 His legs are too fat to enter the sledge, — that is to say, if his master truly respects his own dignity, — and his feet are accommodated in iron stirrups outside. He leans well back, with arms outstretched to accord with the racing speed at which...  Russian Rambles - Page 47by Isabel Florence Hapgood - 1895 - 369 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Harding Davis, Andrew Lang, William Wetmore Story, Francisque Sarcey, Henry James, Paul Lindau, Isabel Florence Hapgood - Broadway (New York, N.Y.) - 1892 - 280 pages
...sledge—that is to say, if his master truly respects his own 0.«l1P" --> ^« . o * ls" 'S / dignity—and his feet are accommodated in iron stirrups outside....with the racing speed at which he drives. In the tiny sledge—the smaller it is, the more stylish, in inverse ratio to the coachman, who is expected to... | |
 | J. C. Dier - Winter sports - 1912 - 408 pages
...girdle glowing with roses and butterflies. His legs are too fat to enter the sledges, — that is, if his master truly respects his own dignity, —...In the tiny sledge — the smaller it is the more 288 stylish, in inverse ratio to the coachman who is expected to be as broad as it is — sits a lady... | |
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