The Eighteenth Century; Or, Illustrations of the Manners And Customs of Our Grandfathers
The book The Eighteenth Century; Or, Illustrations of the Manners And Customs of Our Grandfathers was written by author Andrews, Alexander, 1824?-1873 Here you can read free online of The Eighteenth Century; Or, Illustrations of the Manners And Customs of Our Grandfathers book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Eighteenth Century; Or, Illustrations of the Manners And Customs of Our Grandfathers a good or bad book?
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"An express for his majesty was carried, July Vth (1717), from Lon- don at half-past two a.m., and arrived at East Grinstead at half-past three p.m.," — to the great astonishment, no doubt, of the country ! A few announcements of the coach-proprietors, taken from various periods, will throw some light upon this branch of our subject. In 1839 (and possibly to this hour), a printed card, framed and glazed, was preserved M 2 164 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. over the bar of the Black Swan Inn, at York, ...giving notice that — "Your four days' coach begins on Friday, the 12th April, 1706. All that are desirous to pass from London to York, or to any other place on that road, in this expe- ditious manner, let them repair to the Black Swan in Holbourne, in London, and to the Black Swan in Coney- street, York. At both places they may be received in a stage-coach, every Monday, "Wednesday, and Friday, which actually performs the whole journey in the short space of four dales (if God permit) ! The coach sets forth at five o'clock in the morning, and returns from York to Stamford, by Huntingdon, to London, in two dales more, allowing passengers 14lbs.
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