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" ... in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackney men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate. So that... "
Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack - Page 73
1821
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Early Carriages and Roads

Sir Walter Gilbey - Carriages and carts - 1903 - 156 pages
...had. Other hackney men veering this way, they flocked to the same place and performed their journeys at the same rate so that sometimes there is twenty of them together which dispose up and down, that they and others are to be had everywhere, as watermen are to be had at the...
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With Milton and the Cavaliers

Mrs. F. S. Boas - Great Britain - 1905 - 376 pages
...that," writes Garrard, "sometimes there is twenty of them together, which disperse up and down,*that they and others are to be had everywhere as watermen are to be had by the waterside." In the matter of dress few will deny that for simple beauty and refinement of taste, no fashions have...
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Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution

Ralph Straus - Carriages and carts - 1912 - 386 pages
...had. Other hackney men veering this way, they flocked to the same place and performed their journeys at the same rate, so that sometimes there is twenty of them together, which dispose up and down, that they and others are to be had everywhere, as watermen are to be had at the...
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A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the ...

William S. Walsh - Curiosities and wonders - 1913 - 1028 pages
...had. Other hackney men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate. So that sometimes there is twenty...are to be had everywhere, as watermen are to be had at the waterside. Everybody is much pleased with it, for whereas before coaches could not be had but...
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A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the ...

William S. Walsh - Curiosities and wonders - 1913 - 990 pages
...flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate. So that sometimes there is twentv of them together, which disperse up and down, that...are to- be had everywhere, as watermen are to be had at the watersifle. Everybody is much pleased with it, for whereas before coaches could not be had but...
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Origins and Meaning of Popular Phrases & Names: Including Those which Came ...

Basil Hargrave - Allusions - 1925 - 392 pages
...instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town. Everybody is much pleased, for whereas, before, coaches could not be had but...great rates, now a man may have one much cheaper." Haigh. (See HAY.) Hail. An exclamation of greeting derived from the Anglo-Saxon hcel, "health." The...
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The Nineteenth Century and After, Volume 98

Nineteenth century - 1925 - 986 pages
...had. Other hackney men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place and performed their journeys at the same rate, so that sometimes there is twenty of them together which disperse up and down so that they and others are to be had everywhere as watermen are to be had at the waterside. Everyone...
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Overland Monthly

West (U.S.) - 1883 - 692 pages
...had. Other hackney men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate. So that sometimes there is twenty...great rates, now a man may have one much cheaper." There was some opposition between the coaches and the sedan chairs, and for a long time the superiority...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 51

1856 - 1026 pages
...had. Other hackney men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate. So that sometimes there is twenty...great rates, now a man may have one much cheaper." — Garrard. ENGLISH CRIMINAL LAW IN 1646. — At Henley upon Thames, a woman speaking against the...
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 98

English periodicals - 1925 - 966 pages
...had. Other hackney men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place and performed their journeys at the same rate, so that sometimes there is twenty of them together which disperse up and down so that they and others are to be had everywhere as watermen are to be had at the waterside. Everyone...
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