Annals of the Road Or Notes On Mail And Stage Coaching in Great Britain
The book Annals of the Road Or Notes On Mail And Stage Coaching in Great Britain was written by author Harold Esdaile Malet Here you can read free online of Annals of the Road Or Notes On Mail And Stage Coaching in Great Britain book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Annals of the Road Or Notes On Mail And Stage Coaching in Great Britain a good or bad book?
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But to cut a long story short, we got to London safe and sound in rather more than six hours, having been in jeopardy of our lives the whole time. • Now I would not have you imagine, Mr. Editor, that I am more nervous on a coach box than my neighbours : on the contrary, having been much attached to, and worked a great deal on ^} le ro ad ever since I was the height of a whip, I have no reason to be so ; but I must confess that with such "impostors" (as Bill Williams used to call them) it is rat...her nervous work, and I think io8 ANNALS OF THE ROAD. no coachmaster is warranted in committing the lives of his customers, the public, to such incompetent hands. I shall keep my eye on one or two of these " Flying Brightons, " and if there is not an alteration, and an im- provement too before long, I will show up the delinquents, both master and servant, by name. ' There is a very old and good servant of the public still at work on this road, whose long and praiseworthy career deserves to be recorded.
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