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Examples

  • "So you won't be cutting a dash in a high-perch phaeton?"

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • "So you won't be cutting a dash in a high-perch phaeton?"

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • There was Lord Beasley, who liked to show off his high-perch phaeton, a dangerous vehicle for winter conditions and for a man of his bulk, Jessica always felt, as she clung, smiling and apparently relaxed, to the seat beside him.

    Ungrateful Governess Balogh, Mary 1988

  • Riding his new bay, Talavera, in Hyde Park with DeVane at his side, as they were both returning from a fencing session at Angelo’s that sent them along the promenade at the time it was most crowded, he was floored to discover, amongst the cavalcade of riders and carriages thronging the drive, his wife bowling toward him in a high-perch phaeton driven by Cluny, laughing gaily at something the fellow was saying.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Riding his new bay, Talavera, in Hyde Park with DeVane at his side, as they were both returning from a fencing session at Angelo’s that sent them along the promenade at the time it was most crowded, he was floored to discover, amongst the cavalcade of riders and carriages thronging the drive, his wife bowling toward him in a high-perch phaeton driven by Cluny, laughing gaily at something the fellow was saying.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • He’d escort her all over London, place her in his high-perch phaeton, and drive her down St. James’s Street past the bow window at White’s, something a genteel lady would never do.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • He’d escort her all over London, place her in his high-perch phaeton, and drive her down St. James’s Street past the bow window at White’s, something a genteel lady would never do.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • He’d escort her all over London, place her in his high-perch phaeton, and drive her down St. James’s Street past the bow window at White’s, something a genteel lady would never do.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • Lady Morton was kind enough to remark that my new high-perch phaeton is quite the most fashionable conveyance in town. "

    The Obedient Bride Balogh, Mary 1989

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