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“"There beauty half her glory veils,
In cabs, those gondolas on wheels."”
Unattributed Author Quotes Source: said to be taken from "May Fair", a satire publication
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“Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from?
[Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?]”
Honore de Balzac Quotes Source: Physiologie du Mariage (N.Q.S. 5, IV, 499, V, 195)
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“Go, call a coach, and let a coach be called;
And let the man who calleth be the caller;
And in the calling, let him nothing call,
But coach! coach! coach! O for a coach, ye gods!”
Henry Carey Quotes Source: Chrononhotonthologos (act II, sc. 4, l. 46)
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“The gondola of London [A hansom].”
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes Source: Lothair (ch. XXVII), H. Schutz Wilson in "Three Paths" claims to have originated the phrase (1759)
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“It fits us therefore ripely
Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness.”
William Shakespeare Quotes Source: Cymbeline (Cymbeline at III, v)
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“Come, my coach! Good night, ladies, good night. Sweet ladies,
good night, good night.”
William Shakespeare Quotes Source: Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Ophelia at IV, v)
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“Nay, 'tis in a manner done already;
For many carriages he hath dispatched
To the seaside, and put his cause and quarrel
To the disposing of the cardinal;
With whom yourself, myself, and other lords,
If you think meet, this afternoon will post
To consummate this business happily.”
William Shakespeare Quotes Source: The Life and Death of King John (Salisbury at V, vii)
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“But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device
When I am in my coach, which stays for us
At the park gate; and therefore haste away,
For we must measure twenty miles to-day.”
William Shakespeare Quotes Source: The Merchant of Venice (Portia at III, iv)
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