As it grew lighter, we were surprised to find that our postilion was a girl. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland] Reference
With an impatient murmur, the stranger called the postilion and sent him to the. From Wordnik.com. [Wife in Name Only] Reference
Our postilion was a silly fellow, who could not understand whether his money was correct. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland] Reference
Our postilion was a thorough master of his calling, and his spurs and whip seemed to know no cessation from action. From Wordnik.com. [A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One] Reference
The postilion was a boy. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Charles Grandison] Reference
To ask if I would mind letting her take the pattern of my charming "postilion," which should be returned in half an hour. From Wordnik.com. [Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay] Reference
"Be quick about it," roared the postilion after me. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
"Gate! gate!" shouted the postilion, but I paid no heed. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
As he was riding back to his hôtel his postilion was shot. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884] Reference
I have your description, you perceive, from the good postilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn at the Red Oak] Reference
There was not a man of any kind with them except the postilion. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
"Faster! postilion," cried Carl, observing his brother's impatience. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
The cricket, a little fairy, lives with a postilion John and his wife. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
I tried to interfere, as she was giving the postilion an exorbitant sum. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
The postilion was loud in his regrets, yet I thought the picture best as it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
After a hasty breakfast, the postilion arranged our trunks, and off again we set. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
Dunford, Ben (postilion): letter to Mr. L.igh Perrot on Mr..L. P. 's trouble, 135. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
Suddenly, however, a strap broke, and the postilion got off his seat to tie it up. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
"Permit me to alight for a moment, and speak to the postilion who drove us hither.". From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
The postilion was ordered to stop, and for refusing he was cut on the face and ankle. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
My postilion mounted, and the breathed horse trotted merrily along the winding level. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
"A beggarly Parisian; yo, yo!" quoth the postilion as he passed, clacking his long whip. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
On one side of the peer is Mr. Campbell, the architect; on the other, his lordship's postilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
The postilion dismounted and cracked his long whip several times, whilst fresh horses were put to. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
"It means that the postilion has arrived with horses, and calls me," said M. von Bothmar, smiling. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
The officer called on the postilion to stop; whereupon Mr. James O'Connell pulled down the window. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
"Tell me honestly and directly," she said to the footman, "why does the postilion drive so rapidly?". From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
The courier, having charged horses and taken a fresh postilion, set forth to traverse the long forest of Senart. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
He directed the postilion to drive to his hotel, but it happened that on his way he had to pass Mrs. Vernon's door. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
The Primate ordered the postilion to drive, at which Russell fired at the man, and called to his associates to join him. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Cinderella brings the rats, the largest of which the fairy converts into a handsome postilion with a fine pair of whiskers. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
"Here, my child," said the godmother, "is a coach and horse, too, as handsome as your sisters; but what shall we do for a postilion?". From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
"Tell the postilion that I shall provide for the education of his children, if we reach Küstrin in fifteen minutes," replied the queen. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
"Will your majesty permit me to call the footman, and ask him to hurry up the postilion?" said Madame von Berg, leaning out of the window. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
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