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Significados de posthouse em inglês

An inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders.

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Examples for "post house"
Examples for "post house"
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By the time he reached the post house he was hungry.
Cry to heaven
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And the carriage dashed past the post house without stopping.
The Companions of Jehu
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I heard the coachman unhitch the mules, and knew that we had stopped at a post house.
Purity of blood
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We can well imagine the alacrity with which the heirs followed the notary to the post house.
Ursula
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The groom is to change horses at every post house, and to use the greatest possible speed.
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
Uso de posthouse em inglês
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Our driver took us, according to their custom, to the posthouse.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
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Said my master, Did you send your letter away to the posthouse, my good girl, for your father?
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
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Eschar to be gone, I sent my letters by a porter to the posthouse in Southwark to be sent by despatch to the Downs.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 13: November/December 1661
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Granada acquired the Posthouse chain as part of the bitter takeover battle for Forte Hotels in 1996.
The Irish Times
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Granada plans to keep Forte's Posthouse and Travelodge hotels, the moderate and budget chains, while selling off the prestige properties.
The Irish Times
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There are no proper hotels or posthouses on the little-frequented Norwegian roads; but the wealthy peasants undertake the duties of both.
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North
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[J. Hickes wrote to Williamson on September 3rd from the "Golden Lyon," Red Cross Street Posthouse.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 45: August/September 1666
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Britain's Compass Group today agreed the second stage of its hotel disposal programme with the £810 million sterling sale of the Posthouse chain to Bass.
The Irish Times
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[Footnote 47: The distance between the posthouses is variously stated; most writers not estimating it at more than three fourths of a league.
History of the Conquest of Peru / With a Preliminary View of the...
Posthouse ao longo do tempo