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The only articles he lacked to make a new and completely fitted-up expedition were the following, a list of which he and I drew up; β
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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Her rooms and garden, it is true, were small and poorly fitted-up, yet everything in them was so neat and methodical, and bore such a general air of that gentle gaiety which one hears expressed in a waltz or polka, that the word βtoyβ by which guests often expressed their praise of it all exactly suited her surroundings.
Youth 2003
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The most delightful residence at Bonchurch is called EAST DENE: the beauty of its locality is unrivaled; the exterior of the house in a chaste style; and the interior fitted-up and furnished at a great expense in the antique mode of the 16th century.
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Yesterday (Saturday) directly after breakfast we went as by appointment to Mr. Childs 'office; he has a beautifully fitted-up room, filled with all kinds of curiosities, -- Tom
The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh
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Wise Cora had seen the propriety of giving to this unwelcome sister-in-law with the heavy purse, apartments of the best in the newly fitted-up portion of the mansion.
Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Lawrence L. Lynch
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The shops are generally very imposingly fitted-up and well stocked: and in the literary and fancy lines are several excellent establishments -- news-rooms, circulating-libraries, bazaars, &c.
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Yes, Abe, instead of Victory Liberty Bond salesmen having to go about visiting customers, y'understand, they should ought to have luxurious fitted-up offices, and it should ought to be a case of when the customer arrives the Victory Liberty Bond salesman should ought to be playing auction pinochle or rummy with two other Victory Liberty
Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things Montague Glass 1905
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But we have a fitted-up arrangement in the box-room, and it has never exploded yet.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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He was looking somewhat pale and hollow-eyed, as I entered a comfortably fitted-up lounge in the building.
"The Pomp of Yesterday" Joseph Hocking 1898
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The Viceroy had a completely fitted-up office in his smart little white-and-gold yacht, and was able to get through a great deal of work on his voyage down the Hooghly before breakfast on Monday mornings.
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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