When she went away, I called a hackney-coach for her, and getting behind it, went home with her to her lodgings. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie] Reference
"And here is my carriage," he added, calling a hackney cab. From Wordnik.com. [The Commission in Lunacy] Reference
He would take a post-chaise -- he would call a hackney coach. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary — Complete] Reference
Minoret called a hackney-coach and took her to the Rue de la. From Wordnik.com. [Ursula] Reference
She wanted to give them time to call a hackney coach for her. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
“And here is my carriage,” he added, calling a hackney cab. From Wordnik.com. [The Commission in Lunacy] Reference
When they reached London, Mr Leslie called a hackney coach, and True. From Wordnik.com. [True Blue] Reference
They can go; one of you can call a hackney coach for them if they wish it. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Thorndyke's Secret] Reference
I hurried away a few paces, and called a hackney-chariot which was passing empty. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield]
I hurried away a few paces, and called a hackney – chariot which was passing empty. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
They complied with his request, and then the Major desired Timothy to call a hackney-coach. From Wordnik.com. [Japhet, in Search of a Father] Reference
Peyrade called a hackney cab, and got in without saying a single word, followed by the gendarme. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
They called a hackney coach at the first stand they reached, and were soon at the destined spot. From Wordnik.com. [Venetia] Reference
They are only for your own good: and if you say Yes, we can call a hackney-coach, and go to Clarges. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
Some people want a discreet vehicle to turn up for them, that's why they don't call a hackney carriage. From Wordnik.com. [Private hire taxis to have new signs] Reference
I recollected myself, and calling a hackney-coach, gave orders to be driven to the Piazza, Covent Garden. From Wordnik.com. [Japhet in Search of a Father] Reference
He then called a hackney coach, into which he handed her, and at her request, directed it to drive to Sackville-Street. From Wordnik.com. [Caroline; or, the Diversities of Fortune] Reference
Captain Harcourt made no reply, but turning sullenly from her, rang the bell, and desired the servant to call a hackney coach. From Wordnik.com. [Honoria Sommerville] Reference
The captain called a hackney-coach, and in this we made our way to Fenchurch street, where lived his shipping agent, Mr. Smith. From Wordnik.com. [Jacques Bonneval] Reference
Carlos went up to Europe's room, and stayed there till Paccard came to fetch him, having called a hackney cab that came into the courtyard. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Europe’s room, and stayed there till Paccard came to fetch him, having called a hackney cab that came into the courtyard. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Sam, call another hackney – coach. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
Timothy to call a hackney-coach. From Wordnik.com. [Japhet in Search of a Father] Reference
Pierrebon made no answer to this, but mounted his hackney. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Then he asked me, "which was the first hackney coach stand?". From Wordnik.com. [The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814] Reference
Soon he met a yeoman riding upon a hackney, who led in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
Du Bourg stepped out of the post chaise into the hackney coach. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814] Reference
I hailed the first hackney carriage I met and drove to my rooms. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
Place in the luxury of a nice, large, cool, dirty hackney coach. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
"Sheriff's officer in a hackney-coach down-stairs," the man responded. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
Charles set out in a hackney coach for Gray's Mill to prevail upon Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
Derwentwater, with Lord Kenmure, was carried in a hackney-coach from the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
Then Sir Percivale mounted upon that hackney, and rode as fast as he might. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
Is his own hackney-man; for he lets himself out to travel as well as his horses. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
Returning one afternoon from Plymouth, I met two hackney coaches driving very rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The old days of comfortable hackney-carriages in hundreds about the Manila streets, at 50 cents. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
One night, in going to Lady Dungannon's, he was actually obliged to make use of a hackney coach. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
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