 I lose sight of their pretentions to gentility, and view them as belonging to the plebeian herd. To restore herself to her caste, let a lady move in select company at five miles an hour, and take her meals in comfort at a good inn, where she may dine...  Railroads, Their Origin and Problems - Page 74by Charles Francis Adams - 1886 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1905 - 880 pages
...semblance of gentility in any one who makes part of the traveling mob. . . . To restore herself to caste, let a lady move in select company at five miles...After all, the old-fashioned way of five or six miles an hour, with one's own horses and carriage, with liberty to dine decently in a decent inn and be master... | |
 | Samuel Breck - African Americans - 1877 - 328 pages
...country, in order to reach a table spread for a hundred or more, I lose sight of their pretensions to gentility and view them as belonging to the plebeian...comfort at a good inn, where she may dine decently. December 31, 1839. — The modern fashion in all things is "to go ahead," push on, keep moving, and... | |
 | Samuel Breck - Boston (Mass.) - 1877 - 356 pages
...country, in order to reach a table spread for a hundred or more, I lose sight of their pretensions to gentility, and view them as belonging to the plebeian...restore herself to her caste, let a lady move in select 1 company at five miles an hour, and take her meals in comfort at a good inn, where she may dine decently.... | |
 | Richard Pike - Railroads - 1884 - 318 pages
...country, in order to reach a table spread for a hundred or more, I lose sight of their pretensions to gentility and view them as belonging to the plebeian...old-fashioned way of five or six miles, with liberty to dine in a decent inn and be master of one's movements, with the delight of seeing the country and getting... | |
 | Richard Pike - 1884 - 304 pages
...country, in order to reach a table spread for a hundred or more, I lose sight of their pretensions to gentility and view them as belonging to the plebeian...let a lady move in select company at five miles an heur, and take her meals in comfort at a good inn, where she may dine decently. . . . After all, the... | |
 | Nelson Edward Jones - Frontier and pioneer life - 1897 - 386 pages
...women whom, in their drawing-rooms or elsewhere, I have been accustomed to respect and treat with everv suitable deference — when I see them, I say, elbowing...dine decently in a decent inn, and be master of one's 316 THE SQUIRREL HUNTERS. movements, with the delight of seeing the country and getting along rationally,... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - American literature - 1899 - 454 pages
...along on a journey. . Tu'.k of ladies on board a steamboat or in a railroad car ! There are none. . . . To restore herself to her caste, let a lady move in...comfort at a good inn, where she may dine decently " (pp. 276-79). Other Cities, Inns and Libraries. Mr. Breck, the old Philadelphia merchant, says, in... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - American literature - 1899 - 466 pages
...in a railroad ear ! There are none. ... To restore herself to her caste, let a lady move in seleet company at five miles an hour, and take her meals...comfort at a good inn, where she may dine decently " (pp. 27(5-79). Other Cities, Inns and Libraries. Mr. Breck, the old Philadelphia merchant, says,... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - Boston (Mass.) - 1910 - 506 pages
...board a steamboat or in a railroad car! There are none. I never feel like a gentleman there. . . . To restore herself to her caste, let a lady move in...hour and take her meals in comfort at a good inn. . . . The old-fashioned way, with one's own horses and carriages, with liberty to dine decently in... | |
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