It has long been traditional, he says, that one of these good-natured goblins is attached to the Tibbets family, and came with, them when they moved into this part of the country; for it is one of the peculiarities of these household sprites, that they attach themselves to the fortunes of certain families, and follow them in all their removals.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
We are all poor people together, and not very well able to bear fines or removals.
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie
Perhaps it may be a wise measure, in a place like Birmingham, where the manufactures flourish in continual sunshine, not to be over strict with regard to removals.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton