gear quotes

I dislike burdens†and at my back I often hearTime's winged chariot changing gear. See Marvell 556:62.

- Eric Robert Linklater
   Juan.  Juan in China,'End-Piece'.

Ye ken weel eneugh that women and gear are at the bottom of a'the mischief in this warld.

- Sir Walter Scott
  Rob Roy to Francis Osbaldistone. Rob Roy, ch.35.