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My College time was otherwise not so very different from my time at Hoghton Towers.
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My College time was otherwise not so very different from my time at Hoghton Towers.
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But this is not the only "pleasant conceit" of which the "merrie monarch" is said to have delivered himself during his visit to Hoghton Tower.
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A chamber in the decayed tower of Hoghton, in Lancashire, still bears the name of James the First's room.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 386, August 22, 1829 Various
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H.C. to attend to orthography and the simple designation "Hoghton Tower," and hence the necessity for the present Note.
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But it is very curious that I did not in the least see how to begin his state of mind until I walked into Hoghton
The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 (of 3), 1857-1870 Charles Dickens 1841
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I have been so pestered with that Hoghton, and his eternal
Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 (of 2) Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos 1829
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It remained for several generations the principal seat of the Hoghton family; and after part of it had been blown up by accident, when garrisoned for Charles the First, the injury was repaired.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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At the earnest solicitations of the Hoghton family, she was induced to remain a guest with them during the royal visit.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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These figures were to be conceived as household gods, the tutelary deities of Hoghton.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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