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  • Sally is near marriage — with an eminent woollen-draper in the Strand, if ye have a mind to it; for there are five or six of them there.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • Sally has had a quarrel with her woollen-draper; and made my charmer lady-chancellor in it.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • Pate, [30] the learned woollen-draper; Mr. Stratford went with me; six miles here is nothing: we left Pate after sunset, and were here before it was dark.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • Pate is supposed to have been the woollen-draper, “remarkable for his learning and good-nature,” who is mentioned by Steele in the Guardian, No. 141.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • William Pate, “bel esprit and woollen-draper,” as Swift called him, lived opposite the Royal Exchange.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • -- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place.

    Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001

  • _Charles Fourier_ was the son of a woollen-draper at Besançon.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various

  • Mr. Tothall, a woollen-draper, who lived in Tavistock-court, and was

    The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency John Trusler

  • Arbuthnot, previous to matriculating at Oxford, lodged with Pate, who gave him a letter of introduction to Dr. Charlett, Master of University College; and Pate is supposed to have been the woollen-draper, "remarkable for his learning and good-nature," who is mentioned by Steele in the Guardian, No. 141. 31.

    The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

  • To-day I dined six miles out of town, with Will Pate, [30] the learned woollen-draper; Mr. Stratford went with me; six miles here is nothing: we left Pate after sunset, and were here before it was dark.

    The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

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