 | 1841 - 986 pages
...distance of about forty miles, occupied fourteen hours— although those who travelled it did not get out, save when they were overturned or stuck fast in the...destination. " We were thrown but once, indeed, in going," gays the relator, " but his highness 's body coach would have suffered very much if the nimble boors... | |
 | Miscellaneous extracts - 1839 - 390 pages
...Cedar oil, or, in other words, worthy of being preserved and remembered. TRAVELLING A CENTURY AGO. — In 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth to meet Charles 3rd of Spain,_ says Mr. Godwin, jun., in a judicious and well-timed " Appeal to the public on the subject... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...express on the Great Western Railway in an hour and twenty minutes 1 So shockingly bad were the roads, that in 1703 when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth to meet Charles III. of Spain, the distance being about forty miles, he required fourteen hours for the journey, the... | |
 | Thomas G. Lee - Great Britain - 1850 - 142 pages
...where it has had any thing like a fair field for its operation, we cite the following : — " In 1703, Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth, to meet Charles the Third of Spain ; the distance is only forty miles, yet fie required fourteen hours for the journey." The person relating... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren - 1852 - 626 pages
...express on the Great Western Railway in an hour and twenty minutes ! So shockingly bad were the roads, that in 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth to meet Charles III. of Spain, the distance being about forty miles, ho required fourteen hours for the journey, the... | |
 | William Chambers - 1852 - 410 pages
...express on the Great Western Railway in an hour and twenty minutes! So shockingly bad were the roads, that in 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth to meet Charles III. of Spain, the distance being about forty miles, he required fourteen hours for the journey, the... | |
 | William Lewins - Postal service - 1865 - 362 pages
...to wonder at these irregularities could the difficulties attending travelling be properly pictured. In 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth to meet Charles III. of Spain, he was fourteen hours in going forty miles, the last nine miles of road — for the... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 312 pages
...the journey between London and Edinburgh occupied a fortnight, the coach only starting once a month. In 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth, a distance of about forty miles, he required fourteen hours for his journey, the last nine miles talcing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 860 pages
...days, though the space is only fifty-eight miles. That to Exeter (i68¿ miles) required four days. In 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth to meet Charles III. of Spain, the distance being about forty miles, he required fourteen hours for the journey, the... | |
 | Ralph Nevill - England - 1909 - 328 pages
...which had prevailed at the beginning of the eighteenth century, when they had been in a terrible state. In 1703 when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor...in the mire, until they reached their destination. At times the coach had literally to be carried over impassable stretches of road on the shoulders of... | |
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So shockingly bad were the roads, that in 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Petworth to meet Charles III. of Spain, the distance being about forty miles, he required fourteen hours for the journey, the last nine miles taking six.... 