They possessed it only for a year, at the expiration of which a new division was made, in proportion to the rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. Works - Page 291by William Robertson - 1825Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1794 - 610 pages
...portion alloted to him. He poflefled it only for a year, at the expiration of wuich a new divifiou was made in proportion to the rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. All thnfe lands were cultivated by the joint induf. try of the community. The pen. pie. fummoncdby a proper... | |
| Bibliography - 1767 - 572 pages
...perfon, however,, had a right to 6X7 clufive property in the porlion allotted to him. He poUèilèd it only 'for a year, at the expiration of which a new diviiion was made, in proportion to the rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. All thofe... | |
| 1767 - 574 pages
...No perfon, however, had a right to exclufive property in the portion allotted to him. He poflefled it only for a year, at the expiration of which a new divifion was made, in proportion to the rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. All thofe... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 734 pages
...out. No perfon, however, had a right ofexclufive property in the portion allotted to him. He pofleffed it only for a year, at the expiration of which a new...rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. All thofe lands were cultivated by the joint induftry of the community. The peqple, fumtnoned by a proper... | |
| William Robertson - America - 1780 - 586 pages
...No perfon, however, had a right of exclufive property in the portion allotted to him. He poflefled it only for a year, at the expiration of which a new divifion was made, in proportion to the rank, the nurriber, and exigencies of each family. All thofe... | |
| William Robertson - America - 1787 - 522 pages
...portion allotted to him. He poffeffed it only for a year , at the expiration of which a new divifion was made, in proportion to the rank, the number , and exigencies of each family. All thofe lands were cultivated by the joint induftry of the community. The people, fummoned by a proper... | |
| Alexander Adam - 1794 - 748 pages
...referved for the maintenance of the people, among whom it was parcelled out, and divided anew every year, in proportion to the rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. All thofe lands were cultivated by the joint induftry of the community. The people, fummoned by a proper... | |
| History - 1794 - 614 pages
...out. No perfon, however, had a right of exclufive property in the portion alloted to him. He poflefled it only for a year, at the expiration of which a new divifion was made in proportion to the rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. All thofe lands... | |
| Alexander Adam - Classical dictionaries - 1802 - 914 pages
...family. All thofe lands were cultivated by the joint induttry of liie community. The people, fummoned by a proper officer, repaired in a body to the fields, and performed their common tdlk, while fongs and rnulical inflruments cheered th:m to their labour. — There was great inequality... | |
| William Robertson - 1803 - 456 pages
...communities, had a right of exclufive property in the portion fet apart for their ufe. They poflefled it only for a year, at the expiration of which a new divifion was made in proportion to the rank, the number, and exigencies of each family. All thofe lands... | |
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