Word: coachman
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MISS C., loq. - Is this Mrs. Flynn? Papa sent me about a coachman...
MISS C. - Oh! he must not be too long, or too short either, so that he will fit John's uniform: - he was the last one we had, you know; - and, - let me see: - yes, I think he'd better have a beard; the Browns' coachman has a beard, - though for my part...
Blue-coat did not recognize me, and so much the better. I told uncle I would attend to him, and I rather think I did. Instructions had been given the coachman to have the pony and mule ready at four the next morning, but I told Pat I would attend to them myself. The pony was an easy riding animal, but the mule was a perfect terror, and the most severe bit could not begin to hold him. Determined to have some fun with the detective, I put on the mule the bridle with the snaffle-bit, and, after assuring...
...falling into habits of intemperance; and that he trusted that, with the aid of the Holy Saints, he would be able to withstand the temptation of indulging his appetite to such an extent as he had done in Granada. Then, bowing, blushing, and puffing, he ordered the coachman to drive on; and I was hurried away before I could tell the amiable old fellow that my illness had not been the result of a solitary and cold-blooded spree...
...whom he would opprobriously call chizzywags. This honorable dependence, which can neither lessen self-respect nor increase self-conceit, makes the school thoroughly republican in custom and feeling, the only aristocracy being that of talent and good-fellowship, so that even when the sons of a gentleman and his coachman were school-fellows, the same respect was extended to both. Besides this, the school owes much of its high tone to its old traditions, ceremonies, buildings, and even dress,* all of which tend to impress a boy with the importance of his position and the necessity of keeping...