palace car

Example Sentences

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"There's force in that," Jack replied, "but this is no palace car to wait in."

From Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

However, had we been in a palace car we could not have had more fun.

From Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League by Armstrong, W. N.

He whose body rides in a palace car must not carry a soul that is like unto a savage.

From Right Living as a Fine Art A Study of Channing's Symphony as an Outline of the Ideal Life and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight

No palace car or even floating palace of steamer for us when we can have two or three days of such unalloyed bliss in an open skiff moving at our own sweet will.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison

She feels, sitting beside him in the palace car, quite as if she had the sole claim, and she really loves him, needs him.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie