Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... travelling in his own coach might seem the more splendid ; but the heavy lumbering vehicle shook and jolted over the bad roads . It often stuck fast in the mud , and had to be pulled out by a team of cart - horses or a yoke of oxen ...
... travelling in his own coach might seem the more splendid ; but the heavy lumbering vehicle shook and jolted over the bad roads . It often stuck fast in the mud , and had to be pulled out by a team of cart - horses or a yoke of oxen ...
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... travelling in the eighteenth century was a costly as well as an uncomfortable proceeding . In the Place MSS . there is an account by a contemporary of the starting and management of a coach which explains the high cost of travelling ...
... travelling in the eighteenth century was a costly as well as an uncomfortable proceeding . In the Place MSS . there is an account by a contemporary of the starting and management of a coach which explains the high cost of travelling ...
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... travelling and staying at inns , or it may have originated in the curious mania for self - expres- sion which ... travellers dined as a matter of course at an inn or a tavern . For a shilling a man could get a good dinner at an ordinary ...
... travelling and staying at inns , or it may have originated in the curious mania for self - expres- sion which ... travellers dined as a matter of course at an inn or a tavern . For a shilling a man could get a good dinner at an ordinary ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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