"Caleche" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... what I was looking for," said Bob. "Father told me to be sure and have a ride in a 'caleche,' as he ...
— Bob Hunt in Canada • George W. Orton
... personal appearance and social position the head-official had magnanimously passed over with a compassionate flourish, were, on this fourteenth day of June, 1871, to be conveyed to the town of Bruneck in the caleche No. 1990; which said vehicle would be duly furnished with cloth or leather cushions, one foot-carpet, two lamps, main-braces, axletree, etc., including one portion of grease. So far, well and good, but on our inquiring when the said No. 1990 would be ready ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 • Various
... and fat, his massive form, his gross flesh and his money were in evidence all over Paris. His huge paunch, shaking with laughter, filled the stage-boxes at the theatres. He expanded his broad shoulders as he reclined in the caleche that deposited him on race-days at the entrance of the weighing-enclosure. He held by the neck, as it were, everything of the Parisian quarry that yelps and bounds about money, issues of stock, and the food of public fortune: ...
— His Excellency the Minister • Jules Claretie |
