palace car

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The blue card of the palace car company was in a corner of the envelope.

From The False Gods by Lorimer, George Horace

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

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)

George M. Pullman in 1859 set for himself the task of producing a palace car which should be used for continuous and comfortable travel through long distances by day and night.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff

It was elaborately planned and elegantly finished, and resembled somewhat a palace car mounted on steel runners.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman