palace car

Example Sentences

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It was a journey of weeks, not a ride of twenty-three hours in a sleeping coach or palace car.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice

Once we paused for a few minutes to contemplate the total wreck of a palace car that had recently struck a projecting bowlder—and spattered.

From Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska by Stoddard, Charles Warren

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

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

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)