10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKSTAIR»
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backstair in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Karsner, Traubel, Debs and Trouble:
A. BackStair. Speech. There were threemenatwork demolishing the barn in back
of Debs' home. One morning, when I went to him, he was sitting in the dining
room, reading the paper while waiting for me to come. As I entered and sat down
he ...
David Karsner, Eugene V. Debs, Ruth Le Prade, 2014
'The backstair!' cries Whalley, clapping a hand to his brow. 'Upon my soul, I never
though of that!' So down the main stair we must go, the whole party of us, then
through a labyrinth of galleries and towers, until by this circuitous route we ...
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Design and Plan in the Country House: From Castle Donjons to ...
But a number of houses have instead, or in addition, a so-called great backstair,
chiefly for family use (and within the household end) but often providing the only
way up above the first floor (Westwood, PlasTeg). The great backstair is normally
...
Andor Gomme, Alison Maguire, 2008
was impossible to come by, and Backstair was forced to substitute a concrete
manufactured in Barnsley. Otherwise, no compromises. To the intrepid visitor
approaching the front door of the Georgian main house, the faint presence of coal
-dust ...
It is not professional to obtain it in a backstair method. Mr. McGOWAN.— The
honourable gentleman says something about backstairs. I do not know anything
about backstair methods ; gentlemen who use those expressions must have
some ...
New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, 1901
But we may get into herroom from the backstair.” So saying, and leaving hisguest
to follow or remain ashe thought proper,heflew rather than walked tothe garden,
and found the private door which led intoit,from the bottom of the backstair ...
It is not professional to obtain it in a backstair method. Mr. McGOWAN.— The
honourable gentleman says something about backstairs. I do not know anything
about backstair methods ; gentlemen who use those expressions must have
some ...
New Zealand. Parliament, 1901
There were to be no more anticipations of revenue, no more backstair stealings
on the part of the Khedive, no more cheatings by tax collectors and tax payers;
and where are all these pleasant romances to-day? Is it not confessed by the
very ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1879
useful one. On the return of each wedding day the Prince Bends the school
another £1,000. Is not this Oriental poetry ? " From The Spectator. THE
PROPOSED BACKSTAIR TO THE CON- TINENT. The Engineer, that very solid
contemporary of ...
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Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand: Being ...
... it had been a favourite camping-place with the natives, and numerous remains
of their ovens were scattered 182 backstair's passage. LACEPEDE bay. along
the beach. In Backstair's Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln Page CHAPTER VL.
George French Angas, 1847
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKSTAIR»
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backstair is used in the context of the following news items.
Royal security in doubt over gay app
There's been poof's at the palace for years (Backstair's Billy)…and they've been bringing boys home for years too! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ... «Star Observer, Oct 14»
