palace car

Example Sentences

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The cart of imperfect deeds travels with more speed than the palace car of good intentions.

From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)

Well, that about finished the evening, with Lon and Jeff making the room sound like a Pullman palace car at midnight.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

The palace car is the mother's arms; The whistle, a low, sweet strain: The passenger winks, and nods, and blinks, And goes to sleep in the train!

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

Now I am in a palace car riding alongside the Kennebec, and recalling the incidents of my trip.

From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The rich effect produced by a heavily upholstered palace car is due to the mohair plush.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by