 The tenure by which the great body of the people held their property, was very different. In every district a certain quantity of land was measured out in proportion to the number of families. This was cultivated by the joint labour of the whole ; its...  The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 57edited by - 1777Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1794 - 610 pages
...Both thefp modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the highell clai's. The tenure, by which the great body of the people held their propeity, was very different. In every diitrift a certain quantity of land was meafured out, in proportion... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 734 pages
...Both thefe modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the higheit clafs, The tenure, by which the great body of the people...quantity of land was meafured out, in proportion to the pumber of families. This w*s cultivated by the joint labour of the whole ; its produce was depoiited... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1780 - 586 pages
...Both thefe modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the higheft clafs. The tenure, by which the great body of the people held their property, was very different. In every diftrict a certain quantity of land was meafured out, in proportion to the number of families. This... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1787 - 522 pages
...Both thefe modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the higheft clafs. The tenure, by which the great body of the people...labour of the whole ; its produce was depofited in a1 common ftorc-houfe, and divided among them according to their refpeftive exigencies. The members... | |
 | History - 1794 - 614 pages
...Both thefe modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the highelt clafs. The tenure, by which the great body of the people held their property, was very different. In every diitriet a certain quantity of land was meafured out, in proportion to the number of families. This... | |
 | William Robertson - 1803 - 456 pages
...Both thefe modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the higheft clafs. The tenure, by which the great body of the people held their property, was very different. In every diftricl: a certain quantity of land was meafured out in proportion to the number of families. This... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...Both these modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the highest class. The tenure by which the great body of the people held their property was very different. In every district a certain quantity of land was measured out, in proportion to the number of families. This... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1805 - 414 pages
...was very different. In every district a certain quantity of land was measured out, in proper-' tion to the number of families. This was cultivated by the joint labour of the whole; its produce was deposited in a common store-house, and divided among them according to their respective exigencies.'... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...Both these modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the highest class. The tenure by which the great body of the people held their property was very different. In every district a certain quantity of land was measured out, in proportion to the number of families. This... | |
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...Both these modes of occupying land were deemed noble, and peculiar to citizens of the highest class. The tenure, by which the great body of the people held their property, was very different. In every district a certain quantity of land was measured out, in proportion to the number of families. This... | |
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