| Francis Kilvert - 1866 - 254 pages
...bishop of Gloucester, he (Mr. Allen) made extensive improvements at the bishop's palace at Gloucester. In the year 1758, Mr. Allen purchased the manor of...offered to build him a room, which he immediately did, erecting one 25 feet by 16 feet, with two bed-chambers over it, which, he observed, would serve... | |
| William Holden Hutton - Burford (Oxfordshire, England) - 1905 - 380 pages
...company he kept. To Graves he was a constant patron. One tale of his kindness is worth quoting:— " In the year 1758 Mr. Allen purchased the manor of...care ; and a very indifferent old house for their accomodation, Mr. Allen offered to build him a room, which he immediately executed ; building a room... | |
| Patricia James - Demographers - 1979 - 560 pages
...the philanthropist Ralph Allen, the original of Squire Allworthy in Tom Jones. According to Graves, 'after having repaired, improved, and built a gallery...building a room twenty-five feet by sixteen with two bed-chambers over it, which he observed would serve for a school, as long as he continued that employment."1... | |
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