1
M. d'Anquetil, in rough, barrack-room style, promised to get the postboys hanged.
2
He gave the postboys the order to be ready on the following morning.
3
The postboys touched their horses, and the carriage sped on.
4
The postboys tell us that yonder is Montbard, a place utterly unknown to me.
5
We may dismiss the postboys, Howard; and what time shall we summon them,-teno'clock?
6
The bride must leave the church in a properly appointed carriage, and the postboys must have wedding favours.
7
Tell the postboys to drive on!
8
She said, 'The postboys must be wearing out every horse between here and Whitehall.' She crossed to his side.
9
But the rain had stopped, and they had been spared the snow that one of the postboys had mentioned.
10
The postboys scarcely looked round; but their spurs were buried in their horses, and the animals flew on like lightning.
11
The two robbers who had so decisively rid themselves of the postboys acted with no less determination towards the horses.
12
The postboys quite stared at the gratuity he gave them, and wished they might drive his lordship to the Oaks.
13
In a heap of croups and legs and steaming bellies, one of the postboys was buried, his boots in the air.
14
We would be passing through a village, and, to create a sensation, the postboys would begin cracking their whips in concert.
15
A., I do most sincerely and devoutly execrate all the postboys and the legislatures of the two most noble states the Carolinas.
16
But Jahel's uneasiness had, without his acknowledging it, impressed M. d'Anquetil, who ordered the postboys to hurry their horses, promising them extra good tips.