But it was as if -- as if from the time I spoke to Herthe, the morning after I met you in the posthouse, I knew it was hopeless. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
Looking up, she saw the red-haired sasennan who'd caught her at the posthouse on the Kymil road, the captain of the Regent's guards. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
My, next to either you or Mr. Harte will be directed to Berlin; but as I do not know to what house or street there, I suppose it will remain at the posthouse till you send for it. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
The posthouse was in ruins, and the stone walls on either side between the gates and the parapet of the fortifications had been crumbled into rubbish; the glacis from the Point du Jour to Auteuil had been ploughed up in such a manner that not a yard of it was to be seen without a shell hole. From Wordnik.com. [The Insurrection in Paris] Reference
Our driver took us, according to their custom, to the posthouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Madame Guyon] Reference
Said my master, Did you send your letter away to the posthouse, my good girl, for your father?. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded] Reference
Eschar to be gone, I sent my letters by a porter to the posthouse in Southwark to be sent by despatch to the Downs. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
Already the horses were being led out of the posthouse, and groups of men were bustling to and fro on seemingly urgent errands. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
Mederic Rompel, the postman, who was familiarly called by the country people Mederi, started at the usual hour from the posthouse at. From Wordnik.com. [The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) Une Vie and Other Stories] Reference
"Bull" Inn, into whose hospitable portal Mr. Shrig vanished, to pursue those enquiries he had repeated at every posthouse along the road. From Wordnik.com. [Peregrine's Progress] Reference
I found in front of the posthouse a number of couriers, who were about to spread the news in the different towns of the empire, and, since they took all the horses, I could obtain none for myself. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun] Reference
But after passing the final posthouse on every avenue to London, for the latter ten or twelve miles, you become aware that you are no longer noticed: nobody sees you; nobody hears you; nobody regards you; you do not even regard yourself. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiographical Sketches] Reference
Thence home and sent my letters to the posthouse in London, and my wife and I (after Mr. Hunt was gone, whom I found waiting at my house) went out again to show her the fires, and after walking as far as the Exchange we returned and to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
A white 1999 Ford Explorer driven by Brittney M. Law, 19, and a gray 2005 Jeep Cherokee driven by Anita Gutierrez, collided in the southbound lanes near the historic posthouse at about 11: 40 a.m., according to Clarksville Police Officer Jimmy Dill. From Wordnik.com. [theleafchronicle.com - Local News] Reference
Then the coachman himself lost patience, and sent the two Uncles about their business — and not before it was time, seeing that the horses were steaming in a way that made it clear that, unless they were first winded, they would never reach the next posthouse. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Souls] Reference
Before I could reply to this obliging proposal, we stopt at the posthouse, changed horses, and pursued our journey with rapidity 'till about noon, when we drew up to a very fine old castle, which I found belonged to a friend of theirs, and where they proposed passing the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Castle of Wolfenbach] Reference
To recall his prowess is to ride with him (in fancy) under the open sky along the fair, beaten road; to put up with him at the busy, white posthouse, to drink unnumbered pints of mulled sack with the round-bellied landlord, to exchange boastful stories over the hospitable fire, and to ride forth in the morning with the joyous uncertainty of travel upon you. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Scoundrels] Reference
"Herthe and her guards came and met me at the posthouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
"In these past weeks -- the morning I spoke to Herthe at the posthouse and last night -- I thought it was only me!. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
Another private letter of Marvell's, of this date, is worth reading: ” “DEAREST WILL, ” I wrote to you two letters, and payd for them from the posthouse here at Westminster; to which I have had no answer. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Marvell]
In this trouble, I went to take a walk in Westminster Hall and by chance met with Mr. Child, who went forth with my Lady to-day, but his horse being bad, he come back again, which then did trouble me more, so that I did resolve to go to her; and so by boat home and put on my boots, and so over to Southwarke to the posthouse, and there took horse and guide to Dartford and thence to. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 09: January/February/March 1660-61] Reference
I did resolve to go to her; and so by boat home and put on my boots, and so over to Southwarke to the posthouse, and there took horse and guide to Dartford and thence to Rochester (I having good horses and good way, come thither about half-an-hour after daylight, which was before. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
In this trouble, I went to take a walk in Westminster Hall and by chance met with Mr. Child, who went forth with my Lady to-day, but his horse being bad, he come back again, which then did trouble me more, so that I did resolve to go to her; and so by boat home and put on my boots, and so over to Southwarke to the posthouse, and there took horse and guide to Dartford and thence to Rochester (I having good horses and good way, come thither about half-an-hour after daylight, which was before 6 o'clock and I set forth after two), where I found my Lady and her daughter Jem., and Mr.. Browne 'and five servants, all at a great loss, not finding me here, but at my coming she was overjoyed. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb/Mar 1660/61]
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