. The autobiography of a stage coachman. Horses; Coaching (Transportation). • THE AUTOBIOGKAPHY OF A STAGE COACHMAN J CHAPTER I BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION A Novel Commencement—A London Coach-office—A Country one —A Provincial Book-keeper—Lord Bacon—Shakspeve—Lord Byron—Inquisitiveness—An Important Confession—A Father —A Mother—A Prognostic—Alexander Pope—The Itchen—A Scene in Hampshire—Gibbon—A Popular Divine—A Tyrannical Pedagogue—An Instructor of Youth—A Long Eide—A Hasty Decision. EFORE the new method of travelling had quite super- seded the old, when railways had not become so general


. The autobiography of a stage coachman. Horses; Coaching (Transportation). • THE AUTOBIOGKAPHY OF A STAGE COACHMAN J CHAPTER I BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION A Novel Commencement—A London Coach-office—A Country one —A Provincial Book-keeper—Lord Bacon—Shakspeve—Lord Byron—Inquisitiveness—An Important Confession—A Father —A Mother—A Prognostic—Alexander Pope—The Itchen—A Scene in Hampshire—Gibbon—A Popular Divine—A Tyrannical Pedagogue—An Instructor of Youth—A Long Eide—A Hasty Decision. EFORE the new method of travelling had quite super- seded the old, when railways had not become so general as they now are, the establish- ment of the main or trunk lines had dispossessed those men of their seats whose names were as familiar as household words, when asso- ciated with the requirements, the business, and the pleasures of the community ; and had driven them, like the ancient Britons, to the mountainous districts of. VOL. I. B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cross, T. (Thomas). London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.


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