"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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"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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"Nothing of the kind; they do all these things in their houses and sheds, with common charcoal fires, and a quantity of straw to stop up the crevices in the doors and windows."

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"Here we grow the flax and grain; here we raise the meat they eat, and the wool to keep them warm; we cut trees to build their houses and firewood to heat their stoves."

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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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"After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded."

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