house-property

These two persons, who in 1814 were in extreme poverty, have since then purchased house-property of considerable value; among other items, quite recently, a large house in the Grand Rue Verte, where the said Jeanrenaud is laying out considerable sums in order to settle there with the woman Jeanrenaud, intending to marry: these sums amount already to more than a hundred thousand francs.

The Commission in Lunacy 2007

Just then the author of the play suddenly entered, and Lucien beheld M. du Bruel, a short, attenuated young man in an overcoat, a composite human blend of the jack-inoffice, the owner of house-property, and the stockbroker.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

These two persons, who in 1814 were in extreme poverty, have since then purchased house-property of considerable value; among other items, quite recently, a large house in the Grand Rue Verte, where the said Jeanrenaud is laying out considerable sums in order to settle there with the woman Jeanrenaud, intending to marry: these sums amount already to more than a hundred thousand francs.

The Commission in Lunacy 2007

During my administration of Singapore, the municipal charges fell on the general fund; but they are at present amply provided for from a distinct source, chiefly an assessment on house-property.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

There were notes relating to house-property, railroad shares, and a dozen other profitable things.

The Intrusion of Jimmy 1928

The employment given to hundreds of persons ... will increase the value of house-property at once.

The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 1921

The Rockley girls would have about ten thousand pounds each when their father died: ten thousand pounds 'worth of profitable house-property.

England, My England 1907

New suburbs have arisen in a day, not because any central power willed it, but simply by the combined greed, energy, and enterprise of the speculative builder, who invariably builds rotten houses, which he sells as fast as he can to guileless people with a passion for owning house-property.

The Quest of the Simple Life Dawson, William J 1907

It may be the truth that a young man living on an unexamined income which ultimately covers a great deal of house-property is as dangerous as any despot or thief.

George Bernard Shaw 1905

By dint of economy and thrift he had got together a nice little property -- house-property, in

The Borough Treasurer 1899