It was not in the power of trifles such as these, however, to subdue the freedom of his spirit.

As soon as they passed away, he resumed the duties of his profession with unabated ardour.
We have spoken of Mr.Barker and of the red cab-driver, in the past tense.

Alas! Mr.Barker has again become an absentee; and the class of men to which they both belonged is fast disappearing.

Improvement has peered beneath the aprons of our cabs, and penetrated to the very innermost recesses of our omnibuses.

Dirt and fustian will vanish before cleanliness and livery.