Carriages

Examples

• 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.
• He drew plans for machinery, he designed houses and carriages, he worked as professional painter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There was a general rush to the carriages, and Mr. Huskisson, in trying to enter his carriage, slipped backwards and fell upon the rails. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• And the bell was rung, and the carriages spoken for. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There were many carriages going into the race track and the men at the gate let us in without cards because we were in uniform. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In the last decade many applications of the explosive gas engine to road carriages and tricycles have been made, especially in France. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The rich brother-in-law near Bristol was the pride of the alliance, and his place and his carriages were the pride of him. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Carriages, royal or not, have verily showed themselves at the back gates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The preparations of new carriages and furniture might wait for London and spring, when her own taste could have fairer play. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The application of steam to the direct propulsion of carriages was a comparatively slow process. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Representative motor carriages of this type are to be found in the United States in the Duryea and the Winton. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Presently carriages with travellers began to leave the town, galloping away by the Ghent barrier. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• So everybody walks in the street--and where the street is wide enough, carriages are forever dashing along. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The strength of a bridge must be suited to the number and weight of the carriages which are likely to pass over it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Archer pushed forward, elbowing through the crowd, and staring blindly into window after window of the high-hung carriages. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• After Watt's system was devised, suggestions and experiments as to road locomotives and carriages were made, and other applications came thick and fast. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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