chaise-and-four

After the marriage ceremony, the happiest and handsomest pair in the world drove off in a chaise-and-four, to pass the honeymoon at Kissingen.

A Legend of the Rhine 2006

After the marriage ceremony, the happiest and handsomest pair in the world drove off in a chaise-and-four, to pass the honeymoon at Kissingen.

Burlesques 2006

Judge, therefore, of my surprise, when one fine morning, as I sauntered into the village, I found the whole population gathered in groups on the little market-place, and discovered from the incoherent exclamations of the crowd, that "the new proprietor of the Hall had just driven through in a chaise-and-four!"

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various

When the chaise-and-four returned, therefore, a few hours afterwards, through the village, the General was loudly cheered by his subjects.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various

By ten o'clock the chaise-and-four conveyed the two from the abbey, and, after an agreeable drive of almost twenty miles, they entered Woodston, &c.

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

A fool of a fellow being the first to find them, and delighted with his prowess, ran up, shouting, "Come home directly; a gentleman has come in a chaise-and-four" – who, he did not know.

The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903

There is too much chaise-and-four and laudanum-bottle; too much moralising; too much of a good many other things.

The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889

When he reached his bedroom he told Mrs. Hare of a chaise-and-four which had gone tearing past at a furious pace as he was closing the gate, coming from the direction of East Lynne.

East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter 1864

Papa stayed out late; and, in returning home, a chaise-and-four tore past just as he was coming in at the gate.

East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter 1864

Yes: there was a chaise-and-four, a short distance before them, dashing along at full gallop.

The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841