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" Is it for a man's health to travel with tired jades, to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the cold, till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out... "
The History of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and Its Various Branches ... - Page 24
by George Markham Tweddell - 1869
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The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and ..., Volume 8

Harleian miscellany - 1810 - 610 pages
...many times are poisoned with their nasty scents, and crippled by the erowd of the boxes and bundles. Is it for a man's health to travel with tired jades,...teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out ? Is it for their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or pearch, or axletree...
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The Harleian Miscellany:: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 8

Great Britain - 1810 - 606 pages
...many times are poisoned with their nasty scents, and crippled by tho crowd of the boxes and bundles. Is it for a man's health to travel with tired jades,...the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in «ire ; afterwardi sit in the cold, till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out? Is it for...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 8

William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1810 - 606 pages
...many times are poisoned with their nasty scents, and crippled by the crowd of the boxes and bundles. Is it for a man's health to travel with tired jades, to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced te wade up to the knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the cold, till teams of horses can be sent to pull...
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The Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1838 - 492 pages
...his arrival at his journey's end, the traveller no longer fears, in the language of an old writer, "to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to the knees in mire ; and afterwards to sit in the cold, till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out;" but is...
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The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire

British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...crowds of boxes and bundles. He gives us some notion of the roads and the safety of the carriages : " Is it for a man's health to travel with tired jades,...teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out? Is it for their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree...
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Curiosities of Communication: The Road. The Railway. The Electric Telegraph ...

Telegraph - 1851 - 112 pages
...crowds of boxes and bundles. He gives us some notion of the roads and the safety of the carriages : " Is it for a man's health to travel with tired jades,...teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out ? Is it for their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or peich, or axletree...
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Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Social Influences

Frederick Smeeton Williams - Railroads - 1852 - 430 pages
...often poisoned with their nasty scents, and crippled with boxes and bundles ? Is it for a man's health to be laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to his knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the coach till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach...
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Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Social Influences

Frederick Smeeton Williams - Railroads - 1852 - 418 pages
...laid fast in the foul ways, and forced to wade up to his knees in mire ; afterwards sit in the coach till teams of horses can be sent to pull the coach out ? Is it for their health to travel in rotten coaches, and to have their tackle, or perch, or axletree...
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The book of carriages, or, A short account of modes of conveyance

Book - 1853 - 230 pages
...performed its journey from Oxford to London in two days, " and," he adds, " is it for a man's health thus to travel with tired jades, to be laid fast in the...forced to wade up to the knees in mire? afterwards to sit in the cold till trains of horses can come and pull the coach out ? Is it for their health to...
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The Book of Carriages ; Or, A Short Account of Modes of Conveyance, from ...

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee - Carriages and carts - 1853 - 234 pages
...performed its journey from Oxford to London in two days, " and," he adds, " is it for a man's health thus to travel with tired jades, to be laid fast in the...forced to wade up to the knees in mire? afterwards to sit in the cold till trains of horses can come and pull the coach out ? Is it for their health to...
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