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No. 4464/6, The Postillion of Ghent is just now arrived, with Letters to Mr. de Caris.
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No. 4464/6, The Postillion of Ghent is just now arrived, with Letters to Mr. de Caris.
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To this I readily assented, telling the Postillion that my reaching Strasbourg the next day an hour or two later would be perfectly immaterial.
The Monk 2004
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The Postillion, who had been furnished with a bottle of spirits, was now ready to set out for Strasbourg, and enquired, whether I had any further commands.
The Monk 2004
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On mentioning my design of proceeding by myself to Strasbourg, the Postillion shook his head in disapprobation.
The Monk 2004
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Accordingly I communicated my design to the Postillion, telling him that I would send People to assist him as soon as I reached Strasbourg.
The Monk 2004
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Senior Eusebio Seberino, the Postillion who drove my Chaise or rather who led my Horses.
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The Maître de Poste, with a broad oath, orders his Postillion, "_Va bon train_; thou art driving M. de Voltaire."
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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The first was to work tapestry; the second, to read sermons; and the third, to play Patience, and more especially Postillion.
The Home Fredrika Bremer 1833
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Jacobi laughed heartily over the history of the children, and endeavoured to catch Louise's eye; but this was fixed upon the Postillion, which she was arranging with a very important and grave aspect.
The Home Fredrika Bremer 1833
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