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He raged and stormed as he ordered his servants to procure the fastest horses money could command; and with lavish promises of reward to the postboys he set out in hot pursuit of the fugitives.

From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Hall, Thornton

Encouraged, the postboys cracked their whips and followed, the carriage swayed, Pettitt screamed; for a moment the water seemed rising all round them, the next they were across and jolting up the farther bank.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John

And the postboys who looked for a golden tip?

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

Up to this period the mails were carried by postboys riding horse.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

The postboys, the grooms, Watkyns, Pettitt, all were mixed up in her narrative.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John