purlieu

Example Sentences

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Hamlyn's Purlieu had never known such gaieties as during the fifteen years of Mrs. Allerton's married life.

From The Explorer by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Bobbie had asked her to marry him when he was twenty-one, and again when she was twenty-one, when George went to Oxford, when her father went into bankruptcy, and when Hamlyn's Purlieu was sold.

From The Explorer by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

But at length Hamlyn's Purlieu came into the hands of Fred Allerton; and the gods, blind for so long to the prosperity of this house, determined now, it seemed, to wreak their malice.

From The Explorer by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

When the contents of Hamlyn's Purlieu were sent to Christy's, Mrs. Crowley, recently widowed and without a home, had bought one or two pictures and some old chairs.

From The Explorer by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

It was clear that he had forgotten the catastrophe that had parted him from Hamlyn's Purlieu, and yet, strangely, he asked no questions.

From The Explorer by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)