The Life and Times of Ralph Allen of Prior Park, Bath, Introduced by a Short Account of Lyncombe and Widcombe, with Notices of His Contemporaries, Including Bishop Warburton, Bennet of Widcombe House, Beau Nash, Etc |
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... servant ever employed in the Post Office . An enormous capacity for work , extraordinary powers of organization , an almost unrivalled mastery of details , a readi- ness to sink himself in his work , an unruffled temper , a serene ...
... servant ever employed in the Post Office . An enormous capacity for work , extraordinary powers of organization , an almost unrivalled mastery of details , a readi- ness to sink himself in his work , an unruffled temper , a serene ...
Page 80
... servants with His and their horses coaches chariots chairs chaises to ride pass and repass in upon and through his the said Ralph Allen's new made waggon - way or road so far as the same extends from the gate called Dolemead Gate to the ...
... servants with His and their horses coaches chariots chairs chaises to ride pass and repass in upon and through his the said Ralph Allen's new made waggon - way or road so far as the same extends from the gate called Dolemead Gate to the ...
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... servants . BATHAMPTON AND BATHEASTON . From about 1731 until 1733 Allen was engaged in improving his Bathampton estate , especially the Manor House . It was a small , old - fashioned house , which had been much neglected , standing on ...
... servants . BATHAMPTON AND BATHEASTON . From about 1731 until 1733 Allen was engaged in improving his Bathampton estate , especially the Manor House . It was a small , old - fashioned house , which had been much neglected , standing on ...
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... servant , on which , having inspected it , he shook his head ; and on Mr. Allen asking what was the matter , he answered that a Lincolnshire clergyman , to whom he had very great obligation , was coming to make him a visit at Twickenham ...
... servant , on which , having inspected it , he shook his head ; and on Mr. Allen asking what was the matter , he answered that a Lincolnshire clergyman , to whom he had very great obligation , was coming to make him a visit at Twickenham ...
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... servant here . Your room will be next to mine , and one man will serve us . Here is a library , and a gallery 90 feet long to walk in , and a coach whenever you would take the air with me . Mr. Allen tells me you might , on horseback ...
... servant here . Your room will be next to mine , and one man will serve us . Here is a library , and a gallery 90 feet long to walk in , and a coach whenever you would take the air with me . Mr. Allen tells me you might , on horseback ...
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