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• A3, Those wing'd postillions that can flie, From the Anartic to the Artic skie. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156
• The cracking of the postillions ' whips, and the velocity with which they drove up to the door, brought out every man, woman and child, to gaze at the new comers, whose appearance sufficiently bespoke their errand.
• Our postillion was a fine handsome fellow, so rosy and robust that it made one feel stronger and healthier to sit beside him. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland
• The postillion is a liar, I told him nothing of the kind. Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 11: Paris and Holland
• It listed the stereotypical traits of 10 major European nations, enabling innkeepers and postillions to identify passing travellers.
• Travelers now arrive from all quarters, in cabriolets, in calashers, in the shabby "vettura," and in the elegant private carriage drawn by post-horses, and driven by postillions in the tightest possible deer-skin breeches, the smallest red coats, and the hugest jack-boots. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One)
• The postillion is a soldier or other government employé, and must be armed to repel robbers. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
• “Help me,” said the poor fellow, as I drew nigh; but before I could reach the horses, they had turned rapidly round, one of the fore-wheels flew from its axle-tree, the chaise was overset, and the postillion flung violently from his seat upon the field. Of phrasebooks, battleship lieutenants and lightning-struck postillions
• Led by two postillions riding Windsor Grey horses, the procession of carriages carrying members of the royal family was described by the late English artist Sir Alfred Munnings as "a long glittering line of moving scarlet and gold. A Week at the Races
• The Parish at this time would be full to bursting, with all kinds of traps, carriages, and four-in-hands with drivers and Postillions going to and fro from the course.