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" ... indeed the mistress of this great house, but had only the charge of it (and yet in some respects she might be said to be the mistress of it too) committed to her by the owner, who preferred living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had... "
The story-teller; or, Table-book of popular literature. Ed. by R. Bell - Page 255
by Story-teller - 1843 - 410 pages
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The London Magazine, Volume 5

1822 - 734 pages
...Emperors of Rome, till the own, and kept up the dignity of the old marble heads would seem to live great house in a sort while she lived, which afterwards came to decay, and again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I never could be was nearly pulled down, and all...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed, His Letters, and a Sketch ...

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; but still she lived in it in a manner as if it had...of the great house in a sort while she lived, which afterward came to decay, and was nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried...
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The essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; but still she lived in it in a manner as if it had...and carried away to the owner's other house, where ihey were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; hich a retired and uncourtly scholar eau possess....now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, o curried away to the owner's other house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed His Letters and a Sketch of ...

Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1851 - 964 pages
...been her own, and kept up the dignity of the great house in a sort while she lived, which afterward came to decay, and was nearly pulled down, and all...set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to cany away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.'s tawdry guilt...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - 624 pages
...in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; but still she lived in it in a manner as if it had...of the great house in a sort while she lived, which afterward came to decay, and was nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried...
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The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; but still she lived in it in a manner as if it had...of the great house in a sort while she lived, which afterward came to decay, and was nearly pulled down, .and all its old ornaments stripped and carried...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; but still she lived in it in a manner as if it had...set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to cany away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.'s tawdry gilt...
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The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1867 - 576 pages
...and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county; but still sh« lived in it in a manner as if it had been her own, and kept up the dignity ,vy i ('.;-»![, , . ' . . • • .. ' :•,.<• of the great house in a sort while she lived, which...
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Works: Including His Most Intesesting Letters

Charles Lamb - 1867 - 684 pages
...a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining county ; bat still she lived in it in a manner as if it had been her own, and kept up tlie dignity of the great house iu a sort while she lived, which afterwards came to decay, and was...
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