| 单词 | mail coach road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmail coach road General attributive, as mail coach road, etc. ΚΠ 1793 Northern Star (Belfast) 22 May It is eligibly situated for a great run of Business, being central between Belfast and Newtonards, and on the Mail Coach Road between the former and Donaghadee. 1813 Ld. Byron Let. 22 Aug. (1974) III. 94 In a ‘mail-coach copy’ of the Edinburgh, I perceive the Giaour is 2d article. The numbers are still in the Leith smack. 1815 Ld. Byron Let. 10 Jan. (1975) IV. 252 Scott's ‘Lord of the Isles’ is out—‘the mail-coach copy’ I have, by special licence of Murray. 1822 Papers relating to H. Burgess's Claim 3 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 454) XVIII. 173 To eight pair of best mail coach lamps £.12 12s. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 352 He is like the mail coach traveller. 1885 J. W. Hyde Royal Mail (ed. 2) iii. 65 Yet the mail-coach days had charms and attractions for travellers. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman x. 153 The Earl regained consciousness to find himself lying with his head in Miss Morville's lap, his elaborate Mail-coach cravat untied, and the scent of aromatic vinegar in his nostrils. < as lemmas |
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