phaeton

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Dolly and the phaeton were the chief instruments.

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  • She was hesitating which to take, when a small phaeton, drawn by an Exmoor pony, came rolling towards her In the phaeton was an old lady with white hair and a pleasant countenance; she had very sharp eyes and a smile that was a trifle cynical. —  The Woman's Way
  • It was very high and large, but looked elegantly light, and it was drawn by a pair of superb Russian horses, jet-black, full of fiery spirit, matched to a hair, and with such grand action that it was an æsthetic pleasure to look upon them moving Sitting alone in the front of the phaeton was the man who, almost immediately, was to draw Isaacson's attention to the terrace. —  Bella Donna A Novel
  • Bob's gone for the phaeton, and we'll have you home in no time They propped her up against a tree, and continued to bathe her head with water from Jerry's felt hat, filled at the little brook close by All this while Mr. John had been accounting for their absence by supposing that Mollie was taking some sort of revenge on him, and he would permit none of the girls to go in search of the wanderers. —  St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877
  • Dolly and the phaeton were the chief instruments. —  There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
  • A raid was made on the cottages for buckets, a chain formed to the river, and at last the fire was got under, having made a wreck of everything out-of-doors, and consumed one whole wing of the house, though the older and more esteemed portion was saved CHAPTER XVIII--THE PORTRAIT When day was gone and night was come And all men fast asleep, There came the spirit of fair Marg'ret And stood at William's feet Scotch Ballad When I emerged from my room the next morning the phaeton was at the door to take the two clergymen to reconnoitre their abode before going to church. —  Chantry House
 

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  1. French phaéton, from Phaeton, Phaethon, from Old French, from Latin Phaethōn; see Phaëthon.
 

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