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... hands to have been numerous ; and it has been seldom , if ever seen , that a commu- nity has become populous , without having attained to some degree of perfection in the arts conducive to the comforts of life . We have already had ...
... hands to have been numerous ; and it has been seldom , if ever seen , that a commu- nity has become populous , without having attained to some degree of perfection in the arts conducive to the comforts of life . We have already had ...
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has been very particular ; and , as his work is in but few hands , we cannot , perhaps , do better than present the passages ver- batim to the reader , only previously remarking , what is a rather extraordinary disagreement , that , in ...
has been very particular ; and , as his work is in but few hands , we cannot , perhaps , do better than present the passages ver- batim to the reader , only previously remarking , what is a rather extraordinary disagreement , that , in ...
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... hand the land of Sempringham to Wulfred , with the provision , that after his demise the said land should revert to the monastery ; that Wulfred should give the land of Sleaford to Medhamsted ; and should send each year into the ...
... hand the land of Sempringham to Wulfred , with the provision , that after his demise the said land should revert to the monastery ; that Wulfred should give the land of Sleaford to Medhamsted ; and should send each year into the ...
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... hands of freeholders , are said to be demains . Villanes ; -bond servants , bound to serve their proprietor . Søkemen ; -yeomen , being free of blood and fit for honour- able service . Bordars ; -small farmers , just above cottagers ...
... hands of freeholders , are said to be demains . Villanes ; -bond servants , bound to serve their proprietor . Søkemen ; -yeomen , being free of blood and fit for honour- able service . Bordars ; -small farmers , just above cottagers ...
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... hands of the abbot of Croxton , and then hee made Henry , his eldest sonne , the heyre of his kingdome , causing all that were about him to sweare to him , and sent letters sealed with his owne seale , to all the sheriffes of Englande ...
... hands of the abbot of Croxton , and then hee made Henry , his eldest sonne , the heyre of his kingdome , causing all that were about him to sweare to him , and sent letters sealed with his owne seale , to all the sheriffes of Englande ...
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Page 44 - In witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands, the Day and Year above written.
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Page 191 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
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