleigh she had bought at the Exhibition. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Pill′-box, a box for holding pills: a kind of one-horse carriage. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Without the rightful means of supporting a one-horse chaise, he rattled up and down, in the city of Philadelphia, in a chariot and four. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z It was about 1850, when he and I were driving in his one-horse buggy to the court in Menard county, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z "That man in the long linen duster in the one-horse gig was Farwell Gibson." Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z An Englishman resident in the harbour was ordered to convey the Queen to her town residence in his small one-horse waggon. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z We arrived in Kiowa, a little one-horse town on the Medicine, about dark one cold and disagreeable evening. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z While these simple undertakings are planned and executed, the veteran and elder neophyte engage a one-horse vehicle, and madly fly to visit an insane asylum. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It was a covered, one-horse express wagon, common on the city streets, and contained a motley assortment of oranges, bruised bananas, melons and the like. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z "I don't mind telling you--to get after that one-horse gig." Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z The fare for a one-horse carriage to any part of Seville, with one or two passengers, is a peseta, and for each piece of luggage the charge is from half-a-peseta to a peseta. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z We had the small coup�, with one horse, and it seems one-horse vehicles are not allowed to enter these sacred precincts. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z On our homeward way we soon passed the Athenian party, riding ten or twelve in a one-horse cart, carrying with them for an ensign the pole on which their lamb had been spitted. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In my present county the one-horse farmer always hires two negroes, one to plow and the other to hoe, and the only work he does is to boss them.” The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Tunisia's complex election system, which replaced the rigged, one-horse races conducted before the revolution, made it impossible for any one party to win a majority of seats. Fresh Post-Vote Clashes in Cradle of Tunisia's Revolt 2011-10-28T11:36:01Z Tunisia's complex election system, which replaced the rigged, one-horse races conducted before the revolution, made it impossible for any one party to win a majority of assembly seats. Tunisian Islamist election win marred by clashes 2011-10-28T00:51:38Z I have a pair of fine oxen and an ox-cart, a good horse, a Chair, and a one-horse cart; a cow, and a sow and 9 pigs. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The potter of Malyczki kept his promise faithfully; about eight o'clock in the morning his little one-horse carriage stopped before the old inn. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z For deeply loosening the ground between the rows, the one-horse subsoil lifting plow is a very valuable instrument; this can be used in very narrow spaces. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z In cities, sir, it is alarming To see them ’round the hotel swarming; And at each little “one-horse town,” sir, See the “birds” how they “fly ’round,” sir. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z To think of Romans living and governing and doing business in a little, one-horse, Gallic town like this! Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z He said we must not be discouraged if it turned out to be a ‘one-horse chaise’ instead of a taxi,” remarked Mrs. James, highly amused at the experience. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z Here you may walk in safety, without fear of the cabriolets or one-horse chairs, which, in all the streets of Paris, even on the trottoirs, endanger life and limb. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z The road from Annapolis to Halifax is described by Finlay as very rough, but it was covered in three days in a one-horse carriage, and in two days on horseback. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z It was the lightest thing and the neatest thing ever seen in the shape of a one-horse conveyance, that horse, be it remembered, being a donkey. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z We there read how— "On calm and fair First Days Rattled down our one-horse chaise Through the blossomed apple-boughs To the old, brown meeting-house." John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Now she laughed and said: “Not a one-horse chaise, Jimmy, but ‘one horse-fly’ is here to meet us.” Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z It's been a good night's work, Blackie," he concluded, "and, when I come back here, I'm going to jam a chestnut burr under the tail of this one-horse town. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z "And you've muddled over this all day, when every hour is worth more to us than your one-horse bank could earn in a year?" he rapped out. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z I mean those ninnies from that little one-horse town of Sanford. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Molly had once heard Judith Blount refer to Exmoor as that “one-horse, old-fashioned little college,” and she was not prepared for anything so fine and impressive as this. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Now you mention it, I heard there had been a one-horse kind of accident yesterday. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z We had come with nurse in the one-horse fly, which knew it always had to come for us on wet Sundays, and we didn't hear anything of the two gentlemen. The Palace in the Garden 2011-06-17T02:00:20.540Z His one-horse company is about out of money. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z So up he came with a little one-horse concern, and in I got. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Java's a one-horse place for business purposes, but if you know the ropes—well, there's not a better place in the world to hide in. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z I have no hesitation in saying that the County Court, as a debt-collecting machine, is a one-horse wooden antiquity only fit for the scrap heap. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z This gentleman was telling me how Steavens had been to Rome early in the winter, and now went about complaining that it was a very dirty, one-horse town, which couldn't compare with Philadelphia. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z MATAMOROS, Mexico — The last time anybody heard from Josué Román García was last August, after he and his older brother stopped for dinner in a one-horse town about 90 miles south of the Texas border. At Mexico Morgue, Families of Missing Seek Clues 2011-04-15T14:10:06Z Several country vehicles passed while they labored, and at last a country fellow driving a one-horse cart drew rein and regarded them with grave interest. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z Outdoors, at the foot of a tree, within ten yards of the front of the house, I notice a heap of amputated feet, legs, arms, hands, etc.—about a load for a one-horse cart. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z They walked out on to the road where a one-horse buggy was waiting. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z We drove out in a one-horse vehicle, and he was Pha�ton. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z The little one-horse victoria soon left the villa behind, and was well along on the narrow descending road before either of its occupants broke the silence. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z The dominance of the men in yellow over the past decade turned international cricket into a one-horse race. How cricket saved Sri Lanka 2011-03-13T00:05:13Z After I saw you fellows trailin' those two fine girls out into the bald-headed I says to myself, 'Jake, this one-horse business is out o' date. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z But as worthiness cannot be classified under any of the three mathematical dimensions, but comes under the fourth, which does not belong to the world of realities, he travelled in a little one-horse britzka instead. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z But the two things are as different as an automobile and a one-horse shay. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z I’m sick of sporting smart, and would take a tilted cart In exchange for this bauble of a one-horse chay. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Meanwhile the petrified body had been laid in the coffin, and placed upon the small one-horse Yakut sledge. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z An old Negro driving a one-horse wagon was just entering it. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z The nine days' wonder of her appearance had scarcely yet passed away when Mr. and Mrs. Wildair and Mr. Randall left B——, en route for the little "one-horse" town of Burnfield. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z A stranger left the station a short time before us in a one-horse light wagon, and wagon and horse fell over the cliffs in the Dombrowker Pass. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z But while, so snugly sure that all things were secure, They flounced about like porpoises or whales at play, Some young unlucky imps, who prowl’d about for shrimps, Stole up to reconnoitre the one-horse chay. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z The hunt for the elusive Higgs boson particle - crucial to current theories of physics - looks set to become a one-horse race after 2011. No extra time for US particle lab 2011-01-10T20:19:25Z They halted at the acacias, and there agreed to await the doctor who was to come jogging along from the Mata puszta, in his one-horse trap. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Near the house was a one-horse syrup-mill then in operation, grinding cane brought in by neighbouring farmers—white as well as black—the whites thus patronising the enterprise of their energetic Negro neighbour. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z Mrs. Wiley, with the small children, rode in a one-horse buggy. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The evening had come, and with it Mrs. Jager, in the one-horse chaise. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z “There’s nothing to do in this one-horse town anyway.” The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z His voice, still exalting about the joys of a one-horse open sleigh, faded into the bustle of the busy station. Metropolitan Diary 2010-08-30T02:30:00Z "I think I had the best of it in my despised one-horse shay." Capricious Caroline He had not been seen since early morning, when he had driven off in his one-horse chaise. The Undying Past She'll come towards evening with the one-horse chaise, to fetch you home. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z One-horse: a one-horse thing is a thing of no value or importance, a mean and trifling thing. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The little one-horse vehicles called carrozzellas are well adapted to their purpose. The Story of Malta They made the entire trip in a one-horse wagon; crossing the Cumberland Mountains, and passing through the states of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings Towards five o'clock, the old gentleman's one-horse trap drew up at the bailiff's house. The Undying Past But really the two things are as different as an automobile and a one-horse shay. The Salvaging Of Civilisation On the afternoon of the same day, a light one-horse cabriolet sped over the common which extends across country for several miles northwards of Gromowo, and in the direction of the little town. The Wish A Novel A single carabao, or one-horse American garden plow, is the better implement for this work. The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines "Not by a long shot, but I guess you can star for a night anyway, Martha, even with a one-horse angel." A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life Mostly by accident," he answered, "and putting two and two together, and reasoning it out like a one-horse detective on his first job. The Cottage of Delight A Novel They came in a one-horse wagon drawn by an old grey mare he called Lady Chain, and followed by a splendid young colt he declared was from celebrated racing stock. Eneas Africanus Somewhere beyond here—don’t say where—there’s a one-horse tavern—old place, pretty well off the main track. The Auto Boys' Vacation As long as the one-horse shovel-plow, made out of a crooked stick works, why should they ask for better, they think. An Artilleryman's Diary As a deadly lively, utterly insignificant hole, there can be few to beat it among our most one-horse townships. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance He was roused, indeed, from his musings by the passage of a one-horse carriage quite close to him, and which, having gained a piece of level ground, drew up. One Of Them He drove an old-fashioned, flea-bitten blooded mare to a one-horse wagon full of forage and carried all the Confederate money the family left, to pay his expenses. Eneas Africanus Some of the adolescent undergraduate brats at this one-horse college have nicknamed me "Comet" and it burns me up every time some pimply-faced baby waves his arm at me and says, "Hiya, Comet." Tillie In May of the following year he made a northern trip, in a one-horse chair, by way of Annapolis, where he found the people rejoicing at the repeal of the stamp act. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia When I met him, it was in a beastly one-horse town where I was stranded. The Brightener She waited until the station agent was at leisure and learned that all their goods–a small, one-horse load–had arrived. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Davis quickened his pace, till, in the gray half-light, he descried a little one-horse carriage slowly advancing towards him. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Pa, he 'lowed he'd break up and go down and live with Uncle Ben, who's got a little one-horse place on the river forty-four mile below Orleans. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade I've got a bungalow down on Long Island—a one-horse sort of a bachelor affair—and I'm going to run down there this evening and stay awhile. The Destroying Angel For two busy weeks we rattled over the flat pavings of the city in the low, one-horse cabs. An American Girl Abroad The Federal government is now, it appears, what Wigfall elegantly styled it four years ago,—nothing but "the one-horse concern at Washington": the real power is in the States it has subdued. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 When would there ever be a riot in this one-horse burg? Under Boy Scout Colors Phelps's was one of these little one-horse cotton plantations, and they all look alike. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade The next moment a small one-horse phaeton, driven by a very meagre servant in a tawdry livery, passed into the courtyard, having deposited its company in the hall. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Every third year I plow with a one-horse diamond plow. The Apple "Guess you think I pay men to take picnics for the good of their health down to this one-horse outfit." My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia New York is a big place; but she's getting so she knows her way around quite well now, and it would seem funny to go back to a little one-horse burg like Colby. Side-stepping with Shorty The subsequent covering of the roots can usually be done with a one-horse plow, from which the mold-board has been removed, passing down the sides of the row. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history Some little time after," said Millen, "I was going to visit an uncle at Gravesend, and drove over with a one-horse trap by way of Gad's Hill. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land I plant my orchard to corn, potatoes, and clover, and keep up the cultivation until they are bearing well, using a diamond plow and one-horse cultivator. The Apple For a one-horse wagon, it could not be better arranged. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone Used to be run as a one-horse summer resort—hotel and all that. The Bandbox In field culture the work is best done with a one-horse cultivator or a wheel-hoe, and on a small scale with a scuffle-hoe and a rake. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history Mr Clark of Paris exhibited his one-horse thrashing-mill, which attracted much attention. History of Farming in Ontario I cultivate my orchard about five years with a one-horse shovel plow. The Apple With her father went Rachel, and was carried through the towns of Virginia, Bailyborough, and Ballyjamesduff, in great triumph on a one-horse car. The Landleaguers Isom came in for quick and startling enlightenment in the middle of a lurid July morning, while he and Joe were at work with one-horse cultivators, “laying by” the corn. The Bondboy Then we take the middle out with a one-horse cultivator. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history I need not drag the reader with me on these little journeys; we mostly travelled in a light one-horse van, taking our food with us, and, as the weather was charming, camping out at night. The Truth About America I cultivate my orchard to sweet corn as long as the trees will admit, using a plow and a one-horse, five-tooth cultivator. The Apple The people at the theatre had talked her into hiring a one-horse open carriage in which she delighted to drive about, and in which, to tell the truth, her father delighted to accompany her. The Landleaguers In connection with each industrial plant are kept a number of horses and wagons, mostly one-horse wagons. The Social Work of the Salvation Army Here the visitor will find the one-horse cart of the postmaster, offering the only conveyance to one of the most romantic and retired spots in the kingdom. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 On Monday morning Squire Broom came in a one-horse chaise to take him to school at Ashford. The Fairchild Family I cultivate my orchard to garden vegetables, such as cabbage, tomatoes, etc., using a one-horse cultivator; have not ceased cropping yet. The Apple She could see, however, that the £200 quickly vanished during their triumphant journeyings on the one-horse car. The Landleaguers The river was crossed on a one-horse platform ferry-boat, whose capacity was only twenty horses and their riders. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry Large growers usually have specially built one-horse platform wagons, the front wheels of which pass under the platform. Manual of American Grape-Growing Little Marten cried very much when he was put into the one-horse chaise with Squire Broom. The Fairchild Family I cultivate for the first four years to corn and garden-truck, using a Planet jr. cultivator, then use a one-horse plow for two years, and cease cropping when bearing begins heavily, and plant nothing. The Apple Sixteen men at Hankow to carry baggage that one man and a one-horse dray would carry in New York. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions "Lost those twenty years ago when I worked in my first, one-horse mill, and I could show you a number of other scars." Blake's Burden Thus, every vineyard should have a spring-tooth and a disc harrow, one of the several types of weeders, a one-horse and a sulky cultivator. Manual of American Grape-Growing Marten was standing in Mrs. Lovel's parlour window, which looked into the churchyard, when he saw Squire Broom's one-horse chaise draw up to the school-house door. The Fairchild Family I use a disc harrow and one-horse, five-tooth cultivator; I then sow to red clover, and cease cropping when the limbs reach out far enough to prevent me passing through with the hay-rack. The Apple A one-horse farmer's corn crib is about the size of the larger Filipino home. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions The one-horse car was again put in requisition, and our hostess—the kindest of women—accompanied us to the sale, and by nodding at intervals to the auctioneer, procured all the articles required. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Plowing is best done by running a single furrow with a one-horse plow up to or away from the vines as occasion calls and then following with a two-horse or a gang-plow. Manual of American Grape-Growing Well, then, this is the game: down there in Carlina where we are going there is a one-horse republic where they used to have a dinky little kingdom. The Web of the Golden Spider I cultivate my orchard with corn or potatoes for ten or fifteen years, using a small one-horse stirring plow, wrapping the ends of the singletree. The Apple It also had glimpses of Rufe, with light and jolly face, driving home by prairie and grove, alone in the one-horse wagon. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies The first van I came to was a kind of one-horse cart with a cover over it; inside was a strong, hulking-looking fellow and a poor, sickly-looking woman with five children. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Another indispensable tool in a large vineyard is a one-horse grape-hoe, to supplement the work of which there must be heavy hand-hoes. Manual of American Grape-Growing There’s a one-horse lawyer in Buckhorn who has been asking about the Harris Ranch and Dinky-Dunk says he suspects this inquiring one has a client up his sleeve. The Prairie Child Grows corn as a protection to the trees in summer, using a five-tooth one-horse cultivator, shallow and often, near the trees, until they begin to bear, when he sows to clover, and mows frequently. The Apple A lively sensation was produced, the next forenoon, when a youth and a girl, in a one-horse wagon, with a big dog and a small trunk, arrived at Lord Betterson's "castle." The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Mr. Humphreys had brought the little one-horse sleigh for his daughter, and soon after breakfast Ellen saw it drive off with her. The Wide, Wide World They keep saying, 'Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way; Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh!' Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly We subrent tracts of this total of 1,580 acres to thirty tenants, charging one and one-half bales of cotton for each one-horse farm. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements I cultivate my trees six years after planting, with a plow and five-tooth one-horse cultivator. The Apple He was soon rewarded by the sound of wheels coming up from the creek, and in a moment the one-horse wagon bearing Phil and her father passed slowly. Otherwise Phyllis But he had only taken a turn or two when a quietly appointed one-horse coupé brougham came up to the open door, and a well-known face was seen at its window. The Chestermarke Instinct The license tax list discriminated in license value of one-horse chaise and two-wheel coach. A Portrait of Old George Town "Perhaps I am a kind of one-horse hero among the boys," I added, for the sake of saying something. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy I cultivate the trees while young with a small one-horse plow. The Apple The Admiral’s secretary, Maxwell, who appeared to have a snug berth in the country, requested me to dine with him the day after, and he sent a kittereen, or one-horse gig, for me. A Sailor of King George “Horace Greeley said thirty years ago that the twin curses of Kansas were the land agent and the one-horse politician,” Asher observed. Winning the Wilderness This particular plow was a one-horse, single-bottom, walking type, with wooden handles, beam, stock, and moldboard. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 “I’m not asking your advice on matrimony, you old fool, I’m asking if you’ve got anybody in this one-horse place who can marry folks legally,” said Marc, touchily. Across the Mesa I cultivate in corn for five years with one-horse cultivator; seed a bearing orchard to clover. The Apple The old one-room school, like the one-horse plough, has seen its day. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) One day the boys were walking along the road, coming back from the camp, when they met a little old one-horse wagon driven by a man who lived near the depot. Two Little Confederates This steel trolley carrier supported a one-horse hayfork. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 We saw many Bedouins at work on the land—of which many extensive tracts are under cultivation—with no other implements than ordinary hoes and a one-horse "camel." The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria Plants to corn and beans for fifteen years, lessening the number of rows as the trees grow; uses a one-horse cultivator. The Apple We have enough to buy out one or two of these one-horse kingdoms, like Denmark and Sweden. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark About the place itself there was little of interest; it was a one-horse show with a few Arabs, Bedouins and Sudanese, many flea-bitten mongrels and clouds of flies. The Tale of a Trooper This type of cultivator improved on the one-horse type, which required harrowing one side of a row at a time. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 Why, I do declare it's the one-horse fly from the station! The Children of Wilton Chase I cultivate my young orchard to corn with one-horse, five-tooth cultivator, as long as I can get in the orchard, and cease cropping only when they commence bearing, and plant nothing after that. The Apple And there were the one-horse circuses where we slept in a heap on the straw, in Chili or some such country. The Bill-Toppers On the day named, Bradley and the Judge drove off up the road in a one-horse buggy. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West The Crown inn was what would be called in an American city a one-horse hotel. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia "I shan't stay long in such a one-horse place as this." The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets I cultivate my orchard with a one-horse cultivator, planting no crop, and keep the orchard clean, never stopping cultivation. The Apple Daddy was professor of Sanskrit in a little one-horse denominational college back in the hog-feeding belt of the Middle West. The Desert Fiddler I saw Queen Anne tearing down the Park slopes after her staghounds, in her one-horse chaise—a hot redfaced woman.... Studies in Literature and History So I got a little one-horse open carriage and drove off alone. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 That one-horse carriage in which she was dragged about, was almost as odious to her as her own drawing-room. Ralph the Heir I cultivate with a one-horse plow, using a hoe around trees. The Apple Doubtless he came to the conclusion, in his disgust, that Belgium was a "one-horse" kingdom, and that royalty was a humbug. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim To be officially tagged as "Such and such" by a "one-horse" little town. Stubble He and I went in a one-horse carriage with two of the friends and the other two came on their bicycles. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions It was she who had insisted on migrating to Hendon, and who had demanded also the establishment of a one-horse carriage. Ralph the Heir Plant my orchard to corn, raspberries, and blackberries, using a plow and cultivator—a one-horse cultivator between the rows, for five or six years; cease cropping when the trees begin to bear. The Apple This is very well got up; but from what I have seen of the town, it looks like a one-horse city. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim The sand was hauled up an incline in one-horse carts and dumped on this floor, and was also wheeled in barrows to the mixer. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs So we entered the cab, an open one-horse affair, and started for that town. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude The one-horse carriage was no delight to Neefit, and hardly gave satisfaction to his wife after the first three months. Ralph the Heir Use the one-horse, five-tooth cultivator close to the trees, and the two-horse cultivator for the middle, going both ways; then pulverize with the harrow; use the harrow often. The Apple He had done all that an honest man and a good neighbor should do to help a feeble old man; and it wasn't right for "one-horse lawyers" to insult him. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World For all distances over 50 ft. from stock pile to mixing board, it is cheaper to haul materials in one-horse dump carts than it is in wheelbarrows. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs I used to take a one-horse wagon into the woods on a Saturday and gather enough hazelnuts in the shucks to fill it; then we had hazelnuts all winter. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 After all, you know, Dublin's rather a one-horse place. Gossamer 1915 Three of us hired a one-horse buggy to take us on to Clunes, which lay in our way. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Goddard stopped before the Kirkwood House to watch with much amusement the efforts of several negroes to drag a one-horse hack out of the mud into which it had sunk up to its hubs. The Lost Despatch Men loaded the material into one-horse dump carts which hauled it 900 ft. to the mixer platform. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs "I'm man enough to take no more orders from a one-horse lawyer," Bivens answered, savagely. The Root of Evil "When I first set eyes on this town a month ago I thought I had bumped up against a most dead-alive, god-forsaken, one-horse settlement that Europe could boast." General John Regan We set off in the afternoon in a one-horse buggy, and got down to Clunes safely before it was dark. A Boy's Voyage Round the World I am out on the platform, through the door of the station and aboard the one-horse tram that wiggles and swings over the cobble-scoured streets of Dordrecht, and so on to the Bellevue. The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht The stone was loaded into one-horse dump carts, the driver taking one cart to the crusher while the other was being loaded. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs We took our places behind them in split-bottom chairs in the one-horse wagon. A Circuit Rider's Wife There isn't another potty little one-horse town in Ireland that has ever shown the slightest desire to set up a great and elevating work of art in its midst. General John Regan And Sally says that well-regulated Chicago people think New York a one-horse place compared to their town, which is really wonderful and most interesting, as I shall find out if I see it. Lady Betty Across the Water The patentees claim that they can make, with the one-horse machine, 5,000 large tiles a day. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Family coaches, farm wagons, with kitchen chairs for accommodation of the family; old one-horse chaises, carryalls, and even a stage coach or two wheeled into the old turnpike. Marcia Schuyler Shortly after he dispatched a light one-horse cart, carrying 36 gallons of water; the horse and man were to drink at the hide and go on. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions The ancient town boasts no public conveyance, except a one-horse gig that carries the mail in tri-weekly trips to Charleston. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time Last spring I cultivated the ground with a one-horse cultivator and gave our chickens free access to the feast. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Presently a one-horse trap appeared at a curve of the road. The Highgrader A char à banc is a small, one-horse carriage, which looks upon the outside very much like what is called a carryall in America, only it is much narrower. Rollo in Switzerland The hospital was the nearest thing I know to our little "one-horse shows" scattered along the Labrador coast; and there was a homing feeling in one's heart all the time at these open-air clinics. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Mrs. Galbraith and her three children, and Miss Charles, a teacher, went in a one-horse buggy. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History He secured the services of a common, one-horse lawyer, and placed the case in his hands. The Expressman and the Detective The Second Man Well, that’s what a man gets for running around in such one-horse countries. A Book of Burlesques I don't know where you got your idea of Mifflin, Mary Rose, for it's about the deadest one-horse town I ever ran across. Mary Rose of Mifflin He arose early in the morning, took a one-horse waggon of some one that had staid overnight at his house, and, accompanied by his wife, repaired to the hill which contained the book. Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet No matter if it is a small one-horse show, the hallucination of paint and tinsel, and gleam and glitter are there, and what a concourse it is! Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear On Wednesday last a son and two daughters of the Widow Curtis, of Wimpole, in this county, were returning from Royston Fair in a one-horse tilted cart. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King That was the result of working sixteen hours right off in a one-horse sawmill. The Gold Trail What do I care about the way they fought their old battles and built their old one-horse bridges! Robert Hardy's Seven Days A Dream and Its Consequences Henson bought a one-horse wagon to carry provisions and to relieve the women and children from time to time. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 At last the green, one-horse cart pulled up by the delicatessen at the side of the old apartments. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Every day, for a week, Mr. Chipperton hired a one-horse barouche, and he and his wife and daughter rode over the island. A Jolly Fellowship Three thousand men, in a little one-horse town where there's nothing better to do in their spare time than go to cheap movies and listen to cheaper walking delegates. Torchy As A Pa Oh, what fun 'tis to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. they sang as they bowled over the well-beaten track; and Tom Gray breathed a sigh of pure delight. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls You don't belong in this one-horse town, you should get out in the world where there are opportunities waiting for all such as you. Watch Yourself Go By Well, that's what a man gets for running around in such one-horse countries. Europe After 8:15 Down the centre ran a high and grassy ridge, intolerable to the country parson and the country doctor, compelled to traverse this highway in their one-horse wagons. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories At that time light vehicles, or any kind of one-horse carriage, were very rarely kept in country places, and mechanics generally had to trudge to their place of work, carrying their tools with them. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money "Why don't you drive a better horse?" said Laura, whose pride was always touched when her parents came to visit her with the old mare and the one-horse wagon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 He was a maker of paper at Fitchburg, and he came with a one-horse wagon to Cushing's place and carried away the paper shavings produced in the bindery. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 The carriages are mostly one-horse closed cabs, rickety as to wheels, with torn and faded cushions, license numbers obscured by various devices and rate-cards always missing. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle A neat one-horse carriage, or rather cart, stood at the door—her son was just alighting from it. The Rector of St. Mark's She mused of all the exciting freedom they could get out of it, while the little one-horse trap she had hired at the station rattled her over the hard road towards Klerac. One Woman's Life His energy and business tact were eminently successful, and his business soon grew to such an extent that his one-horse wagon was too small for it. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City In fact, that we must peg along in the little one-horse way we started. North of Fifty-Three Sitting here as we are, in this one-horse heat next door but one to Hell—don't mind me, little lady! The Way of Ambition "And say," said the judge, "don't look that way; but the young woman in the one-horse trap across the way is your intended." Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain I see where Worry goes to his grave this year and old Wayne gets humbled by one-horse colleges.” The Young Pitcher Say, don't you know you're wasting your time in this one-horse town? The Cow Puncher "It's only a one-horse country daily," he declared finally. The Henchman The usual way of preparing the hills is to strike out furrows with a small, one-horse plough, as far apart as the rows are to be. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop The three attempt to carry on a one-horse farm of forty acres, about thirty acres in cotton and the remainder in corn. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 But it seems that all the good ones were engaged for a funeral, and they sent us a one-horse brougham with the driver not in livery. At Home with the Jardines Says I, "In this one-horse wagon, you know." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) I was born and raised in a one-horse town upstate; and, even though I ain't been back for twenty years, I know what it's like. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter Mr. Humphreys had brought the little one-horse sleigh for his daughter, and, soon after breakfast, Ellen saw it drive off with her. The Wide, Wide World After about 1880 when things got natural, some of the slaves from this section rented small one-horse farms and made their own money and living. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Brown rode in a one-horse wagon, that held provisions, pikes, one sledge-hammer and one crowbar; his sixteen men, with guns, followed on foot. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict The lady had, therefore, to content herself with a one-horse turn-out, an establishment not very popular in Bowling Green even at that day. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family "I should remember the name of every little one-horse town where we got customers!" he said. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter Indeed, it was nearly noon when a small, one-horse spring wagon drove into the parsonage yard. Prudence of the Parsonage Supposing that it required a one-horse power to produce an arc light of, say, 2,000 candles, would it be possible to produce ten arc lights of 200 candles each? Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Near by, sitting disconsolately upon the sand, are the one-horse Middle-Western millionaire with his wife and daughter—the three who were ousted from her seats by the beach-chair man. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Our spraying outfit consists of a Morrill & Morley hand pump, fitted in a 100-gallon tank, which we mounted on a small, one-horse truck. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 I haven't more than will set me up on some little one-horse irrigation farm. The Freebooters of the Wilderness We purchased a strong one-horse dray which we loaded with about 10 cwt. of provisions, in the form of flour, tea, sugar, salt, ship biscuits, a small quantity of spirits for medicinal use and tobacco. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 “I ain't afraid of all the boys in this one-horse town.” The Debtor A Novel When she replied negatively he informed her that the word came from the Latin unus, meaning "one," and equus, meaning "a horse"; otherwise "a one-horse town." American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' These sumptuously-attired ladies flashed past the vulgar eye in one-horse chaises, by no means of a superior build. Scenes of Clerical Life And tell him I'll discover the French admiral who is supposed to be bringing up reinforcements, if I have to search this whole one-horse country for him. The Parts Men Play And it was very stupid indeed for the driver of that one-horse "truck wagon" to try and reach the narrow little unrailed bridge first. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 They are the vehicles in universal use, and are built on the general pattern of our one-horse tip-carts, though they do not tip, and not a scrap of iron enters into them. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba They arrived at last at Finchley Common, and at a place where the road ran down a slight eminence, and up another, the lawyer met a clergyman driving a one-horse chaise. Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits It's a one-horse show in the village, and the chap who's chief constable was the fellow who told me of the other man that disappeared, and seemed quite willing to accept a supernatural explanation. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame Westerfelt's eyes were glued to the one-horse wagon at the gate, for it contained the coffin, and was moving like a thing alive. Westerfelt You can take your choice between one-horse waggonettes and hansoms, though a suspicion of Bohemia still lingers about the latter. Town Life in Australia He wished with all his heart that he were safely in the field with his father, driving the one-horse harrow across upturned furrows. The Voice of the People Solemnly simple, they made long journeys in their old one-horse chaises, to settle with each other some nice point of celestial jurisprudence, and to compare their maps of the Infinite. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 We left Rome in an open one-horse carriage early one morning about the end of April. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood And they are like an old maid's pearls in connection with that middle-aged, one-horse little city. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') "He certainly must be a one-horse fellow, or he wouldn't be throwing out his own showbills," said Sam, on hearing this. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat "Even if you did," persisted Wacker, "what little one-horse agent dares to dispute the big company's weight at the other end of the line?" Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent "But you don't mean New York and Boston when you say 'one-horse little place,' surely?" Clover While he was thus occupied, a small, open, one-horse carriage drove up and stopped before the shop door. Ishmael Or, In the Depths He is the mainstay of this old one-horse town. A Splendid Hazard "It sounded like one of them rattling one-horse flies from the railway station," was Tynn's comment to his master, as he left the room. Verner's Pride We are to go to Northville and give it in the little one-horse theater there. The First Soprano "The East is a dreadfully one-horse little place, anyhow." Clover Horsemen were mounting, horsemen were dismounting, one-horse "shays" and two-horse chaises were discharging their burdens, grooms were buckling on their masters' spurs, and others were pulling off their overalls. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Accordingly, the one-horse chaise, which was the usual vehicle in those days, of gentlemen who drove themselves, stopped, late in the day, at Armstrong's door. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times There is a little one-horse school in Byrdsville that they call the Byrd Academy, and I watched a bunch of real human boys and girls go in the gate the morning I got there. Phyllis Well, I could not tell you had an organ in that little one-horse church. Red Pottage Shortly after he despatched a light one-horse cart, carrying 36 gallons of water; the horse and man were to drink at the hide, and then to go on. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Perhaps the reason you have not yet succeeded fully is that you have been a "one-horse" man and have not trained your dual self to be an effective mind-and-body team pulling together. Certain Success As they crossed a bridge a one-horse cab came into the road from a side-street and turned in their direction. Simon Called Peter This France, of which Audrey had heard so much and dreamed so much, was a very ramshackle and untidy and one-horse affair. The Lion's Share The ladies of the sultan's harem drive out in very handsome coupés, with coachmen wearing the sultan's livery, but you more frequently see the queer one-horse Turkish carriage, and sometimes a "cow-carriage." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Within twenty minutes their one-horse vehicle had reached Mr. Redmayne's modest home and they found three persons just about to take an evening meal. The Red Redmaynes Presently he heard the gay jingle of bells and around a turn of the road came a one-horse sleigh. Westways I strolled round to his hotel, a one-horse sort of place off the front. If Winter Comes Away at some one-horse junction near the Dutch frontier that I can't even learn the name of. Mr. Britling Sees It Through Despite the young man's protests, Dr. Ambrose was called and he rattled over in what the jolly medical man termed his "one-horse shay." Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper My father and mother had gone away in the one-horse wagon, taking the baby with them, leaving me in care of my elder sister. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen All the freight between Kiachta and Lake Baikal is carried on carts in summer and on one-horse sleds in winter. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It was a one-horse canal, for many of the gaily painted boats were drawn only by a single, shaggy-limbed Percheron. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women It was a typical one-horse shay of thirty years ago. Mince Pie At eleven o'clock the next day, which was Sunday, he was driving with his wife along Pyatnitsky Street in a light, one-horse carriage. The Darling and Other Stories He arose early in the morning, took a one-horse waggon of some one that had stayed overnight at his house, and, accompanied by his wife, repaired to the hill which contained the book. Monsieur Violet We encountered a great deal of merchandise, carried invariably upon, one-horse sleds. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The captain engaged a little one-horse vehicle which had frequently brought people to the toll-gate, and informed the driver that there was no baggage. The Captain's Toll-Gate Almost daily they made delightful trips in a one-horse carriage into the suburbs. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Feeding is equally simple; a mash of meat, vegetables and ground grain mixed once a day and hauled around in a one-horse cart and hoppers of whole corn exposed in the houses. The Dollar Hen I left M—— in a little one-horse jaunting car, consisting of a wooden seat on an axle-tree, and four poles which supported a tarpaulin to shelter us against the rain. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Possibly the miniature vehicle of Tom Thumb could be driven through, but, certainly, no ordinary one-horse shay could have any prospect of success. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life We are not all built like that wonderful one-horse shay that was so perfectly made in all its parts that when at last it broke down it crumbled into dust. Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population Really, these tenth transmitters of foolish faces become more and more brazen in their attempts to palm off their miserable two-penny-halfpenny, tin-pot, one-horse Regatta as the combination of all the cardinal virtues. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 9, 1890 "If it's a one-horse restaurant, why do you want to become my partner?" retorted Joe coolly. Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake From far and near came open one-horse wagons, piled high with weekly shaven and dressed humanity,—young and old with solemn and demure faces, with brown-ribboned queues, and garments of domestic making. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 We met several carts, one-horse affairs on two wheels, laden with hay for the Chetah market. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Originally a light, one-horse pleasure carriage with two seats. Short-Stories At that time there were not half a dozen one-horse wagons in the whole town. History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome Occasionally a one-horse vehicle rolled along, well packed with students, who were leaving for the vacation or forever. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Ahead of me was a one-horse wagon, and ahead of that a wagon with two horses carrying the medical supplies. A Volunteer Poilu Like the deacon's one-horse shay in its eightieth year, the vehicle was not broken but had traces of age about it. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The next day we met a real live Yankee with a one-horse wagon, peddling tin ware in regular Eastern style. Death Valley in '49 Their one horse was staked out a little way off, their one-horse wagon was standing with its cover on beside a mound of earth which marked where a shallow well had been dug for water. Vandemark's Folly She lived at Heywoodhill, near Hendon, and used to wend her way homeward every night, at the conclusion of the play, in a one-horse chaise. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Placing a few pikes and other implements in his one-horse wagon, he started with his company of eighteen followers at 8 o'clock in the evening, leaving five men behind. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 Let the soil be brought on by say one-horse carts, spread in six inch layers, and well watered. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Withal it is still a very long way from the fate of the 'one-horse shay.' Scott's Last Expedition Volume I On October 2nd, we followed in a light one-horse wagon, taking with us our blankets, a few provisions and a shotgun. Out of Doors—California and Oregon This was especially true of the one-horse politicians, too cowardly to go to the front, and of disgruntled politicians. Reminiscences of a Pioneer Now it so happened that there came one day to the door a drosky, or one-horse carriage, and in it was a man and beside him a girl. Further Foolishness Whether on a one-horse farm or a hundred-hand plantation, the essentials in cotton growing were the same. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime They are "whole teams" beside the "one-horse" vapidities which fail to bear our burdens. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 The only thing I saw worth noticing, was two men in a light four-wheel one-horse shay, attached to which were at least a dozen others, some on two wheels, some on four. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada It was the greyest of grey days when I arrived at my one-horse terminus. Bullets & Billets After all, there was one old tavern a little way out, where possibly a one-horse affair could be raised. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 That was the worst of these little one-horse towns. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth What do I care, in a one-horse place like this? The Custom of the Country She drove into town for the purpose in a one-horse carriage irreverently called at that period of English history, a pill-box. Little Dorrit He accordingly set up a four-wheeled and a one-horse chaise for the public accommodation,—Harrogate up to that time being without any vehicle for hire. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain During the first season, we prosecuted our investigations together, travelling in a one-horse wagon, which carried all our necessary implements, and visiting, before the campaign ended, every parish in the State. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 ‘Of course—and that you keep a one-horse carriage.’ Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people They certainly do things with style over here—but it's kinder one-horse after New York, ain't it? The Custom of the Country Yet quite a sprinkling of Catholics, Methodists and Wesleyans remained true to their beliefs and managed to maintain a few squalid, one-horse churches. The Red One Boys and girls were chasing each other and hiding behind the one-horse sleds that, loaded high with peat or timber, pursued their cautious way along the track marked out as "safe." Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates The ferry system between Oakland and San Francisco is the worst one-horse concern in the United States. Burning Daylight "It is a one-horse palanquin," said the old gentleman, who was a wag in his way. Vanity Fair If only men of genius drank liquor a one-horse still would supply the demand and be idle six months in the year. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 The train must have been specially halted for him, for it was a one-horse little place whose name I could not make out. Greenmantle I supposed that they were the local police, who had been stirred up by Scotland Yard, and had traced me as far as this one-horse siding. The Thirty-Nine Steps I hire a one-horse carriage from you by the month, and because I happen to wish for a two-horse vehicle for a single day, you make me pay the difference. Baron Trigault's Vengeance She flung up her head when Mrs. Pestler, the apothecary's lady, drove by in her husband's professional one-horse chaise. Vanity Fair Now I'm going to start something in these rotten one-horse lumber-camps west of town.' Main Street In a short three years we had gone from a good life on the Exum farm to poverty in a rundown house in a one-horse town. The Life of Me; an autobiography I s'pose you might call it a main street, an' your aunt Sawyer lives on it, but there ain't no stores nor mills, an' it's an awful one-horse village! Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm I wouldn't want to put in any dinky, one-horse affair. The Octopus : A story of California Here the conversation was interrupted by the approach of a small one-horse buggy to the inn. Uncle Tom's Cabin "Ah, one-horse dentist," he muttered between his teeth. McTeague I speak within bounds, I think, when I say there are many fold more motors to-day racing over the streets, the highways and the byways of America than there were one-horse wagons thirty-five years ago. "'Tis Sixty Years Since" Address of Charles Francis Adams; Founders' Day, January 16, 1913 Three stray Americans drove up in a one-horse cab. Paris War Days Diary of an American No, Miss Lottie Prince will do that, and you are to take the one-horse wagon for the trunks. Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" They drew in sand from the sand ridge back of the yard, from where the government barn now stands, with one-horse carts. The Bark Covered House Of course, Richmond, Va., cannot now be looked upon as a "one-horse" town. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870 A few automobiles and a line of horse cabs backed up against a curb—the one-horse variety that directly antedated the general use of the taxicab. Star-Dust Then it's Harry's mistake if the scheme fails; he said this was a one-horse country town, but I'm blest if it isn't a thriving metropolis! The Fortune Hunter "We must not let such a young man be buried up in a one-horse printing house." From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin In areas that cannot be entered with a team, various one-horse implements may do the work that is accomplished by heavier tools in the field. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) As the meal waned to its close, the rattling of wheels was heard at the gate, and Candace was discerned, seated aloft in the one-horse wagon, with her usual complement of baskets and bags. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 There isn't a single man in this one-horse town that's good enough to pick up her glove. Ruggles of Red Gap Graham's one-horse drug-store stood on Beech, a block south of Main. The Fortune Hunter Out doors, at the foot of a tree, within ten yards of the front of the house, I notice a heap of amputated feet, legs, arms, hands, &c., a full load for a one-horse cart. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy "Goin' to Concord, George?" shouted he to George Tucker, who in a one-horse wagon and his Sunday-best clothes was driving slowly past. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Stuart pushed on by the tavern, without pausing, in the direction of Fleetwood, when just as he reached the eastern suburbs of the town a small one-horse wagon, leaving the place, attracted his attention. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Bells jingled violently, and a one-horse sledge passed Maciek like a whirlwind. Selected Polish Tales Somehow I feel that I might, in public life, rise to distinction some day, and perhaps at some future time figure prominently in the affairs of a one-horse republic at a good salary. Remarks August 26th.—A funeral last evening, nearly at sunset,—a coffin of a boy about ten years old laid on a one-horse wagon among some straw,—two or three barouches and wagons following. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 Think of Maria's mother in a one-horse chaise. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time He looked uneasily toward a smart little one-horse brougham at the curb. The Deluge He found a one-horse sledge standing near the farm. Selected Polish Tales You see, Mr. Lincoln was still but "the one-horse lawyer of a one-horse town." The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form There was little traffic on the steep and dangerous ridge, used for the most part as a short cut by empty one-horse carriages with their quiet beasts. The Precipice Therefore, a part of the problem in designing a universal car was to have as nearly as possible all parts of equal strength considering their purpose—to put a motor in a one-horse shay. My Life and Work Julien had bought at a sale a new one-horse phaeton, so that they could go out twice a month. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories Phelps' was one of these little one-horse cotton plantations, and they all look alike. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 31 to 35 This discourse had been rehearsed before his clique of friends--the men who afterward boasted that they made the President out of the "little one-horse lawyer of a little one-horse town!" The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form We were in the post consisting of some 20 one-horse sledges and had just left the Hospiz when we met the up-coming post, also consisting of a number of one-horse sledges. Ski-running On the contrary, it is more easy than a one-horse chaise. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Accordingly, I got into a one-horse sleigh, with very small runners, which conveyed me to the entrance of the town, where I was met by the Mayor and Corporation with an address. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin This afternoon, as I came out on my porch after dinner, feeling content with myself and all the world, I saw a man driving our way in a one-horse top-buggy. Adventures in Friendship I was a great big, strong, clumsy lunkhead, an' the only thing I could do, even in a one-horse college, was to play base ball, so they kep' me along jest for that. Mother Carey's Chickens We then got into a low one-horse chair, ordered for us by the Duke, in which we drove about the place. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) But you see, boys, a man of my attributes is hampered and kept down in a one-horse place like this. The Boss of Little Arcady On the other hand, a one-horse wagon can scarcely average half that mileage. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) It was very "stupid," indeed, for the driver of that one-horse "truck-wagon" to try and reach the little narrow unrailed bridge first. Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy In accordance with these directions, I took a one-horse carriage this morning for Coniston Waters, in order to ascend the 'Old Man.' Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals Following the direction indicated, the doctor saw, drawn up near his door, an old-fashioned one-horse wagon, such as is still occasionally seen in New England. Aikenside Confound these one-horse country towns, anyway", we heard the voice mutter, "that can't support a decent Fire Department. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way Withal it is still a very long way from the fate of the "one-horse shay." The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition I like it; I AM one-horse, I suppose. Cap'n Dan's Daughter I remember my grandfather starting off for New York in one of these light one-horse waggons. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian The sun bursts out in furious blaze, I perspirate from head to heel; I'd like to hire a one-horse chaise; How can I, without cash, at Lille? The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe There is also a line of small one-horse wagons running as omnibuses on the street—novel feature, unknown anywhere else in the Empire. Round the World The governor got like this once in a one-horse Mexican pueblo on the uplands, away from everywhere. Victory An Island Tale Why should this little twopenny, one-horse place—I mean in size and furnishments—have such luck as to get the best there is in France? No Defense, Complete Why should this little twopenny, one-horse place— I mean in size and furnishments—have such luck as to get the best there is in France? No Defense, Volume 1. "And be a one-horse lawyer," suggested Temple, laughing. Herbert Carter's Legacy The problem of the day is to get ten-horse power out of an engine that shall occupy the space of a one-horse power engine, and no more. The True Citizen, How to Become One I never did see such a one-horse camp with such a big potter's field. The Long Chance At the gate in front of his farmhouse in the mountains Tom Drake received a letter from the rural mail-carrier, who was passing in a one-horse buggy. The Desired Woman "Skinner, my dear boy," he continued, "this is a one-horse concern." Cappy Ricks Retires Ah, it was a great loss—a, powerful loss to this poor little one-horse town. Sketches New and Old, Part 6. The idea of a pavement in a one-horse town composed of two gin-mills, a blacksmith shop, and that mustard-plaster of a newspaper, the Daily Hurrah! Sketches New and Old, Part 1. Later, in Calcutta, I found that the Standard Oil clerks had small one-horse vehicles, and did no walking; and I was told that the clerks of the other large concerns there had the like equipment. Following the Equator, Part 5 It is said that a stranger took a one-horse carriage for a course--tariff, half a franc. The Innocents Abroad — Volume 03 Up until recently I was content with a little old one-horse business; but now, by the Holy Pink-Toed Prophet, boy, we've got to get out and shake a leg! Cappy Ricks Retires I could scarcely speak—like the driver of the one-horse chaise, I could neither advance nor recede. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 The one-horse buggy had been the only lover's chariot known to Henry and me, and we remembered how a red-wheeled cart used to lay out the neighbours in the heroic days of the nineties. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me A one-horse chaise or carriage, capable of holding but one person: called by the French a DESOBLIGEANT. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue This decision took the backbone out of Aunt Maria's funeral, which touched the extreme of modesty: a hearse and a one-horse coach. The Old Wives' Tale When at last I found myself with Minna in a one-horse carriage on the way to the Erzgebirge, we frequently met armed reinforcements on their way to Dresden. My Life — Volume 1 I first drove down the valley to Salzburg in a one-horse carriage. My Life — Volume 2 A very eccentric but sterling citizen, who could make cowhide boots which, like the panels in the "one-horse shay," "would last like iron for things like these." The Real Diary of a Real Boy A one-horse chaise, said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice, from their being so frequently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop-keepers and tradesmen. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue So the boy donned a pair of "blue jean" trousers, and was taken into a field, where a one-horse plough was standing. The Adventures of a Boy Reporter These facts together added not a little to Mrs. Winterfield's influence and professorial power in the place, and gave a dignity to the one-horse chaise which it might not otherwise have possessed. The Belton Estate Here, too, the gates were open, and the one-horse fly made its lumbering and awkward entrance within, drawing up with a jerk at the carved portico. God's Good Man As I rode towards Kilcullen, I saw a crowd of the peasant-people assembled round a one-horse chair, and my friend in green, as I thought, making off half a mile up the hill. Barry Lyndon A malt spirit much drank in Ireland and Scotland; also a one-horse chaise. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue An ordinary one-horse cart holds twenty bushels, so then a full crop of potatoes from that space would fill 56 carts. Three Acres and Liberty "Will you give up all your plans and be a one-horse preacher of holiness if I want you to?" The Heart-Cry of Jesus A few poles stuck in the ground, clapboarded with cedar-boughs and cornstalks, and supporting a roof of the same, gave shelter to a rickety one-horse wagon and some farm implements. Winter Sunshine I allow," said Mr. Mangles, slowly, "that at this hour in the morning it appears to be a one-horse country. The Vultures A boat rowed by one man with a light kind of oar, called a scull; also a one-horse chaise or buggy. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A one-horse fly was driven up to the door, and a card brought in— A Woman-Hater They can take their little old one-horse banks and play blockhouses with them if they want to. The Titan Christopher ordered a one-horse brougham at the inn, and entering it was driven out of the town towards Enckworth as the evening shades were beginning to fall. The Hand of Ethelberta It's a one-horse looking country, though," he said to himself, "and no place for a man with any snap. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa We strike the South Platte Sunday, 21st, and breakfast at Latham, a station of one-horse proportions. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return Few have any idea of the trials and tribulations of the railway conductor—"the gentlemanly conductor," as one-horse newspapers delight in styling him. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters All the way down from the city he had sneered inwardly at a one-horse railroad which ran no Pullmans on its Cape branch in winter time. The Portygee Joey did as ordered, and by the time he got indoors another carriage turned in from the public road—a one-horse brougham this time. The Hand of Ethelberta Now will you go in the one-horse brougham to Markton Station this afternoon, and meet the four o'clock train? A Laodicean : a Story of To-day It is said that a stranger took a one-horse carriage for a course —tariff, half a franc. The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain If I went on, now, and took him into manhood, he would just like like all the one-horse men in literature and the reader would conceive a hearty contempt for him. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Privately Albert was inclined to classify the entire outfit as one-horse and countrified, but he deemed it wiser not to express this opinion. The Portygee An hour before this singing, an old gentleman might have been seen to alight from a little one-horse brougham, and enter the door of Knollsea parsonage. The Hand of Ethelberta Ah, it was a great loss—it was a powerful loss to this poor little one-horse town. The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches In the one-horse carriage, I mean, my lady. Doctor Thorne Momma says she is getting just a bit tired of this one-horse sort of place. Idle Ideas in 1905 As to salary—well, I don't know what you're getting in that one-horse bank, but I'll double it, whatever it is. The Rise of Roscoe Paine He seemed to be well disposed toward me, but it was evident that he did not take my "one-horse" establishment seriously, and I left his store without an order. The Rise of David Levinsky The sun bursts out in furious blaze, I perspirate from head to heel; I'd like to hire a one-horse chaise, How can I, without cash at Lille? Ballads All right, we'll drive—and not in a one-horse concern, either. The Pension Beaurepas Rose used to take out the little Lord in the one-horse chaise with her when she paid visits, until the Rector's lady and the Surgeon's wife almost died with envy. The Book of Snobs Directly opposite to him came a strange one-horse vehicle, evidently rigged up by soldiers out of any available materials and looking like something between a cart, a cabriolet, and a caleche. War and Peace Elsewhere, near St. Girons, he notices that in two hundred and fifty miles he encountered in all, "two cabriolets and three miserable things similar to our old one-horse post chaise, and not one gentleman." The Ancient Regime Presently, away ahead of me in the road, I saw a man standing near a one-horse wagon. The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment He soon discovered that the Sully Hippodrome Circus was no one-horse affair, though considerably smaller than the one with which he was connected. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South On Monday we packed a one-horse van with what we deemed essential. They and I Mama said he was the only man for miles who had a one-horse wagon. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! When a bourgeois of Boulogne takes the air, he goes in a one-horse chaise, which is here called cabriolet, and hires it for half-a-crown a day. Travels through France and Italy I have capable men with adequate apparatus to move it, and they would be able to go twice as fast as your one-horse country outfit. The Depot Master |
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