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Re: TJ's carriage pulled by slaves?
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Harris Kern <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:08:02 -0500
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It is also described in C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series.

Harris Kern

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>I suspect that it is a tradition that might have been particularly British
> (or UK.)  Isn't it described as happening in 19th century Dublin in James
> Joyce's short story "The Dead"?
>
> Harold S. Forsythe
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> From: "Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>I forgot to thank Deborah Lee for her asnwer to this query last Friday.  I
>> still wonder if this carriage-pulling was a tradition or a spontaneous
>> act.
>>
>> Henry Wiencek
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