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" Other hackney -men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate. So that sometimes there is twenty of them together, which disperse up and down, that they and others are to be had everywhere, as watermen... "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 373
1780
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Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and ..., Volume 3

Walter Thornbury - London (England) - 1879 - 604 pages
...at ' The Maypole,' in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackney men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate, so that...
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London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Volume 2

Henry Benjamin Wheatley - London (England) - 1891 - 646 pages
...stand at the Maypole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackney-men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same...
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Ten Thousand Wonderful Things: Comprising Whatever is Marvellous and Rare ...

Edmund Fillingham King - Curiosities and wonders - 1894 - 712 pages
...stand at the May-pole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackneymen seeing this way, they flock to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same rate....
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Other Times and Other Seasons

Laurence Hutton - American essays - 1895 - 208 pages
...stand at the May-pole, in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rate to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackney-men," he adds, " seeing this way, flocked to the same place and performed their journey at...
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Other Times and Other Seasons

Laurence Hutton - American essays - 1895 - 204 pages
...stand at the May-pole, in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rate to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackney-men," he adds, "seeing this way, flocked to the same place and performed their journey at the...
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Omnibuses and Cabs: Their Origin and History

Henry Charles Moore - History - 1902 - 304 pages
...stand at the Maypole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackney-men seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same...
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Memoirs of the City of London and Its Celebrities, Volume 3

John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1902 - 500 pages
...stand at the May-pole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackney-men seeing this way, they flocked to the same places and perform their journeys at the same...
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Early Carriages and Roads

Sir Walter Gilbey - Carriages and carts - 1903 - 156 pages
...stand at the Maypole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rate to carry men into several parts of the town where all day they may be had. Other hackney men veering this way, they flocked to the same place and performed their journeys at the same rate so that...
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A Book of Curious Facts of General Interest Relating to Almost Everything ...

Henry Smith Williams - Curiosities - 1903 - 344 pages
...stand at the May-Pole in the Strand, giving them instruction at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. Other hackneymen seeing this way, they flocked to the same place, and perform their journeys at the same...
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Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution

Ralph Straus - Carriages and carts - 1912 - 386 pages
...stand at the Maypole in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rate to carry men into several parts of the town where all day they may be had. Other hackney men veering this way, they flocked to the same place and performed their journeys at the same rate, so...
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