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There was a Beetle sitting next to the Goat (it was a very queer carriage-full of passengers altogether), and, as the rule seemed to be that they should all speak in turn, he went on with

Through the Looking Glass 2003

We are only too glad of their company; and off we start, a carriage-full.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

Arngrim imposed on them the following terms of tribute: that the number of the Finns should be counted, and that, after the lapse of (every) three years, every ten of them should pay a carriage-full of deer-skins by way of assessment.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

‘Here, give it me, ’ said one of those on foot at the side of the car, ‘for I, too, want to drink another cup to the health of his honour, who finds himself in such capital company … there, there, just there, among that elegant carriage-full.

Chapter XXXIV 1909

He longed to take her in his arms and kiss her -- even before the whole carriage-full of people.

There was a King in Egypt Norma Lorimer 1906

There was a Beetle sitting next to the Goat (it was a very queer carriage-full of passengers altogether), and, as the rule seemed to be that they should all speak in turn, HE went on with ` She'll have to go back from here as luggage! '

Through the Looking Glass 1899

Ada had all her mother's resources of books, engravings, models, specimens, at her command; she would come with a carriage-full.

The Other Girls 1865

And now they were in the Park; and now they were in sight of the Towers, and silence fell upon the carriage-full of ladies, only broken by one faint remark from Mrs. Goodenough's niece, a stranger to the town, as they drew up before the double semicircle flight of steps which led to the door of the mansion.

Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

Although of course, it's not silent: the ambient noise of the modern gallery is the fractured buzz leaking from those bloody headphones, all slightly out of sync with each other, as if a Tube carriage-full of commuters had all started the same track on their iPods at two-second intervals.

Cultural Snow 2009

Look! "cried one of a carriage-full of hatless girls in white muslins.

Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins