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Phytosanitation laws prevented us from buying plants to bring home, a dagger through the heart, but improper packing for the climate required Gail and me to purchase hand made woolens from the delightful Sophie of Wild Woollens from Dent, Cumbria, LA10 5QR, to warm our cores.
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To extract Grease from Silks, Woollens, and Floors, 128 411
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The narrow failure of the Woollens Bill in 1827 encouraged a protectionist convention at Harrisburg, which suggested very high duties; but the main force behind the movement was a combination of the growers and manufacturers of wool, including many Western men.
Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 Albert Bushnell Hart 1898
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Furs, Feathers, and Woollens require the constant care of the waiting-maid.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Furs, Feathers, and Woollens require the constant care of the waiting-maid.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Woollens should be washed in very hot suds, and not rinsed.
The American Frugal Housewife Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841
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Receiving in return coarse Woollens and other articles from England; and Rum, Sugar, Molasses, and other produce from the
History of New Brunswick Peter Fisher 1815
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The Women are the most industrious Sex in that Place, and, by their good Houswifry, make a great deal of Cloath of their own Cotton, Wool and Flax; some of them keeping their Families (though large) very decently apparel'd, both with Linnens and Woollens, so that they have no occasion to run into the Merchant's Debt, or lay their Money out on Stores for Cloathing.
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Thief is worth a Halter; and all my Brothers and Sisters are provided for: Besides I have good Houshold-stuff, though I say it, both Brass and Pewter, Linnens and Woollens; and though my House be thatched, yet, if you and I match, it shall go hard but I will have one half of it slated.
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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Sisters are provided for: besides I have good Household Stuff, though I say it, both Brass and Pewter, Linnens and Woollens; and though my House be thatched, yet if you and I match, it shall go hard but I will have one half of it slated.
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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