Edgworth

Monday 19th -- Witness Edgworth goes up to survey his defunct uncle's allotment.

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Saturday 27th -- Witness Edgworth demolishes old shed.

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Sunday 28th -- Witness Edgworth roused at 5 A.M. by the forces of law and order following an anonymous phone call, and, quote, "hoiked down to the nick and given the third degree about some bloody post office blag."

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Witness Edgworth leaves reception early to take delivery of new shed.

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Eggy Edgworth grew up in a neighborhood and a family where the instinct to steal was absorbed with your mother's milk.

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T.e only thing of note is that during the demolition, witness Edgworth receives a visit from Councillor T. Backhouse, apparently to add further condolences to those already expressed.

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I dined to-day with your Mr. Sterne, [41] by invitation, and drank Irish wine; [42] but, before we parted, there came in the prince of puppies, Colonel Edgworth; [43] so I went away.

The Journal to Stella 2003

Edgworth, Maria, was waiting with her family for an expected guest, when the vacant chair was suddenly occupied by the apparition of a sailor cousin, who stated that his ship had been wrecked and he alone saved.

Real Ghost Stories William T. Stead

Edge appears also in the older form Egg, but the frequency of place-names beginning with Edge, e.g. Edgeley, Edgington, Edgworth, etc., suggests that it was also a personal name.

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

I dined to-day with your Mr. Sterne, [41] by invitation, and drank Irish wine; [42] but, before we parted, there came in the prince of puppies, Colonel Edgworth; [43] so I went away.

The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901