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  • Our mother observes that the whole of my modest house in Boylston Place would easily, as to solid contents, lodge in the largest of those lofty rooms.

    Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915

  • One is called the Boylston school, and is an asylum for neglected and indigent boys who have committed no crime, but who in the ordinary course of things would very soon be purged of that distinction if they were not taken from the hungry streets and sent here.

    American Notes for General Circulation 2007

  • Increase and Cotton Mather had been among the first to move in favour of inoculation, the latter having called Boylston's attention to it; and at the very crisis of affairs six of the leading clergymen of Boston threw their influence on Boylston's side and shared the obloquy brought upon him.

    A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom 1896

  • One is called the Boylston school, and is an asylum for neglected and indigent boys who have committed no crime, but who in the ordinary course of things would very soon be purged of that distinction if they were not taken from the hungry streets and sent here.

    American Notes Charles Dickens 1841

  • In addition, American volunteers in Germany, such as Boylston Beal and Ellis Dressel, absorbed some of the office load.

    Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

  • * hold additional real estate abutting on Lagrange street or on the way known as Boylston square, in the city of Boston, to a value not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, for the purposes set forth in chapter two hundred and five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • The "Boylston" sign is between the two green signals.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The "Boylston" sign is between the two green signals.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • I started away from Belmont, and walked to John as it curved away to the left and then straightened abruptly and came into Boylston, not quite same way it would have in life.

    All Of My Monsters And Beautiful Women In Dreams Robert Crisman 2011

  • Boylston gave up his keys, and the women opened the warehouse, took out the coffee they required, and drove away.

    Maria Rodale: The Freezer Saves the Day Maria Rodale 2011

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