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  • Ye Great Parlour is Cedar, out of yt is the Drawing-roome which is hung with pictures of the family, that goes into ye garden wch has Gravell walks round and across, but ye squares are full of goosebery and shrub-trees and Looks more Like a Kitchen garden as Lady Mary Boscawen told me, out of wch is another Garden and orchard which is something Like a Grove, Green walks wth rows of fruit trees.

    Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

  • Pimp Claims Massage Parlour is a Church: Law is Cool

    Pimp Claims Massage Parlour is a Church : Law is Cool 2008

  • The room called the Parlour has been painstakingly remodelled on the 16th century design of panelled walls and plasterwork ceilings.

    St Nicholas Priory at The Mint, Exeter, reopened 2008

  • The room seems to have been called the Parlour for some time; the name Combination Room is now universal at Cambridge, and may have arisen from the fact that the cost of running the room was met by the Fellows combining together for the purpose.

    St. John's College, Cambridge Robert Forsyth Scott 1891

  • In the Parlour is the official preview track, and given it's only a five-song EP I didn't really feel at liberty to ignore that request.

    Song, by Toad 2009

  • The narrow space between the Mayor's Parlour and the museum becomes a ramshackle gallery, open to artists of any discipline looking for a space to show their work.

    Top 10 art attractions in Margate 2011

  • No one expects to see the reincarnation of Bobby Charlton, pinging in 30-yard shots with abandon, but you could sense they would welcome someone in the Ray Parlour mould – of not being afraid to shoot when defenders began to backpedal.

    Thierry Henry's second coming gets to the heart of the matter | Rob Bagchi 2012

  • Observer columnist Lucy Siegle and the campaigners behind Love Fashion Hate Sweat Shops will answer ethical clothing dilemmas, stylist Jocelyn Whipple has a workshop on how to look good and stay green, and craft venue the Papered Parlour opens a pop-up studio on how to revamp your old clobber.

    This week's new events 2011

  • Instead, there are spots such as the Front Parlour on Sharrow Vale Road, the vintage shop of your dreams: run by a couple of lovely ladies, and a tie doesn't cost £20.

    Let's move to: Ecclesall Road and Nether Edge, Sheffield Tom Dyckhoff 2010

  • After work, DeMatteo, Hunt and Paul would grab drinks down the street at the Dove Parlour, a West Village bar.

    Elvis Haircut Williamsburg 2010

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