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Edward Coke

"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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"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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"Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys."

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"In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive."

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"The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor."

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

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"Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights."

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"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."

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"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."

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"I lived in Georgetown in the late '70s about four houses down from the steps."

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"Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator."

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"The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach."

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"The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose."
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