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And whatever their humane feelings may prompt them to bestow will be gladly added to the Mansion-House
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Mansion-House, care of the Lord Mayor, whom I will instruct to receive names and subscriptions for me until I can organise a committee.
Erewhon 2003
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The reply was gracious and acquiescent; so that I presented myself in the great entrance-hall of the Mansion-House, at half-past six o'clock, in a state of most enjoyable freedom from the pusillanimous apprehensions that often tormented me at such times.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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Any little boy at the Mansion-House School who secured a sweetheart enjoyed a proud distinction, and Sammy soon found that his acquaintance with Beth placed him in quite an enviable position.
The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand
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_Mansion-House_ from Generation to Generation, as a lasting Monument in
The Theater (1720) Sir John Falstaffe
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The Mansion-House was built in Queen Anne's days, in the very heart of old London, and is
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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Mrs. Barnes was the wife of the head-master of the Mansion-House
The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand
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This slight article on the civic banquets of England would be too wretchedly imperfect, without an attempted description of a Lord-Mayor's dinner at the Mansion-House in London.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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SIR WILLOUGHBY COTTON, during his visit to the Mansion-House Feast, in a moment of forgetfulness after the song of "Hurrah for the Road," being asked to take wine with the new Lord Mayor, declined the honour in the genuine long-stage phraseology, declaring he had already whacked his fare, and was quite
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 Various
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All this was a horrid piece of treachery on the Lord-Mayor's part, after beguiling me within his lines on a pledge of safe-conduct; and it seemed very strange that he could not let an unobtrusive individual eat his dinner in peace, drink a small sample of the Mansion-House wine, and go away grateful at heart for the old English hospitality.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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