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house close by ; while great sums were offered ( and taken ) for existing mansions wherein newly accumulated wealth could dispense its hospitality . True , some of the great houses still retained their hold here in the hands of their ...
house close by ; while great sums were offered ( and taken ) for existing mansions wherein newly accumulated wealth could dispense its hospitality . True , some of the great houses still retained their hold here in the hands of their ...
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6 that the bulk of the house possessed a thoroughly late Georgian air , with its circular veranda - sheltered front and its plain and solid exterior . What made this the more marked was the classic addition designed by Cundy to serve as ...
6 that the bulk of the house possessed a thoroughly late Georgian air , with its circular veranda - sheltered front and its plain and solid exterior . What made this the more marked was the classic addition designed by Cundy to serve as ...
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House for it in 1792 , his new home being now known to the world as Albany , while Dover House blossomed into Melbourne House . Here the future Prime Minister is said to have been born ; a fact only possible if his father had previously ...
House for it in 1792 , his new home being now known to the world as Albany , while Dover House blossomed into Melbourne House . Here the future Prime Minister is said to have been born ; a fact only possible if his father had previously ...
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