(18 quotes found)
“When she took her opposite place in the carriage corner, the brightness in her face was so charming to behold, that on her exclaiming, "What beautiful stars and what a glorious night!" the Secretary said "Yes," but seemed to prefer to see the night and the stars in the light of her lovely little countenance, to looking out of window.”
Charles Dickens
“HEARSE, n. Death's baby-carriage.”
Ambrose Bierce
“And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.”
Bible
“He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: / They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.”
“So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.”
“It means one of them at least is going to be happy because he's going to get some carriage on something approaching 11 million consumers.”
Dennis McAlpine
“A person may be indebted for a nose or an eye, for a graceful carriage or a voluble discourse, to a great-aunt or uncle, whose existence he has scarcely heard of.”
William Hazlitt
“Since carriage in the nose is the first step in causing disease, the increased rate of carriage suggests more frequent occurrence of the disease. Indeed, active and passive smoking are associated with increased rate of respiratory infectious diseases.”
David Greenberg
