Carriage

Examples

• Weight of gun, carriage, limber, drag ropes, tools, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Livius got out of the carriage, and picked the man up, to ascertain that he was alive, as he fell without uttering a groan. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He stooped a little, and with his tattered blue cap pointed under the carriage. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• At the hotel I asked Catherine to wait in the carriage while I went in and spoke to the manager. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In the most extreme agitation I hurried after the surgeon and brought him with me in my carriage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was while I was in the carriage, just as we reached the trainer's house, that the immense significance of the curried mutton occurred to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He sprang up behind the carriage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then came Julius Griffith, in 1821, of Brompton, who patented a steam carriage which was built by Joseph Bramah, one of the ablest mechanics of his time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Stripping his harness from him I securely bound his hands behind his back, and after similarly fastening his feet tied him to a heavy gun carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The carriage is our rendezvous, then? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have not seen your papa since the receipt of your pleasing letter, so could arrange nothing with him respecting the carriage. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I thought you were gone to Brussels or Versailles, when I did not see you pass in your carriage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The servants could not describe the man, as he did not enter the house, but remained in the carriage. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Fred Bentinck rode by the side of my carriage for the first ten miles. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It is said that as far back as 1835 Stratingh and Becker, of Groeningen, and in 1836 Botto, of Turin, constructed crude electric carriages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Carriages and horses were provided for all; captains and under officers chosen, and the whole assemblage wisely organized. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Punctually at eleven o'clock, the carriages began to arrive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• All this fuss about a rascally three hundred pound-house and not twenty carriages! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Carriages and opera-boxes, thought he; fancy being seen in them by the side of such a mahogany charmer as that! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The train was made up of two carriages, filled with about forty passengers, and seven wagons loaded with stores. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There is no railway out of London whereon the carriages run so smoothly, and on which the passengers are so conveniently accommodated, as on the Great Western. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The 15th of September was the day appointed, and there were eight locomotive engines provided to propel the same number of trains of carriages, which were to form the procession. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But ladies in carriages would frequently make purchases from her trifling stock, and were usually pleased with her bright eyes and her hopeful speech. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Watt’s patents of 1769 and 1784 contemplated the application of his steam engines to carriages running on land. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He is intent upon various new expenses,--horses, and carriages, and lavish appearances of all kinds. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I _should_ say, one of her ladyship's carriages, for she has several. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Among the most successful of those engineers, who constructed steam carriages to run on roads, were Mr. Gurney, Mr. Birstall, Mr. Trevethick, Mr. Handcock, and Colonel Maceroni. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The great growth of automobile carriages in the past year has greatly stimulated the output of storage batteries. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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