| 单词 | vassalage |
| 例句 | I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In Judah, there were two prevailing patterns: vassalage and rebellion. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Not unexpectedly, the Song Son of Heaven declined to submit to vassalage under a man he considered a barbarian, and war broke out. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z "He would add," Madison wrote, "that domestic slavery is the most prominent feature in the aristocratic countenance of the proposed Constitution. The vassalage of the poor has ever been the favorite offspring of aristocracy." Josh Hawley's deranged "Love America Act" is a testament to racist hatred 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z As Johnson would say, it will be vassalage. Boris Johnson is about to find out just how weak the UK is after Brexit | Simon Jenkins 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The spread of slavery threatened to expand the number of its immediate victims but also threatened to reduce everyone else to political vassalage, ruled by the slaveholders and their adjunct classes. When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z But he quit in disgust last fall, accusing Mrs. May of offering Britons a choice between “vassalage and chaos,” and arguing that only a second referendum would get the country out of the morass. Shakespearean? Freudian? Jo Johnson, Prime Minister’s Brother, Quits Parliament 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Their fall ushered in a long period known as the Great Interregnum, in which no Holy Roman emperor existed and Germanic nobles swore oaths of vassalage to rival kings. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In Rees-Mogg’s world, Boer War concentration camps were no worse than Glasgow, same-sex marriage is an affront to God, and E.U. membership is “vassalage” for Britain. Perspective | A British boor is just Trump with a posh accent and veneer of ironic detachment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z And yet they all loyally trooped through the division lobbies to vote, in their own words, for vassalage, slavery and a worse deal than EU membership. This defeat is the end of the Brexit PM. Bring on the general election | Owen Jones 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z But hard-core proponents of Brexit in Mrs. May’s own governing Conservative Party have assailed that arrangement as a form of vassalage, arguing that it could keep Britain stuck in the European orbit indefinitely. The Border Dividing Ireland Has Long Been Invisible. Brexit Threatens to Make It Real. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The junior transport minister, younger brother of Boris, resigned last week, calling for another referendum to avoid the vassalage or chaos that he said May’s Brexit plan would unleash. Factbox: A year of resignations from UK PM May's government 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Even there, however, the rulers swore vassalage to the secular kings of Castile. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They have been emboldened by the resignation last week of the rail minister, Jo Johnson, who accused Mrs. May of presenting Parliament with a choice between “vassalage and chaos,” and called for another vote. U.K. Cabinet Backs Theresa May’s Brexit Plan 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z But in a withering resignation statement, he accused Mrs. May of drawing up plans that presented lawmakers with a choice between “vassalage and chaos.” Britain and E.U. Agree on a Plan for Brexit 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The choice Mrs. May’s deal would offer, he said, was between “vassalage and chaos.” Brexit Negotiators Still at Odds, Leaving All Options Open 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z He warned the UK faced a choice between "vassalage" under her proposals and "chaos" if it left the EU without a deal. 'Travesty' not to have new Brexit vote 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z “To present the nation with a choice between two deeply unattractive outcomes, vassalage and chaos, is a failure of British statecraft on a scale unseen since the Suez crisis.” Jo Johnson quits as minister over Theresa May's Brexit plan 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Johnson, the bookmakers’ favorite to succeed May, said May’s plans would leave the United Kingdom half in and half out of the club it joined in 1973 and in effective “enforced vassalage”. Boris Johnson demands UK PM May scrap her Brexit proposals 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z But in political terms, it would amount to vassalage. Tory Brexiters make case for leaving EU without deal and trading on WTO terms - Politics live 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z He says the UK will be stuck in “economic vassalage”. Boris Johnson says it's 'not too late to save Brexit' as May faces MPs – Politics live 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “These gestures were like signs of vassalage,” with Mr. Macron playing the part of the serf, said J. C. Icart, a retired writer for scientific journals, interviewed outside the arrondissement’s City Hall. Emmanuel Macron’s Bromance With Trump Takes Its Toll at Home 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z A more pressing likelihood today, though, is that cable operators, with their entrenched position in local broadband and burgeoning Wi-Fi networks, will be the ones to reduce the cellular operators to vassalage. Obama’s Cable Monopoly Boom 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Doing this would put the victim in an extremely disadvantageous position, “leading to a gradual loss of power and position and inevitable vassalage.” We tried to weaponize the weather 2013-04-27T19:00:00Z It is “vassalage” not just economically but politically. Tory Brexiters make case for leaving EU without deal and trading on WTO terms - Politics live 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The relation of vassalage was first recognized as legal in the capitularies of Charlemagne. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Thus, through the legislative and judicial departments of the government, the people are reduced to a state of vassalage, with railroad corporations as their masters and rulers. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z The Established Church exercises unbounded sway over the politics of the country, holding in vassalage great masses of the Tory and Whig parties. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The Emperor gave credit to his representations, and despatched him with letters to the Governor, claiming the vassalage of the Philippines. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z The representatives of his son Witheric put an end to the conflict by accepting the condition of vassalage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It should constantly be borne in mind that no one of these things—whether vassalage, the benefice, or the immunity—was in itself feudalism. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z They include also serfage, vassalage, villanage, peonage, and all other forms of compulsory service for the mere benefit or pleasure of others. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The Lamanites soon came upon them, and reduced them to a state of vassalage.—They were still allowed, however, to keep up the shadow of a government, and Limhi succeeded Noah in the kingdom. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z We have already explained the secret influences that were combined to hold them in a state of half-savage and half-religious or ecclesiastical vassalage, till some action should be taken by the United States government. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z They are not champions of liberty emulating the fame of our revolutionary fathers; nor are you an oppressed people, contending, as they repeat to you, against worse than colonial vassalage. The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One In The Government of The United States. Its Cause, and How it Should be Met 2012-01-12T03:00:13.627Z A man could be a vassal without having a benefice, but rarely, at least after the eighth century, could he have a benefice without entering into the obligations of vassalage. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z In doing so we should remember in the first place that ancient Nippon was built upon the system of vassalage. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Such is every despotism, the constitution of most Mohammedan kingdoms; and indeed various parts of many constitutions are also of this kind; for example, serfdom, vassalage, and many such institutions. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The Philippine insurrection against Spain was largely an uprising of an outraged people against the priests and friars, who were coming to own everything, and to reduce the population to a state of vassalage. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z The author shows that the various species of vassalage are clearly distinguishable from slavery; yet that even these have yielded to the benign spirit of Christianity. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z The tendency of the personal element of vassalage and the territorial element of the benefice, or fief, to merge was very strong, and by the tenth century nearly every vassal was also a fief-holder. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z When the Iroquois completed their conquest of the Susquehannocks and reduced them to vassalage, they embraced their side of the quarrel. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z The distinctive social tradition,—which includes the political and the religious traditions,—has remained intact in the face of recurrent invasion, vassalage, and persecution. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z There was great danger of seeing that economic vassalage perpetuated, for "instead of a proper equilibrium, everything at present lies all in the British scale." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The great mass of the East Goths, as has been already said, became one of the many nations which were under vassalage to the Huns; but their relation was one merely of vassalage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z But in the ninth and tenth centuries vassalage became generally hereditary. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z He explored the pampas to the south and west of the new city, and reduced many of the tribes to slavery or vassalage. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Was he not in league with that party which would retain the Province in vassalage to the old Compact which he had so heartily denounced in former times? Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z Between 1787 and that date, and even earlier, Jefferson had seen the light and realized that to discourage home manufactures was "to keep us in eternal vassalage to a foreign and unfriendly people." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Do Americans desire this republic reduced to such a state of vassalage as this? or will you profit by these lessons, which experience is daily teaching you? Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z There are ten stanzas describing the conflict, Superstition being described as holding "in vassalage a doating World, Till Paine and Reason burst upon the mind, And Truth and Deism their flag unfurled." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The design of the papal See of reducing England to a state of vassalage, conceived in ambition, pursued by craft and cruelty, was thus consummated by the most execrable tyranny. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The social organization rested on a highly aristocratic basis, and the lowest classes were separated by several grades of vassalage from the highest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The relation of vassalage in such a territory was simple, for under the samurai consisting of a single order there was no swords-wearer serving them. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Ferdinand and Isabella asked it, as these strange men doomed to vassalage stood proudly before them speaking in an unknown tongue. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z On the other hand, there was the incident of the bey of Tunis having furnished to Turkey a contingent during the Crimean War, which suggested a recognition of its vassalage to the Sublime Porte. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z In 500 he conquered Gundibald, king of the Burgundians, reduced him to a kind of vassalage, and forced him into reiterated promises of conversion to orthodoxy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z These dukes acquired large tracts of land of which they gave grants on conditions of military service to persons on whom they could rely; while many independent landowners sought their protection on terms of vassalage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The intimate relation of vassalage, not legally recognised of course, thus arose between those generals and their private soldiers, and as this condition lasted for a considerable time, the relationship became hereditary. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z "Fy, now, fy!" replied the Lord of Masseran; "for your own life were quite enough; but in perpetuity, that is more than I can engage for: it is owning your vassalage, good father." Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z Of this the centre was a chief, around whom gathered men capable of bearing arms, who commended themselves to 910 him according to the old form of vassalage, per manus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z It seals the vassalage of this people to France, and places the question of Rome and the Pope for ever out of Italian hands and in those of their 'magnanimous ally,' whom may God confound! Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Or rather I had been that favoured page Who trained your hounds and falcons that he might After you down the valley, o'er the height Go galloping in eager vassalage. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z There existed no relation of vassalage between him and the djito under his military jurisdiction. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Shall Southern men, by mercenaries bought, Be sold to vassalage, from son to sire? Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z His lord again found safety in vassalage to a still greater lord. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z I know to a decimal fraction the value of all these; and, what 's more, I know what one pays for them,—the miserable vassalage, the poor slavery of mind, soul, and body they cost! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Serfs replaced slaves; vassals replaced serfs; some day, vassalage also will disappear as did slavery and serfdom! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z In short, the fidelity of the Japanese may be said to be a product of the military r�gime, and owes its growth to the hereditary relation of vassalage. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Our father Stephan, a good man, but timid and resigned, submitted without a murmur to all the impositions, all the affronts, and all the sufferings of vassalage. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z But during those two days of his first wild vassalage to his original sensations, Pierre had not been unvisited by less mysterious impulses. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z In taking the long period from the Roman occupation to the 10th century, we can discover a real development of style in costume, as with the system of vassalage a distinction of class arose. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z He gave his life for liberty to all men, instead of slavery for negroes, vassalage for the great majority of the whites, and a despotism,—greatest curse of all,—for a few. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The idea of vassalage due to the holding of crown lands seems not to have been entertained by the early Japanese. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z I doubt not that, owing to the proximity of the port of Vannes, the elder brother of the present farmer of Karnak took to the sea, a calling that carries with it enfranchisement from vassalage. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The colonial dependence, and vassalage meant to be proclaimed by this expression, was now strictly true, as between the North, and the South. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It was destroyed by the revolt or invasion of more northern tribes, hitherto held in vassalage and looked down upon as belonging to a lower level of culture and manners. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z The abolition of the Holy Empire in 1806 removed even the shadow of vassalage from the German reigning dukes, who retain 651 their sovereign status under the new empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The Mongols were too weak to govern the country they had conquered, and the vassalage of the last sultan of Rum, who died in 1307, was only nominal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The antrustions were a military institution; vassalage was a social institution, the origins of which are very complex. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Already we find the property not unfrequently divided, where the vassals dwell in the house and farm, the grades of their vassalage and their burdens being various. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. It was constantly extending its dominion by means of a numerous, disciplined and admirably organized army, and little by little the other two states were constantly approaching the condition of vassalage. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z Severer than ever was the pressure of vassalage, worst of all in the former Sclave countries, in which the peasantry were kept down by a numerous nobility. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. So that a year before my father's birth, he gave up his vassalage to the Ostens, and entered the burgher class. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. It has wrongly been held to be the origin of vassalage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The assumption of his vassalage somehow stirred a little antagonism, but before he could answer she was off again. Making Money Although he was continually complaining about his wretched vassalage to friendship, he had, nevertheless, presented himself again in good season in order to receive the watchword for the day. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Burghs of regality and of barony held in vassalage of some great lordship, lay or ecclesiastical, but were always in theory or in practice created by crown grant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" This created an absolute vassalage, and bound the Indian, virtually and forever, to the spot where he was born. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 "There can be no doubt on that point," added Louis; "you are united to us by the double bond of vassalage and relationship." Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. For, if His Majesty had indeed so prohibited War, these Indians were now Vassals of the King, and failure in vassalage was a species of Rebellion and Uprising. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. In his extremity, therefore, Ahaz appealed to the Assyrian monarch, who was already seeking an excuse for crushing Damascus, and reducing the Jewish kingdom, with its important fortress of Jerusalem, to a condition of vassalage. Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments Various restrictions were laid upon Mehemet Ali, emphasizing his position of vassalage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" As justified by his oath of vassalage he vows to slay the man who has insulted his sovereign. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The people at large were in a state of vassalage and dependence upon the Lord paramount and his Esquires and Deputies. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards But in Germany it is contrasted with a previous state of almost complete vassalage, and the poets there seem to think it indicates an approaching brotherhood of man. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Others clearly saw some vassalage to the Pope in this temporary display of royalty; a yet smaller number looked on with compassionate sorrow at this solemn mockery of a state so unreal and unsubstantial. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier To conciliate his sovereign, and to bribe him to indulgence, he extorted from the weeping, spirit-crushed sovereign of Mexico an acknowledgment of vassalage to the King of Spain. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Feudalism and its vassalage of the female sex had disappeared, and the women of the industrial classes, whatever their economic condition, became sovereigns of themselves. Women of England I am as other men, though more advanced; And if great Quetzalcoatl takes back my crown, I bow in humble vassalage to him. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation For a period of wellnigh four hundred years it had been the ambition of successive English monarchs to reduce Scotland to a state of vassalage. Border Raids and Reivers You have by the fine a plain right, in which none else of your family can be your competitor; for which reason, by all means demand vassalage upon that title. The Tatler, Volume 3 In either case he might renounce his ceileship by returning a greater or lesser amount of stock than what he had received according to the circumstances under which he terminated his vassalage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Russia lay under the vassalage of the khans. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Their rudely fashioned lodges soon gave way To buildings of a more pretentious form; The forests and the quarries and the clay Were forced to human vassalage. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation The Territorial state was declared to be a condition of "colonial dependence" or "colonial vassalage." History of the Constitutions of Iowa The earlier period of his existence, whether as a puny child or the miserable denizen of an uninformed and barbarous state, is one of vassalage and subserviency. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Schleswig was recognized as a Danish fief, in contradistinction to Holstein, which owed vassalage to the Empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The social phenomenon has been seen of an oppressed class skipping an intermediary stage of vassalage, and entering, at one bound, upon one higher up. Woman under socialism This feudalism differed somewhat from the French feudalism, for it represented a sort of overlordship of absentee feudal chiefs, which, leaving the people more to themselves, made vassalage less irksome. History of Human Society He entered the mountains, talked with the Indian chiefs, and exhorted them to become peaceful and return to the vassalage of his Majesty. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. He had become conscious of but one all-absorbing thought, the fact of his vassalage to a world-embracing political system, working in the name of the Christ. Carmen Ariza These personalities conserve a certain vassalage with respect to their immediate superior, and he, at the same time, considers himself the vassal of the one above him. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty The proletariat might become too knowing, it might get tired of its vassalage, and might rebel against its earthly gods. Woman under socialism Massasoit was the sovereign of this dominant people, and by his intelligence and energy he kept the adjacent tribes in a state of vassalage. King Philip Makers of History But there are few Scotch tenants in the circumstances of vassalage so general in England. Leading Articles on Various Subjects He that outlives this battle, shall ascend, In titled honour, to the height of state, Dukedoms, and baronies, midst these our foes, In tributary vassalage, kept down, Shall be your fair inheritance. The Battle of Bunkers-Hill They are not champions of liberty emulating the fame of our Revolutionary fathers, nor are you an oppressed people, contending, as they repeat to you, against worse than colonial vassalage. Key-Notes of American Liberty Comprising the most important speeches, proclamations, and acts of Congress, from the foundation of the government to the present time Like others of her class she owed vassalage to some petty seigneur, and while-167- that meant oppression to be endured, it included the advantage of safety and protection in time of war. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Sim Squires was finding himself in a most intricate and perplexing maze of circumstance; the situation of the man who wears another man's collar and whose vassalage galls almost beyond endurance. The Roof Tree His allies were his vassals, nor was their vassalage concealed. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I I will not say, that this is a great evil in comparison with that state of mental vassalage and inaction in which nothing is attempted, nor even conceived, for the true interests of mankind. The History of Dartmouth College And the British troops must be expelled from Boston by force, or our American Colonies are reduced to a condition of vassalage. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services The royal houses that succeeded one another at Babylon sprang from their ranks both in the days of vassalage to Assyria and in those of full independence. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Anything that savored of permanency smelled to him of vassalage. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Women are now in the situation of the mass of mankind a few years since, when science and learning were in the hands of the priests, and property was held by vassalage. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Men were in vassalage to their immediate lord, who, in turn, was obliged to acknowledge the "divine right" of the king over him. History of Education Béthencourt, returning to the islands with renewed resources, made himself master of the greater part of them, reduced several of the natives to slavery, introduced the Christian faith, built churches, and established vassalage. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The great mass of inhabitants were kept in a state of servitude and vassalage. Hannibal Makers of History Babylon was occupied and the country reduced to vassalage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" This is tantamount to proclaiming a form of vassalage—a thing which is not to be tolerated. The Cult of Incompetence A peace was finally made between him and the Syrian monarch, Antiochus, by which Judea submitted to vassalage to the king of Syria. Ancient States and Empires His first step in introducing his new system of administration was the abolition of vassalage, and the change of the titles of seignorial property. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The Nizám of Haidarábád was already in a condition little removed from vassalage, and now surrendered considerable districts in lieu of a pecuniary tribute. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Of the vassalage and obedience which Atabalipa and many other caciques offered to the Emperor. An Account of the Conquest of Peru Louis XIV. had become more and more exacting in his demands on the Duke of Savoy, until the latter felt himself in a position of oppressive vassalage. The Huguenots in France By the year 1520 the Danish monarch Christian had reduced the Swedes to a state of most cruel vassalage and misery. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 He led his victorious troops north, east, and west, conquering nations as he went, until he dominated and brought into a state of vassalage over two-thirds of the then known world. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire It insisted that Greece should have internal freedom, though under vassalage to Turkey; and provided that, if the contending parties did not agree to an armistice within a month, there should be a forcible intervention. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II In 1759, when Quebec fell, the might of England in America seemed irresistible, and the vassalage of the colonies assured. Looking Backward 2000-1887 Call it servitude, vassalage, anything else, it might be endurable enough. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They acknowledge that slavery, as it once existed, is overthrown; but the continued inferiority and subordination of the colored race, under some form of vassalage or serfdom, is regarded by them as certain. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Then there was pictur'd the regality Of Neptune; and the sea nymphs round his state, In beauteous vassalage, look up and wait. Endymion A Poetic Romance There needed no greater difference and deformity between Christ and us, than this,—our servitude and bondage to sin, which truly is the basest and most abominable vassalage in the world. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The native princes, even when maintained upon their thrones and confirmed in their dignities and emoluments, bitterly resent their state of vassalage and their loss of limitless, despotic power. The New World of Islam But the proposal to use force against a recalcitrant State seemed to them to upset the whole nature of the compact and reduce them to a position of vassalage. A History of the United States For truest vassalage he is renowned; Were he but Christian, 'twere a baron true. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier Most humiliating was the vassalage to the slave power displayed by northern congressmen of both parties, though forming a majority in the House during all the great days of the slavery battle. History of the United States, Volume 3 His was the joyous, reckless spirit that gave life to the convivial board; and temptations, which a colder temperament might have resisted, often held him in ignoble vassalage. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Under Roman government or vassalage, sorceric practices, as they appear in the Christian scriptures, were much in vogue. The Superstitions of Witchcraft Until their confidence and loyalty should be gained by friendly overtures, they were to pay a small recognition of vassalage, and subsequently the tribute in common with the rest. The Philippine Islands Significance of the designation.—Epitome of Israel's history.—Jews in vassalage to Rome.—Scribes and rabbis.—Pharisees and Sadducees.—Other sects and parties Chapter 7. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern And the restoration of the "ancien r�gime" was interpreted by them, as well as by many others, to mean the restoration of tithes, vassalage, and feudal rights. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I Nobles with their serfs and freemen already divided the land, their prerogatives and vassalage long since established by the laws of Gondebaud. The Counts of Gruyère Next followed the different signs and ceremonies of the infernal vassalage, in particular treading and spitting upon the cross. The Superstitions of Witchcraft The native dynasties which had fostered the secular isolation of those distant countries in spite of the state of vassalage to which they had been reduced disappeared one after another. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Needless to say, the Jews took not kindly to alien domination, though for many generations they had been trained in that experience, their reduced status having ranged from nominal vassalage to servile bondage. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Nor was the Emperor’s object the conversion of King Harald, for the latter had accepted Christianity about 960—but to bring Denmark under his own vassalage. The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) Such was the great ruler and law-giver who easily supplanting his niece as head of the house of Savoy, reduced to a loyal vassalage all the nobles of Roman Switzerland. The Counts of Gruyère The vassalage of fashion, which is a part of rank, prevents continually the free expansion of men's powers. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American The reconstructed Roman empire of Augustus soon reduced Armenia, Cappadocia and even the kingdom of the Parthians to a kind of vassalage. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism In their unbridled fanaticism they had forgotten the bondage of Egypt, the captivity of Babylon, and were oblivious of their existing state of vassalage to Rome. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Week after week went by, and we were kept in a state of vassalage. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa The Duke of Athoel's estate is very extensive, and the country populous; while vassalage existed, the chieftain could raise two or three thousand fighting-men, and leave sufficient at home to take care of the ground. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. The vassalage of the poor has ever been the favorite offspring of Aristocracy. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 They are in a position of vassalage, as it would appear, to the contemporaneous kings of Ur, though this does not hinder them from engaging in military expeditions against Elam, and in extensive building operations. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria If a human being submits to having his lips sealed, to be in silence reduced to vassalage, he may have all else, but he is still lacking in all that dignifies and glorifies real manhood. The Debs Decision This ended all question of the vassalage of Denmark, but the emperor never forgot nor forgave the insult and took every opportunity in after years to stir up strife against Denmark. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. The peace with Prussia was followed by one with Holland on the 16th of March, which placed the smaller state under conditions approaching vassalage to France. The French Revolution A Short History He even revived the old claim to the vassalage of Scotland, and he summoned James to do homage to him as his liege lord and superior. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary France offered to cede Normandy with Guienne, but both of them loaded with the usual homage and vassalage to the crown. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. Your princess merits all the vassalage she has found—better than she will meet with here—if only for the perfection of her costume. Sword and Gown A Novel They did not propose, if they could avoid it, to be forced into vassalage to the Swedes. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Sir Edward justly pointed out that one could reduce a country to vassalage without acquiring territory; that Russia would see this, and regard it as a humiliation not to be put up with. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War In fact, with all his squirming, Paul III only sank deeper into the Spanish vassalage, while the championship of the church passed from his control into that of new agencies that he had created. The Age of the Reformation No intelligent mind in which the will is ruler is prepared to admit that it has been subjected to such vassalage. Choice Readings for the Home Circle The occasion of this cession was probably some league of mutual defence against the Franks, which Cassiodorus could without dishonesty represent as a kind of vassalage of Burgundy to Ostrogothia. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Five thousand pounds, he said, would be ample to satisfy all Argyle's claims upon the chiefs who owed him vassalage. Claverhouse The Vizier, he says, by this treaty was reduced to a state of vassalage; and he makes this curious distinction in proof of it. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) He forced them to relinquish Servia and Bosnia, and in his time both provinces were placed under the vassalage of Hungary. Round About the Carpathians To remain here in North America, and be crushed to the earth in vassalage and degradation, we never will. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States The rise of a lawyer class was everywhere hardening customary into written rights, allegiance into subjection, loose ties such as commendation into a definite vassalage. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 But vassalage and the new faith sat lightly on the Dane. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 I shall not dispute whether vassalage is optional or by force, or in what way Mr. Hastings considered this prince as a vassal of the Company. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Spain, reduced to virtual vassalage in the previous war, no longer even pretended to dispute his orders. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain It was a choice between vassalage, serfdom, or destruction outright. A Short History of France In spite of political independence it always looked towards the Chinese Court and though complimentary missions and nominal vassalage seem unimportant, yet they are significant as indicating admiration for Chinese institutions. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 But this vassalage was roughly shaken off by his successor. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 The European peoples were outgrowing feudal vassalage, and moving toward nationalization and separation between the secular and ecclesiastical powers. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties The establishment in our day of another Roman. empire, spreading vassalage and depravity over the face of the globe, is not, I hope, within the purposes of Heaven. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Every thing I hear from my own country, fills me with despair as to their recovery from their vassalage to Great Britain. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Perhaps I had thought that this bit of vassalage would give her pleasure. Montlivet These were his vassalage to the English crown, the hostility of the marcher 156barons, and the impatience with which the minor Welsh chieftains submitted to his authority. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Others were left upon their thrones, but with their power shorn, their dignity being largely one of vassalage to France. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 They offered what vassalage was right in recognition of subjection. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. They offered her many gold jewels and articles of richest clothing, that testified the love with which they humbly surrendered to the vassalage due to her. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Accordingly, he had no sooner put down Tryphon than he resolved to pick a quarrel with the Jews, and to force them to resume their old position of vassalage to Syria. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Ah!" crooned the wind, "but the vassalage of this elfin nation that plays at empire, the romance and adventure of an imperial court! Diane of the Green Van The annual tribute, however, was no longer to be paid, and thus Christendom was released from the degradation of vassalage to the Turk. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power This insolent claim of superiority on their part, and of a sort of vassalage to them on that of other members, is what no liberal mind will submit to bear. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) The more the queen spoke, the more complete became the vassalage of her guest. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The sombrero completed a semicircular sweep and arrived in the neighborhood of Mr. Hank's heart in significance of his vassalage to the fair sex. Judith of the Plains Fresh troubles occurred in 1877, when the Ama-Xosa confederacy was finally broken up, and to-day gradually these tribes are passing from independence to a state of mild vassalage to the British. The Negro The population consisted of two classes—the nobles who possessed all the power, and the people who were in a state of the most abject feudal vassalage. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power They must be looked upon as the origin in the Indies of slavery, vassalage, and the system of repartimientos. The Life of Columbus Drusus, who was standing back of the proconsul, beside Curio, realized that never before had he seen such outgoing of magnetism and personal energy from man to man, one mind holding in vassalage five thousand. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Bending low before Charlemagne, Blancandrin promised for King Marsil vassalage to the Emperor and baptism in the name of the Holy Christ. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The exact terms of the treaty were disputed, but undoubtedly the Italians tried by this means to reduce Menelik to vassalage. The Negro The serfs were all emancipated from feudal vassalage, and thus, in an hour, the slavery under which the peasants had groaned for ages was abolished. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Who knows from what far age that outward act of submission and vassalage has been handed down in southern lands? The Children of the King The worthy man would long before have ceased from a vassalage so disgraceful, had he possessed any other means of support. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The Cambodians still hoped to receive aid from the Filipinas by their usual promise of conversion and vassalage. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55 1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century They knew it portended vassalage for Korea and ejection for themselves. The Awakening of China From the conduct of Gormflaith, as related above, it is evident that the tunic was some token of vassalage. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 The Assembly requested the Governor "not to make himself the hateful instrument of reducing a free people to the abject state of vassalage." Montcalm and Wolfe This "new song" was unintelligible by the votaries of the beast; nor could they learn it while in that servile vassalage. Notes on the Apocalypse They cultivate the lands, and are in a state of vassalage, but they are not compelled to constant service, and they are permitted both to change masters, and to migrate to other districts. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Therefore he thinks that he who interpreted the letter could not read or interpret it, if he asserted that the emperor demanded vassalage; for the characters used in their writing are difficult to understand. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Is the only benefit which our constancy till death has obtained for our country, that it should be sunk into a deeper and more ignominious vassalage? The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) "The English having lost Normandy, the vassalage ceased." Willis the Pilot The king, thus saved from vassalage by the devotion of Moniz, is considered the first independent ruler of Portugal. The Book of the Epic Like his unfortunate father, was in a state of vassalage. An History of Birmingham (1783) Among other things, Media, who at times turned over Babbalanja for an encyclopaedia, however unreliable, demanded information upon the subject of neap tides and their alleged slavish vassalage to the moon. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Finally, they were free, and, to speak openly, not reduced to vassalage. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century The king of Bitang died of grief, and Mascarenas restored it to the lawful heir under vassalage to Portugal, the former king having been an usurper. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The suspicion is abroad," he said, "that the national cause will be sacrificed to Whig supremacy, and that the people, who are now striding on to freedom, will be purchased back into factious vassalage. Speeches from the Dock, Part I The king of Bute is so bound by his vassalage, and it were a sorry day for him if he should fail to observe the usages which custom has ordained. The Thirsty Sword Judah had returned to its vassalage to Assyria, and the abortive attempts of Sidon and Jerusalem to rebel had been easily suppressed. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations The said governor, in your Majesty's name, received the acknowledgment and vassalage which they owed your Majesty. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Chrisna-rao offered to restore the whole, on condition that Adel Khan would acknowledge his supreme authority, as emperor of Canara, and come to kiss, his foot in token of submission and vassalage. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Twenty-five years of vassalage bow me before her and fill me with silence. Light But Roderic, as has been told, had gone over entirely to King Hakon, and had refused to acknowledge his vassalage to his rightful sovereign of Scotland. The Thirsty Sword Egypt was quelled by the army of Esarhaddon, and to Assurbanipal submitted in vassalage the nations of the Mediterranean coast. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History This said vassalage was made by the said Rahayro, in virtue of an act of war. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 04 of 55 1576-1582 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century This was the same person with whom Annaya had now to contend, and whose son Solyman he established in the sovereignty, under the protection and vassalage of Portugal. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The people were, during this period, in a state of the most abject vassalage; two classes alone possessing all rank and dignity, and for the most part all the riches of the country. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 557, July 14, 1832 This is in the true spirit of vassalage, of which the liveries are comparatively a harmless relic. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 They are all kept in a state of vassalage, under officers, appointed sometimes by the Governor, and sometimes by the Legislature. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained Thus there was a service of love as there was a service of vassalage, and the lover stood to his lady in a position analogous to that of the vassal to his overlord. The Troubadours My vassalage began from the very day when I first ventured to call upon her. In the Days of My Youth A Koryu citizen, Cho I., found his way to Peking, and there, having gained the ear of the emperor, told him that the Mongol powers ought to secure the vassalage of Japan. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 By forfeitures, consequent poverty and ultimate pauperization, many of the Lombard stock lost their rank and their lands and entered the same state of vassalage with the great body of the people. The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development Of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes. Adequately to observe the decay of the vassalage of women, we must investigate the story of their rights in all its forms; and the position of women in marriage will next occupy our attention. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Such a being has often ideas of liberty, and a contempt of vassalage and slavery, which do honour to human nature. Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. And which makes the more for Bellarmine, the French king was again ejected when our king submitted to the church, and the crown was received under the sordid condition of a vassalage. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes The "feudal system" was now fully established in England, and lands descended from father to son, and were divided up among the dependants on condition of the performance of vassalage. Comic History of England Yet in defiance of ciphers, coronets, visiting-cards, blue hangings, the homage of lords, and the vassalage of ladies, there was something amiss. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." Mr Dorrit was in the habit of receiving this old man as if the old man held of him in vassalage under some feudal tenure. Little Dorrit The inhabitants of it were generally of Irish extraction; a people, who at all times during the war, abhorred either submission or vassalage. A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade The shrine which contained his relics was decorated with the trophies of victory, and the captive race was forever devoted to the service and vassalage of the metropolitan church of Patras. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 They were no great politicians, had no love of blind vassalage, and naturally suspected all liberality of British origin. The Life of Francis Marion Two men and one old woman made gestures of abject vassalage, and my uncle replied with a lordly gesture of his great motoring glove.... Tono Bungay He shall do so, and reduce that country to a desert, before I lay my head in his hands, or show him any other kind of vassalage. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Benjamin Huger, an active officer, a wise statesmen, > statesman Chapter I Paragraph 7 ^ 113 men were killed of the American's > of the Americans Chapter II Paragraph 7 ^^ abhored either submission or vassalage > abhorred either... A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade Bold art thou, Pinabel, Thou'rt great and strong, with body finely bred; For vassalage thy peers esteem thee well: Of this battle let us now make an end! The Song of Roland The sun Setting in splendour every night has won His vassalage; those towers flamboyant Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt His daylight wanderings. A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass And thou, triumphant and imperial River, flushed with the tribute of these vassal streams! thou art thyself a tributary, and hastenest even in the pride of conquest to confess thine own vassalage! Vivian Grey The vassalage of the new monarch was thus definitely established; he remained Constable of the Empire; he was ordered to be French and not Dutch. The Court of the Empress Josephine The sole token that the great nobles showed of vassalage to the Crown was that they dated their charters by the year of the Sovereign's reign. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe About the middle of the eighth century, the kingdom of Israel, having renounced its vassalage to Assyria, in league with Rezin of Damascus, the ruler of Syria, made war upon the kingdom of Judah. Outline of Universal History But, instead of plundering these agricultural races, as his father had done, he promised them honourable treatment, a kind of mild vassalage, on the payment of a small annual tribute. Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People The lady came slowly down the broad stone steps, followed by her feminine train, and, approaching the Elector, placed her white hand upon his stirrup, in mute acknowledgment of her vassalage. The Strong Arm Human nature groans Beneath a vassalage so vile and cruel, And its vast body bleeds through every vein. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes These sovereigns tried to make out of their different courts subordinate circles of the first court, and rivalled with one another in vassalage. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise They were thinned out in the wars, or sunk into vassalage. Outline of Universal History There was the King with all his underlords, and the lesser kings that did him vassalage, and there were all his queens with all their jewels upon them. A Dreamer's Tales This literary vassalage, however, did not last long. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography The tie which bound the tenant who accepted a fief to the lord who granted it was called vassalage. Early European History The Germans, in after times, imitating the Romans, had slaves of inferior condition, to whom the name of slave became appropriated; while those in the state of rural vassalage were called lidi. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Austria and Prussia, in their state of practical vassalage, had to furnish military help to Napoleon. Outline of Universal History Even the south Semites of Babylonia had had to acknowledge the superior power of the newcomers and, probably, to accept a kind of vassalage. The Ancient East Such was the literary vassalage to which Goldsmith had unwarily subjected himself. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography It is clear that the feudal method of land tenure, coupled with the custom of vassalage, made in some degree for security and order. Early European History What the women were after was independence of men and equality with them, while the workingmen's desire was to put an end to their vassalage to capitalists. Equality After fifteen years of patient hoping, waiting, and watching for the shaping of government, they saw clearly that their future condition as a race must be submissive vassalage, a war of races, or emigration. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences And memories of persecution or of vassalage are in the physical and mental attitudes of some. The French in the Heart of America The French city, the accursed city, longing for a king, jealous of its liberties, shuddering beneath its yoke of vassalage, a vassalage of the priests with the clergy for its lord. The Companions of Jehu The lords, on the other hand, believed that as long as bishops and abbots held vast estates on feudal tenure they should continue to perform the obligations of vassalage. Early European History How about the condition of the masses in a country thus reduced to commercial vassalage to the capitalists of another country? Equality Now Chitral and Cashmere are not only far apart, but are separated by lofty mountain ranges, inhabited by other tribes, so that this sudden offer of vassalage seems rather inexplicable. Indian Frontier Policy; an historical sketch Long ago, in the depths of their forests, they had adopted the curious institution of vassalage. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period They are not champions of liberty, emulating the fame of our Revolutionary fathers, nor are you an oppressed people, contending, as they repeat to you, against worse than colonial vassalage. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term They experienced all the vicissitudes and distractions of a republic; they felt all the vassalage and despotism of a simple monarchy. The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 Under the new dynasty the little kingdom showed a keener desire to shake off its vassalage and find new markets. The War and Democracy The acceptance of the Imperial Almanac by a foreign Prince is considered an acknowledgment of vassalage to the Emperor. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Indeed, vassalage had been the unhappy condition of Judah since the death of Josiah. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets These Aryan conquerors drove before them the aboriginal inhabitants, who were chiefly Mongolians, or reduced them to a degrading vassalage. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations The vassal of Otho had reduced the successor of Otho to vassalage. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) After the disruption of the realm of the Almohades, the Moorish kingdom of Granada was established, and was held in vassalage to Castile, of which Ferdinand and Isabella, in 1474, became joint sovereigns. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation On the other hand, these same monasteries and towns, as a means of security and protection, did homage to some powerful lord, and thus came in vassalage to him. General History for Colleges and High Schools But this vassalage bore heavily on the arrogant soul of Jehoiakim, and he seized the first occasion to rebel, especially as Necho promised him protection. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets The Chinese armies in the eighteenth century had advanced into Khokand, humbled its khan, and reduced him to a state of vassalage. China One other ordinance, on the same head, riveted the vassalage of the senate. The Caesars He then proffered to kiss the King's hand, but this sign of vassalage was likewise declined; whereupon, not to be outdone in magnanimity, he leaned forward and kissed the right arm of Ferdinand. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation In token of his vassalage he agreed to pay to the Papal See the annual sum of 1000 marks. General History for Colleges and High Schools With Babylon pressing on one side and Egypt on the other,--both great monarchies,--vassalage to one or the other of these powers was inevitable. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets Land thus received in vassalage from the Emperor could not, or ought not to, be alienated without imperial sanction. Ancient China Simplified When the advocates of the established culture cry "Long live the King!" they are really shouting approval of royalty, aristocracy, landlordism, vassalage, exploitation and of all the other attributes of divine right. Bars and Shadows Who stayed at home, true vassalage no longer could pretend. The Lay of the Cid Prior to this act of vassalage, Edward I., King of England, had entered Scotland at the head of an immense army. The Scottish Chiefs The prince whose fated vassalage subdued Fell Hydra's power and all the monster brood, Soon found that envy, worse than all beside, Could only be extinguished when he died. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry However fine or profound the thought, we know what was coming, whereas the effect of reading Shakespeare is 'like the eye of vassalage encountering majesty'. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays The whole world shall be in vassalage to me, but it shall be a vassalage of peace. Revolution, and Other Essays In accordance with this' worship consists simply of the thanksgiving due for the gifts of the soil, the vassalage payable to the superior who has given the land and its fruits. Prolegomena Exchange, then a base vassalage, for freedom and a throne! The Scottish Chiefs Only after the defeat of her fleet at Amorgos in 322 B.C. will she have to know all the pangs of vassalage to Macedon. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Afar on the outskirts of civilization a vassal, ashamed of his vassalage, declared war, not against Rome, but against an emperor that played the flute. Imperial Purple Emancipation was promoted by the clergy, and slavery was exchanged for vassalage, which in like manner gradually disappeared as the condition of the people improved. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society Laws existed which might lead unobserving persons to believe that the Cubans enjoyed every liberty, but as a matter of fact the Cubans were kept under the most unbearable vassalage. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom God forbid!" returned Wallace; "suspect me not of such base vassalage to this poor tabernacle of clay. The Scottish Chiefs Another element of extravagance came in with the feudal spirit: Provencal love is full of the very forms of vassalage. Aesthetic Poetry The voice was very mournful in which Eugene made this profession of vassalage, and at its conclusion his eyes were veiled by tears of burning humiliation. Prince Eugene and His Times The nobles were determined to reduce the middle classes to vassalage. Landholding in England After 400 years of vassalage to Turkey, the Serbs rebelled in 1804, and then only Russian intervention saved them from defeat. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict They are evidently of the vassalage class of manners, and emphatically mark the prostrate distance that exists in no other condition of men than between the conqueror and the conquered. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man Water, like fire, should be the slave of man, to whom it is the first necessity; therefore his first effort in his struggle with the elements should reduce this power to vassalage. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Oh, sweet vassalage, that never again will seek enfranchisement! Prince Eugene and His Times The barons abused their power over the FREEMEN, and sought to establish the rule "that every man must have a lord," thus reducing them to a state of vassalage. Landholding in England Thou wouldst rob me of A throne!—reduce me from dominion to Base vassalage!—pull off my crown for me, And give my forehead in its place a brand! The Love-chase Submission is wholly a vassalage term, repugnant to the dignity of freedom, and an echo of the language used at the Conquest. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man He soon admitted by silence his state of vassalage and pledged himself, with Mr. Slope's assistance, to change his courses. Barchester Towers Many brave cavaliers of Granada also, spurning the quiet and security of Christian vassalage, secretly left the city and hastened to join their fighting countrymen. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada The two kingdoms would be one; the two navies would be one; and all other states would be reduced to vassalage. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 This vassalage he had doubtless been early taught to consider as degrading and unjust. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 This cringing dependence, this vassalage, this mesmerism we may call it, we all know exists. The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy He soon admitted by silence his state of vassalage, and pledged himself with Mr Slope's assistance, to change his courses. Barchester Towers He knelt to Ferdinand according to the forms of vassalage, and then departed in melancholy mood for Priego, a town about three leagues distant. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada The quit-rents imposed by the company were denounced in Congress as a mark of vassalage; and many advised a law against the employment of negroes in the colony. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 It meant disgrace, defeat; and this fire was as a seal of vassalage affixed to my arms by those I called clodhoppers and serfs. Mauprat France had formed a plan for reducing Holland to vassalage. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 There was something in her face, something even in her dress, something in her whole manner to himself, which softened him and reduced him to vassalage directly he saw her. The Prime Minister Ferdinand declined the token of vassalage, and raised him graciously from the earth. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada He shall do that, and reduce his England to a desert, before I lay my head in his hands, or show him any other kind of vassalage. Early Kings of Norway And your procedure seems to me as unaccountable as would have seemed the antics of those mobs if England had been plainly doomed to disaster and to vassalage. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story The last orders are to be given for the Christmas dinners of half-a-dozen families of vassals, mostly black or of some shade of black, who never forgot their vassalage as Christmas came round. The Brick Moon and Other Stories But, though a tributary colony of Rome, it was so remote a dependency of that mighty mistress of the world that the yoke of vassalage was but carelessly worn and lightly felt. Historic Girls At length he was about to enjoy the fruits of his humiliation and vassalage. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada My heart beats thicker than a feverous pulse, And all my powers do their bestowing lose, Like vassalage at unawares encount'ring The eye of majesty. Troilus and Cressida We should do him injustice if we supposed that a state of vassalage was agreeable to his temper. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. Jane Eyre Ferdinand turned a deaf ear to the entreaty and to all professions of friendship and vassalage. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada The story of his vassalage to the Christian sovereigns had been made use of by his father to ruin him with the people. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada It was not easy to say where her acquisitions would stop, if only England could be kept in a state of vassalage. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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