propertied

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Propertied himself, Henry retired to his 2,920 acres of rolling Virginia grassland in 1795, a bitter, disappointed man, angry with his Government and its leaders.

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Propertied Class Artur Rodzinski, high-strung maestro of the New York Philharmonic, sold the Berkshire Hills farm where he used to raise goats and moved on to a farther retreat near Lake Placid, N.Y.

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Propertied residents, concerned over real-estate values, try to keep the gossip down by following the tolerant rule of see no evil, hear no evil.

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Recruited from the Platform and the Tub, With Middle-aged and Propertied Amazons, Ilium may master e'en the Myrmidons.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 5, 1891 by Various