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  • Ansty had told Ann that she had seen Mary's children dressed in clothing of the very same fabric and color; indeed, she had gone to the Money house, inspected the clothing, and satisfied herself that they had certainly been made from Ann's missing gowns.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • Furthermore, Ansty appeared at the court hearing as Ann's only witness.

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  • I followed his directions and was soon on my route to Ansty, past fields all golden with the harvest.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Joanna Bogle 2007

  • I can quite see why most parents do not dream of allowing children to go about freely on their bikes or on foot- a restriction unknown to previous generations...it was bliss to arrive at the lovely farmhouse of friends near the village of Ansty and to be made welcome with cool drinks...

    Archive 2007-08-01 Joanna Bogle 2007

  • When Ann Bowen of St. Mary's brought her neighbor Mary Money to court for allegedly stealing her brown and blue serge gowns from her garden fence in 1823, she was acting on information she had received from Ansty White.

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  • I can quite see why most parents do not dream of allowing children to go about freely on their bikes or on foot- a restriction unknown to previous generations...it was bliss to arrive at the lovely farmhouse of friends near the village of Ansty and to be made welcome with cool drinks...

    The Cycle Ride - I made it!! Joanna Bogle 2007

  • Yet while the defendant produced two witnesses (a merchant's clerk and her own servant) who testified that she had purchased the material and that she had made the children's clothing several months previous to the theft, the local magistrate did not dismiss the charge out of hand, indicating that he gave some credence to the statements of Ann and her gossiping neighbor, Ansty, or perhaps feared some backlash himself from local gossips.

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  • The most profitable way of approaching Salisbury is to continue northwards from Ansty by a lane that eventually descends to Tisbury on the headwaters of the Nadder.

    Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

  • Ansty village, seven miles from Shaftesbury, is unremarkable in itself, but has close by it one of the most picturesque and historic ruins in

    Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

  • Ansty, the Cornish youth, Antonio, the ex-bandit, and the English sportsman with -- aw -- his friend.

    The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America 1859

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