chaise-and-four

• “After the marriage ceremony, the happiest and handsomest pair in the world drove off in a chaise-and-four, to pass the honeymoon at Kissingen.”

  A Legend of the Rhine

• “By ten o'clock the chaise-and-four conveyed the two from the abbey, and, after an agreeable drive of almost twenty miles, they entered Woodston, &c.”

  Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record

• “Judge, therefore, of my surprise, when one fine morning, as I sauntered into the village, I found the whole population gathered in groups on the little market-place, and discovered from the incoherent exclamations of the crowd, that "the new proprietor of the Hall had just driven through in a chaise-and-four!”

  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.

• “When the chaise-and-four returned, therefore, a few hours afterwards, through the village, the General was loudly cheered by his subjects.”

  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.

• “A fool of a fellow being the first to find them, and delighted with his prowess, ran up, shouting, "Come home directly; a gentleman has come in a chaise-and-four" – who, he did not know.”

  The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.

• “There is too much chaise-and-four and laudanum-bottle; too much moralising; too much of a good many other things.”

  The English Novel

• “When he reached his bedroom he told Mrs. Hare of a chaise-and-four which had gone tearing past at a furious pace as he was closing the gate, coming from the direction of East Lynne.”

  East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter

• “Papa stayed out late; and, in returning home, a chaise-and-four tore past just as he was coming in at the gate.”

  East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter

• “Yes: there was a chaise-and-four, a short distance before them, dashing along at full gallop.”

  The Pickwick Papers

• “What are they about, boys?" said I. "Goin 'to take the chaise-and-four forninst ye, yer honor," said the man.”

  Charles O'Malley — Volume 1

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