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A strange procession, indeed, for a road originally marked by the moccasined feet of Indians, and widened gradually by the toilsome journeyings of rough Colonial carts and coaches. A STRANGE PROCESSION INDEED FOR A ROAD ORIGINALLY MARKED BY THE MOCCASINED FEET OF INDIANS AND WIDENED GRADUALLY BY THE TOILSOME JOURNEYINGS OF ROUGH COLONIAL CARTS AND COACHES
eads, making so sweet a murmuring noise to heare, as would even lull the senses with delight asleep, so pleasantly doe they glide upon the pebble stones, jetting most jocundly where they doe meet; and hand in hand run down to Neptune's court, to pay the yearly tribute which they owe to him as soveraigne Lord of all the Springs." [Illustration] CHAPTER V ECCLESIASTICAL HINGHAM [Illustration] Should you walk along the highway from Quincy to Hingham on a Sunday morning you would be passed by many automobiles, for the Old Coast Road is now one of the great pleasure highways of New England. Many of the cars are moderately priced affairs, the tonneau well filled with children of miscellaneous ages, and enlivened by a family dog or two--for this is the way that the average American household spends its modern Sabbath holiday. Now and then a limousine, exquisite in workmanship within and without, driven by a chauffeur in livery and tenanted by a single languid occupant, rolls noiselessly past.  CHAPTER FIVE OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIBER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CHAPTER FIVE ECCLESIASTICAL HINGHAM SHOULD YOU WALK ALONG THE HIGHWAY FROM QUINCY TO HINGHAM ON A SUNDAY MORNING YOU WOULD BE PASSED BY MANY AUTOMOBILES FOR THE OLD COAST ROAD IS NOW ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURE HIGHWAYS OF NEW ENGLAND MANY OF THE CARS ARE MODERATELY PRICED AFFAIRS THE TONNEAU WELL FILLED WITH CHILDREN OF MISCELLANEOUS AGES AND ENLIVENED BY A FAMILY DOG OR TWO FOR THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD SPENDS ITS MODERN SABBATH HOLIDAY NOW AND THEN A LIMOUSINE EXQUISITE IN WORKMANSHIP WITHIN AND WITHOUT DRIVEN BY A CHAUFFEUR IN LIVERY AND TENANTED BY A SINGLE LANGUID OCCUPANT ROLLS NOISELESSLY PAST
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