first estate

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When I attended my first estate sale in November at a Beverly Hills home, a stunning vintage Teac A-7010 tape recorder caught my attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2023

Anson MacAuslan was among the first estate managers to secure funding from Peatland Action — a project funded by the Scottish government to restore peatlands.

From Nature • Feb. 11, 2020

"And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; ... and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever."

From Added Upon A Story by Anderson, Nephi

There is a law to control the spiritual, and a law for the material, and it is by observance of these two laws, that man's first estate is to be regained.

From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill

His manner showed it, to her impatient annoyance, as he hastily introduced another aspect of man's first estate.

From The Good Comrade by Betts, Anna Whelan