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Turn his head as he would, ever Ben Bolt received the bite of the whip on his fearfully bruised nose; for Mulcachy was as expert as a stage-driver in his manipulation of the whip, and unerringly the lash snapped and cracked and stung Ben Bolt's nose wherever Ben Bolt at the moment might have it.
CHAPTER XXXIII 2010
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The Clemens brothers rarely got to know their drivers, but they did on occasion become friendly with the conductors, who were as regal in bearing and absolute in power as a mogul, sultan, or king, and “in whose presence common men were modest of speech and manner, and in the glare of whose greatness even the dazzling stage-driver dwindled to a penny dip.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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The Clemens brothers rarely got to know their drivers, but they did on occasion become friendly with the conductors, who were as regal in bearing and absolute in power as a mogul, sultan, or king, and “in whose presence common men were modest of speech and manner, and in the glare of whose greatness even the dazzling stage-driver dwindled to a penny dip.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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His partner, Mr. Benoni Stackpole, had been once a stage-driver in Arkansas, and later a horse-trader.
The Titan 2004
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He was as particular about the comfortable arrangements of his part of the boat, as an old stage-driver is about the snugness of his box.
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Sweetwater counties knew that Cupid had at last found a vulnerable spot in the tough and weather-tanned hide of the old stage-driver.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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In consequence of which the sober stage-driver departed without the mails, leaving Mary Carmichael and the fat lady to scan the horizon for the delinquent Chugg, and incidentally to hear a chapter of prairie romance.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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There was something crucial in the arrival of the delayed stage-driver.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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Stopping at some selected spot on the mountain road, the stage-driver will direct the stranger's attention to a projecting mass of rock which bears some resemblance to a human countenance.
Humanly Speaking Samuel McChord Crothers
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And these were the only traces of tragedy in the life of Lemuel Chugg, stage-driver.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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