| 单词 | post horse |
| 例句 | She was used to managing men with a firm hand, to changing from one to another, as though they were post horses. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z So saying, she hastened to Mrs Mowbray, whom she found giving orders, with eager impatience, to have post horses sent for immediately. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z The means of travel at the disposal of both statesmen were identical—post horses. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z The fellow has quite forgot this journey;—have you bespoke post horses? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z Great arterial roads were made by the Persian rulers to hold their new empire, and post horses were always in waiting for the imperial messenger or the traveller with an official permit. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z There is record of a Post Office having been established in Bristol by the Convention Parliament in 1670, but the site is unknown, and probably the postmaster had post horses—not letters—to attend to. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone I suppose she will prefer to travel slowly, some thirty miles or so a day, post horses always, and strictly avoiding railroads; but you can talk it over together yourselves. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Our former Gallic roads and highways, so beautifully wide and carefully kept, with their relays of post horses and inns, are now all wild and heaps of ruins. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres The fellow has quite forgot this journey;—have you bespoke post horses? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z At any rate, she ought to learn without delay whether or not he was hiring post horses in the village. The Silent Barrier An open carriage, which would take them all, was ordered,—with four post horses, and two antiquated postboys, with white hats and blue jackets, and yellow breeches. Lady Anna He worked 600 coach and post horses—a number only exceeded by the great London coach proprietor Chaplin, with his 1,300, and Horne and Sherman with their 700. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time Opposite it, a square, two-storied inn stretches over the road a fine carved bracket with a bunch of grapes in iron, proclaiming that here are post horses to be had from Nich: Jayne. Highways and Byways in Surrey The fellow has quite forgot this journey;—have you bespoke post horses? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z "In the convent carriage, with post horses and by short stages." The Regent's Daughter We took tea at Sittingbourne, and proceeded from Canterbury about ten o'clock by the night stage coach with post horses to East Cliff. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 The pad began to curvet as the post horses rattled behind, and the Parson had only an indistinct vision of a human face supplanting these human legs. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Most inns, where the coaches kept their horses, possessed a post-chaise, and were licensed to let out post horses for hire. Old Times at Otterbourne The next morning I was ready at nine o’clock, and set off with post horses, with Mr Masterton, in his own carriage. Japhet in Search of a Father Then we have the post horses and all connected with them. Pickwickian Studies After that we set out from Park Lane in our travelling carriage with four post horses, attended by our servants. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Sandy used to keep some stables going for post horses before the coach ran to Hartland, you know. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden So was the taking of the post horses," Stauffen agreed, "and your getting a disguise from the postmaster. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War Mr Grey and wife were duly carried away from Matching Priory by post horses, and did their honeymoon, we may be quite sure, with much satisfaction. Can You Forgive Her? There are many post horses figuring in Mr. Pickwick’s journey from Bristol to Birmingham and thence home; horses in the rain and out of it. Pickwickian Studies The priest hastily quitted Gerzson and returned towards the forest, while the latter went on to the little town, where he speedily got post horses. The Poor Plutocrats Lots of spectators, gentle and simple, stood about, and a handsome chariot, with four post horses and a great coat-of-arms emblazoned on its panels, waited at the church gate. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 I think the best idea of all was your taking the post horses, and then getting a fresh suit of clothes from the postmaster. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War The party made no stay at Etaples, but at once ordered a chaise and post horses. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain "I made bold to use the post horses; but it was heavy labor even for them." Beatrix of Clare "Nothing can detain us now," said the priest, "you can procure post horses here and return home, but I go in an opposite direction." The Poor Plutocrats After spending a few days at Alexinatz, I started with post horses for Tiupria, as the horse I had ridden had been so severely galled, that I was obliged to send him to Belgrade. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Lastly, the three of us could not have got post horses. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War A moment of darkness favoured their flight, and both of them went in haste to get post horses. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy We retired betimes to rest--but not until, from an opposite coach maker, we had secured a phaeton-like carriage to convey us with post horses, the next day, to Paris. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One The next morning I was ready at nine o'clock, and set off with post horses, with Mr Masterton, in his own carriage. Japhet, in Search of a Father Edwards's observation, that a worn-out horse is not proper for Atlas to mount in battle, is impertinent; the horse here mentioned seems to be a post horse, rather than a war horse. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies The same evening Felix ordered post horses and set out for France. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal The travelling carriage and post horses were at the door. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh There were no post horses at the station, and we were obliged to charter private teams at double the usual rates. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life After some delay about passports, we were suffered to proceed, as they sometimes will not give post horses without examining the passports. A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium We went down into Devonshire by the railroad, and there we hired an open carriage from an innkeeper, patriotic in all Pickwick matters, and went on with post horses. Yesterdays with Authors At every half league on the public roads throughout the whole empire, there were Indians in constant attendance to relieve each other in carrying dispatches, which they did swifter than our post horses. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Whilst I was at the York Hotel, a carriage drawn by post horses drove up; and, soon after, the master of the hotel entering into my room, I asked him who were his new arrivals. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 Accordingly I ordered post horses, and arrived in the town about six hours after his Most Christian Majesty. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 354, January 31, 1829 Mr. Ross told me that even this was not equal to the work done by the post horses: the stations for these are from forty-eight to seventy-two miles distant from each other. A Woman's Journey Round the World In those days post horses were ridden, not driven; and about all we could see of the post boy was what Mistress Tabitha Bramble saw of Humphrey Clinker. Tracks of a Rolling Stone I ordered post horses for ten in the evening. The Confession of a Child of the Century From Galway Sir Culling was obliged to take job horses, as he was warned that we were entering a country where post horses were not to be found, and were never even heard of. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 When I was a child of five years my father's carriage with post horses was crossing the Crau. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc I offered him any sum that he might demand, and assured him that I would engage to procure such post horses, as would take him there and back in six hours. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 And forthwith post horses were sent me, with a Gentleman to conduct me. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Not even a rumor of Sir Sidney's escape had or could have run before him; for, at the moment of reaching the coast of England, he had started with post horses to Bath. Autobiographical Sketches Malcolm was awaiting him outside, and they at once went to the officer of the royal post and engaged a carriage and post horses to take them to Blois. Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden They had arrived in a private chaise, but with post horses, and without attendants. Precaution In this court were seen a detachment of police, a cab, and a long, narrow vehicle, painted yellow, drawn by three post horses, which neighed gayly, shaking little bells on their harness. Mysteries of Paris, V3 A courier used to ride on ahead to order post horses; another rode just in front of the carriage. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville They would take post horses over the mountain, not from any love of solitary grandeur, but in order that they might make the company pay for its iniquity. He Knew He Was Right "Hire post horses, and please take a different route from before—across the district of Nikolsk." Mother But first take this letter to the postoffice, and, if you like, order post horses at the same time. The Inspector-General A report was spread during the night, that the king was coming in great haste on post horses, and would arrive in ten or twelve hours at the latest. The Man in the Iron Mask At Kamenka a relay of horses was to wait which would take them to the Warsaw highroad, and from there they would hasten abroad with post horses. War and Peace The Barchester post horses had misbehaved in some unfortunate manner just as Mrs Clantantram was getting out of the chaise and had nearly thrown her under the wheel. Barchester Towers As we travelled only while the sun was up, on account of my ill health, and the post horses in France are in bad order, we seldom exceeded twenty leagues a day. Travels through France and Italy The Post Office alone was entitled to furnish post horses; and, from the care with which this monopoly was guarded, we may infer that it was found profitable. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 The latter, who did not like to be confined in his proceedings, left his brigade under the orders of a lieutenant, and set off on post horses, recommending his men to use all diligence. The Man in the Iron Mask Anatole had a passport, an order for post horses, ten thousand rubles he had taken from his sister and another ten thousand borrowed with Dolokhov's help. War and Peace In the Surovsky district there was no railway nor service of post horses, and Levin drove there with his own horses in his big, old-fashioned carriage. Anna Karenina He had helped in sending off Falleix expeditiously, explaining to him the advantage of taking post horses. Bureaucracy But Grimaud's ingenuity was more prolific than his speech, and therefore at the first halt he sold his steed and with the money obtained from the purchase took post horses. Twenty Years After D'Artagnan and Planchet took each a post horse, and a postillion rode before them. The Three Musketeers Immediately on leaving the governor's, Nicholas hired post horses and, taking his squadron quartermaster with him, drove at a gallop to the landowner, fourteen miles away, who had the stud. War and Peace He gave me his arm, and the two officers courteously bowed me out, and we found at the door a phaeton or barouche with a postilion and post horses. Bleak House A few days before the battle of Borodino, Nicholas received the necessary money and warrants, and having sent some hussars on in advance, he set out with post horses for Voronezh. War and Peace I set out three days ago, passing miraculously through the Puritan army, and I took post horses with my servant Tony; the horses upon which we were mounted were bought in Paris. Twenty Years After At the moment he entered the vestibule, another man was entering likewise, dusty, out of breath, leaving at the gate a post horse, which, on reaching the palace, tumbled on his foreknees. The Three Musketeers |
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