 | Robert Southey - 1850 - 610 páginas
...days, and the sight of them put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crab shell brought out of China ; and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples ¡n which the cannibals adored the devil." — TAYLOR, The World runs on Wheels. Ibid, p. 240. ' 1... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 páginas
...are told ' a coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of it put both man and horse into amazement ; some said it was a great crabshell...imagined it to be one of the pagan temples in which the cannibals worshipped the devil.' But at length these doubts were cleared and coach-making became... | |
 | Edwin Goadby - 1889 - 210 páginas
...Dutch coach in 1564, the sight of which " pu* both horse and man into amazement," remarks Taylor. " Some said it was a great crab-shell, brought out of...imagined it to be one of the Pagan temples, in which the cannibals adored the devil." Household arrangements reflected a somewhat luxurious spirit. Gremio,... | |
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A coach was a strange monster in those days, and the sight of one put both horse and man into amazement. Some said it was a great crabshell brought out of China, and some imagined it to be one of the pagan temples, in which the cannibals adored the divell. 
