Sentence examples for On the poorhouse from inspiring English sources

Hitcham's bequest had meanwhile become entangled in the law courts and work did not begin on the poorhouse until the late 1650s, by which time the internal buildings of castle were being broken up for the value of their stone; the chapel had been destroyed in this way by 1657.

She established various hospices and died in one of the poorhouses that she had once directed.

Among his many works are In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America and The Undeserving Poor: From the War on Poverty to the War on Welfare.

He knows how to keep it bubbling, which keeps you out of the poorhouse".

She said that the knowledge of eviction and the fear of the poorhouse ran in our blood.

"Is he seriously characterising himself as the 'Mr Bumble' of Welsh Government - the cruel overseer of the poorhouse?

Wealth in the U.S. can be quick to come and go, and sometimes even the richest of the rich can't stay out of the poorhouse.

That said, four-star generals are hardly on the road to the poorhouse.

Ashkinaze knows his wines and could take you straight to the poorhouse on some pinot noirs he has squirreled away at his house in New Jersey.

And as I pointed out in my book, America, Welcome to the Poorhouse, Congresspeople who have their eye on a K Street job tend to draft legislation that benefits their future employers.

Every crofter under the age of seventy was removed and placed on board the Midlothian on threat of imprisonment, with those over that age being sent to the poorhouse.