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Quick, hackneycoach steeds, and bear George Warrington through
The Virginians 2006
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We went to Gerrard-street, all three together, in a hackneycoach: and as soon as we got there, dinner was served.
Great Expectations 1860
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Quick, hackneycoach steeds, and bear George Warrington through Strand and
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Hogarth's picture of a London hackneycoach and a London street road at that period, may fancy how weary the quick time was, and how long seemed the journey: -- scarce any lights, save those carried by link-boys; badly hung coaches; bad pavements; great holes in the road, and vast quagmires of winter mud.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Any one who remembers Hogarth’s picture of a London hackneycoach and a London street road at that period, may fancy how weary the quick time was, and how long seemed the journey: — scarce any lights, save those carried by link-boys; badly hung coaches; bad pavements; great holes in the road, and vast quagmires of winter mud.
The Virginians 2006
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