purlieu

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Hamlyn's Purlieu, a fine stone house goodly to look upon, was thus filled with Italian pictures, French cabinets of delicate workmanship, bronzes of all kinds, tapestries, and old Eastern carpets.

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)

Lucy went down immediately to the Isle of Wight, and there engaged rooms in the house of a woman who had formerly served her at Hamlyn's Purlieu.

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

He married the younger Miss Boulger, and on her dowry paid off the mortgages on Hamlyn's Purlieu, his own debts, and succeeded for several years in having an excellent time.

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

Fred Allerton could see the great old elms that surrounded Hamlyn's Purlieu; and his eyes were fixed steadily upon them.

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