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Significados de post horse em inglês

A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers.

Uso de post horse em inglês
1
Not race about in a lather like a post horse.
Wolf hall
2
I am as worn out as a post horse, but still I must have a talk with you, Catiche, a very serious talk.
War and Peace
3
Go to the next station, not to the city-hire the post horses.
Mother
4
The same evening Felix ordered post horses and set out for France.
The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 / A Typographic Art Jo...
5
Let the porter take a cab, and go for post horses instantly.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 01
6
We arrived in your parts an hour ago on post horses.
A Set of Six
7
Lastly, the three of us could not have got post horses.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
8
They had arrived in a private chaise, but with post horses, and without attendants.
Precaution: A Novel
9
Oulatchen.-Theguard for the post horses; official guide.
Beasts, Men and Gods
10
The party made no stay at Etaples, but at once ordered a chaise and post horses.
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
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On the 11th I drove with posting horses.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
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All who were present showed surprise, and Lord Woodville immediately replied, Post horses, my good friend!
Waverley Novels — Volume 12
13
He had helped in sending off Falleix expeditiously, explaining to him the advantage of taking post horses.
Bureaucracy
14
I decided, therefore, to take two post horses, and not to begin the journey till ten o'clock.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
15
Non-government people used private post horses.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
16
When I was a child of five years my father's carriage with post horses was crossing the Crau.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc