Both Uses of
premise
in
Mansfield Park
- Fanny, having been sent into the village on some errand by her aunt Norris, was overtaken by a heavy shower close to the Parsonage; and being descried from one of the windows endeavouring to find shelter under the branches and lingering leaves of an oak just beyond their premises, was forced, though not without some modest reluctance on her part, to come in.
Chpt 22 *premises = property
- I think the house and premises may be made comfortable, and given the air of a gentleman's residence, without any very heavy expense, and that must suffice me; and, I hope, may suffice all who care about me.
Chpt 25premises = land
Definition:
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(premises as in: located on the premises) land and/or buildings -- especially of a business or organization