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"In this year 1634, I purchased the moiety of thirteen houses in the Strand for five hundred and thirty pounds."
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"In this year 1634, I purchased the moiety of thirteen houses in the Strand for five hundred and thirty pounds."

"Of my infancy I can speak little, only I do remember that in the fourth year of my age I had the measles."
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"I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments."

"After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me."
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"I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others."

"I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that."

"There is no problem with the opening of new houses of prayer for Lutherans and Pentecostals."

"We are making the fundamental changes. It was like the decent housing target. We said by 2010, we'd have taken a million houses and refurbished them into decent housing."

"Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity."

"I got very cross with the term, kitchen sink. It just meant that you invaded different kinds of houses, where it was very difficult to avoid kitchen sink."

"You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done."

"We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways."
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