Mortmain

Cassandra Mortmain is such a brilliant character - just the kind of girl i would have loved to have been at her age, but was too scared to be.

In Your Pants lili 2007

He gave the final blow to feudal tenures, by an acft palTed in his reign, called Mortmain adl; by this acft, any perfon of landed property was enabled to fell or mort - gage his lands without the payment of any fine.

The spirit of general history : in a series of lectures, from the eighth, to the eighteenth century : wherein is given a view of the progress of society, in manners and legislation during that period Thomson, George, Rev., fl. 1791-2 1792

Oh God, Cassandra Mortmain, must everything be so heavy?

Yet another G-word Roger Sutton 2008

When two rich American brothers move next-door to the Mortmain sisters, Rose, the older girl, vows to escape poverty by marrying one of them.

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Cassandra Mortmain said ... haha, I think the very best part of this post is its labels.

Urban legend alert Roger Sutton 2008

When two rich American brothers move next-door to the Mortmain sisters, Rose, the older girl, vows to escape poverty by marrying one of them.

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When two rich American brothers move next-door to the Mortmain sisters, Rose, the older girl, vows to escape poverty by marrying one of them.

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Dodie Smith's story of Cassandra and Rose Mortmain growing up in bohemian poverty, in a ruined English castle, reprises various Austenian themes — not least the aphrodisiac properties of wealth.

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Dodie Smith's story of Cassandra and Rose Mortmain growing up in bohemian poverty, in a ruined English castle, reprises various Austenian themes — not least the aphrodisiac properties of wealth.

Five Best 2010

Dodie Smith's story of Cassandra and Rose Mortmain growing up in bohemian poverty, in a ruined English castle, reprises various Austenian themes — not least the aphrodisiac properties of wealth.

Five Best 2010