| 单词 | peasantry |
| 例句 | While the peasantry was chuckling, the Pierce Arrow would buck away in clouds of gray smoke, while the professor up front rendered a few bars of Honk Honk Kadookah. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there are the traditional khaki-colored mud-brick huts of the Chinese peasantry. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He seemed to be saying that if he and the peasantry could get along without things like Diet Coke, so could she. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Most of the soldiers in the Crusades were recruited from the peasantry. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Feeling exultant as he drove back to Cange, he considered the real victors of the election to be the Haitian peasantry, like his friends and patients at the clinic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Ms. Pasternak’s readers are likely to have no interest whatsoever in the story of her Romanian girlhood, which was plagued by Communist persecution but rooted in snobbish distinctions between peasantry and intelligentsia. Books of The Times: Close-Up Portraits of Paul Newman and Martha Stewart 2010-03-21T23:35:00Z The writers make the most of their understanding that that the fairy tale they're peddling is utterly ridiculous, but no more than any romantic fable about princes finding love among the peasantry. "Coming 2 America" takes the crown, delivering a sequel worthy of & less patriarchal than the first 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The O'Brien homestead, Drewsboro, was a house in decline: the remnants of its grandeur are given as sops to the persecutory peasantry that surrounded it. Country Girl by Edna O'Brien – review 2012-10-12T21:55:03Z He built enormous castles, loved the music of Richard Wagner, and amazed the peasantry with his caprices. In conversation with Werner Herzog: 'Facts do not constitute truth' 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Manuel’s family is rooted in the Spanish peasantry and lower middle class, a largely anonymous world of “barns, poverty, stink, alienation, disease, catastrophe.” ‘Ordesa’ Is a Meditation on Yearning, Solitude and Family 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z More than any compulsion of economics, Hobsbawm argues, revolution and war were the decisive factors in the emancipation of the French and parts of the European peasantry. Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z When societies become too rich and civilized, they decline and dissipate around the edges, and they begin to adopt as new and luxe signifiers normally associated with the peasantry. | Lanvin: At Lanvin, Pricey Designs for Society?s Decline 2010-08-10T20:57:00Z An anti-colonialist novel that caused a stir when it was first published in 1860, this pseudonymously written work tells the story of a Dutch colonial administrator who struggles against the exploitation of the Indonesian peasantry. New & Noteworthy 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z "He writes about the peasantry, about life in the countryside, about people struggling to survive, struggling for their dignity, sometimes winning but most of the time losing," said Englund. Mo Yan wins Nobel prize in literature 2012 2012-10-11T11:38:19Z The gaunt, careworn faces of peddlers on Genoa’s narrow, crowded streets evoke an unchanging urban peasantry. | 'The Mouth of the Wolf': A Study of Time, Love and Decay in Genoa 2011-08-03T22:03:03Z There’s an elaborate historical backstory involving the property’s long-ago proprietor, a baron whose misdeeds caused the local peasantry to burn down his château on the very site where the institute is now housed. The Tasteless Intricacies of “A Cure for Wellness” 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z “I loved it. It is about the Scottish peasantry, about the land, about the family, which is the greatest source of joy and terror; all tragedies are about families really.” Terence Davies, Unfiltered and Bitter 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z I’m quite certain that, were we to revert back to our primal selves in such a place, the peasantry would otherwise rise up and devour the hearts of the star authors. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z “Being born into the United States rather than the Congo is like being born into the nobility rather than the peasantry in the Middle Ages,” he explained in an interview with the Washington Post. On this dark day for DACA consider what open borders really mean 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The predicament of the pickers — who the author Eric Schlosser suggests in the film may constitute one facet of “a new peasantry” — is more than enough to move and shame us. ‘Food Chains,’ on Tomato Pickers’ Efforts to Break Free 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The paragraphs seem to be a reasonably fair description of what was inflicted upon much of the South Vietnamese peasantry by the United States. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Instead of a disenfranchised peasantry clinging to tradition in the face of modernity, contemporary British cinema finds a demoralized postindustrial underclass fighting for dignity at the margins of the global economy. Movie Review: ‘The Selfish Giant,’ Directed by Clio Barnard 2013-12-19T23:03:38Z Fugitives and vagabonds ravaged the countryside, visiting terror on the free peasantry, Siberia’s real colonists. Prison without a roof 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z A gaggle of villagers, distinguished by their blue wristbands, have been allowed to stand in a designated area on the lawn flanking the drive, the peasantry acknowledging their betters. Pippa and James aren’t here yet ... Ooh look, is that Roger Federer? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z According to the study there was evidence that the practice was driving hundreds of thousands of refugees into urban slums and squalid camps, causing unnecessary death and suffering, and angering the peasantry. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This could cause resentment among nobles as well as the peasantry. Scalia’s elite hunting pals: Meet St. Hubertus, patron saint of rich guys with guns 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “I wish you, the peasantry, physical and mental well-being and greater success in agricultural farming,” the message said. Burmese Find Release in Music and Art Under Repressive Junta 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z The beautiful and savvy stepdaughter in Mirror Mirror entreats the peasantry to rise up, UK Uncut-style, against the crippling taxes of Julia Roberts's wicked queen. Why 2012 was the year of the fairytale 2012-12-24T08:30:01Z Rivera’s Cubist masterpiece, painted when he was just 29, brilliantly fuses the land, revolution and the peasantry — with Zapata as its modern emblem. Diego Rivera's Cubist masterpiece arrives at LACMA 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The loyal peasantry will gather at the gate and raise a ragged cheer. Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers 2011-02-09T08:00:02Z But he sympathised with the Russian peasantry, for whom vodka was nectar. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z A small cheer went up from the peasantry gathered on the lawn. Pippa and James aren’t here yet ... Ooh look, is that Roger Federer? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Buckley is as royally condescending to his betters as he is to peasantry. Review: ‘The Jeweler’s Eye,’ by William F. Buckley Jr. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z First the Teutonic Knights, a medieval military order, and then the German peasantry rose up against exploitation by the merchant class, of which Fugger was the figurehead. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z It was rumored to have been said by an out-of-touch Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, after she learned that the French peasantry had run out of bread. What Happens When You Ask a Chinese Chatbot About Taiwan? 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z During the Middle Ages, the Third Estate was represented by wealthy elites from the cities and large towns, with the peasantry – despite being the majority of the population – enjoying no representation whatsoever. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He encouraged the peasantry to grow cotton during the winter months, when they were not growing food crops, and sold the cotton to Britain. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z However, power did not suddenly shift away from the noble landowners in favor of the peasantry and common people. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Korean cuisine’s roots lie in the austere vegetarianism of the Buddhist temples, the hearty offerings of the rural peasantry and the sophisticated palates of aristocracy and royalty. The latest Asian culinary invasion: K-food 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z You might learn about peasantry and possibility and gather such pearls as this from May, about his players: “They weren’t afraid to lose today and go home. They’re not afraid of failure.” Analysis | A flea-market Final Four is plenty of fun if you have the right spirit 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps most importantly, nobles everywhere paid few taxes, especially in comparison to the taxes, fees, and rents that beleaguered the peasantry. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z So Mao came to believe that a Marxist state could be built on the peasantry rather than on industrial workers. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Assyrian population was made up of four hierarchically organized classes: the nobility, the professional class, the peasantry, and the enslaved. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And he overhauled Communist Party doctrine, modernizing a movement rooted in the working classes and peasantry into one that courted and co-opted intellectuals and an emerging business elite. Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z He succeeded, but at the expense of a rent in the fabric of Russian history that left many recently Europeanized elites feeling estranged from the traditional culture of the peasantry. Review | Putin’s centuries-long march into Ukraine 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Rumors spread among the peasantry that nobles were hoarding stores of grain, driving up prices and starving the peasants into submission. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Stalin’s purges took millions of lives among the peasantry in the 1930s. Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The largest class, and the least well documented, was the peasantry. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As a result, Mao addressed his rhetoric not only to the proletariat proper but to the peasantry as well. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Despite huge increases in economic growth since the late 1950s, little had been done to improve the plight of the vast Mexican peasantry. Luis Echeverría, Mexican politician with tarnished legacy, dies at 100 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z In most cases, from Sweden to Austria, monarchs worked out compromises with their nobles that saw both sides benefit, generally at the expense of the peasantry. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether they’re attendees or hired actors portraying the royalty or peasantry of 16th and 17th century Elizabethan England is hard to say, but one thing will be certain: The fair is back. Turkey legs, mead and oyster sliders: What to eat and drink at the Renaissance Faire 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Going further, Leigh compared eastern slaves to those he scornfully called “the peasantry of the west.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Historian Robert Conquest told Congress in 1986, “The Soviet assault on the peasantry, and on the Ukrainian nation,” during the early 1930s “was one of the largest and most devastating events in modern history.” Cut off from food, Ukrainians recall famine under Stalin, which killed 4 million of them 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The force of the peasantry is like that of the raging winds and driving rain. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They relentlessly taxed the peasantry as well: royal taxes doubled in France between 1630 – 1650, and the concomitant peasant uprisings were ruthlessly suppressed. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z And we, like the medieval peasantry, are surrounded by the spectacle of high net worth individuals and their expensive adventurism. Opinion | In Medieval Europe, a Pandemic Changed Work Forever. Can It Happen Again? 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The war in Vietnam was fought in the name of the Vietnamese peasantry, yet Hayslip is perhaps the only Vietnamese American author of that background. A reading guide on the Asian American experience from Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Yu and more 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z By a visual code most Koreans know, Yeun’s pale skin and delicate features connote cosmopolitanism, while my dark, mushier features evoke the rural peasantry. The Many Lives of Steven Yeun 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The peasantry will tear apart all nets which bind it and hasten along the road to liberation. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the nobility were in increasing conflict with the peasantry, largely because the former were trying to extract more wealth from the latter. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Brunch and Netflix became our “bread and circuses” – the ancient Roman practice of appeasing the peasantry with distraction. Covid-19 is domesticating millennials. Who thought that would be possible? | Amelia Hall 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z This was, in theory, the primary purpose of the secular aristocracy: to be professional killers, to defend the realm and to protect the clergy and the peasantry. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z In late medieval Eastern Europe, from Prussia and Poland to Russia, nobles colluded to impose serfdom on their peasantries to lock down a depleted labor force. Opinion | Why the Wealthy Fear Pandemics 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z She argued: “The peasantry must be able to sustain itself.” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The counterrevolutionary stability of French society ended up being secured by a despotic buffoon — this might sound familiar — who relied on conservative ideology and the support of the peasantry for his election and subsequent coup. Bernie Sanders' campaign proved that organizing around class interests works 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The story goes that Abhartach was a tyrant, who terrorised the local peasantry. Never mind Transylvania, Dracula was Irish 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The attraction to the Mandarin is largely a consequence of its all-you-can-eat wonder buffet, wherein the utopian concept of cheap and endless abundance, dreamed of by generations of Slavic peasantry, is finally fulfilled. ‘Bread is practically sacred’: how the taste of home sustained my refugee parents 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Both muscle past the peasantry like they weren’t there. Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S: More Car Than Anyone Could Ever Enjoy 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Nafta originally excluded agricultural goods, but they were included at the insistence of the Mexican government, which wanted to “modernise” its peasantry by moving them from agriculture into urban circuits of industry. How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The peasantry were swept into the cogs and wheels of this machinery and a new class of masters, the factory owners and the merchants, usurped the landed gentry’s control over society. Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Dracula is a wealthy landlord, whose power is resented by the local peasantry. Never mind Transylvania, Dracula was Irish 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Tektons were generally seen as ranking, socially and economically, below the peasantry since most didn’t own a plot of land. How can you be Christian without caring for the poor? 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z To convert the country they eliminated the best and the brightest and destroyed the peasantry. The legacy of the Russian revolution can still be felt today 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Beijing may be seeing the second part of Standing’s title: Development of a Dangerous Class; terrifying for the C.C.P., the educated more strident that the peasantry? Campaign to Drive Out Migrants Slams Beijing’s Best and Brightest 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z More importantly, the peasantry did not surrender “surplus” workers and grain without immense economic damage, bitter resistance and widespread suffering. What there is to learn from the Soviet economic model 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z In the reading room he studied works on economics and on the Russian peasantry. London's role in the Russian Revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z He pushed for the emancipation of the Polish peasantry, and protected his country’s new liberal constitution. Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Poland’s all-American hero 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Stalin consolidated absolute power in his hands, and unleashed brutal collectivisation and a famine which claimed the lives of two of Mr Gorbachev’s uncles and an aunt and destroyed the Russian peasantry. How Mikhail Gorbachev ended the cold war 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z "But, the role of the peasantry in the uprising has been glossed over by bourgeois historians," Mr Banerjee elaborates. Indian mutiny: Remembering farmers who fought British rule - BBC News 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z But clearly this doesn’t include living in the pedestrian little cottage quaintly known to the ever-reverential peasantry as the White House. Opinion | Republicans would rather have a king than a president 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The quick tale of merry old England: a Norman nobility conquered an Anglo-Saxon peasantry, grabbed hold of the lowlands and slowly conquered the uplands and highlands in Wales and Scotland. Brexit Backlash: Why Scotland’s elites want to try again for independence 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The gold leaf landing on cathedrals was not bettering the lot of the peasantry. Davos Elite Fret About Inequality Over Vintage Wine and Canapés 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The warrior samurai enforced their lords' reign over the peasantry by extending punishments to transgressors' families. The Japanese parents who apologise for their children - BBC News 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The oppressed peasantry had given the insurgent revolutionaries safe homes and risked their lives too; the Cuban revolution seemed a genuine revolution from below. In our youth, before the dream soured, we fell for Castro’s vision | Will Hutton 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z When Bhumibol first ascended the throne, some 80% of Thailand’s 17 million people were uneducated rural peasantry, eking out substance livings from farms and forests, with life revolving around the local temple. Thailand Bids Farewell to King Bhumibol Adulyadej 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Polling shows that supporters of the insurgent leader in this drama, Donald Trump, are not in fact an impoverished peasantry in revolt — their household income is above the national average. The presidential candidates are giving labor short shrift 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z July 27, 1968 — The military is dispatched to restore order and urban youth are sent down to the countryside, ostensibly to spread revolution and learn from the nation's peasantry. Key developments in China's 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z July 27, 1968 — The military is dispatched to restore order and urban youth are sent down to the countryside, ostensibly to spread revolution and learn from the nation’s peasantry. Key developments in China's 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The lord of a region lived off the labor of the peasantry that worked his land, exacting a share of the harvest or other forms of tribute. Editorials from around New England 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s rare that I disagree with David Boaz over at Cato, my more usual attitude is the doffed cap and tugged forelock of the peasantry meeting the gentry. Venezuela's Not Suffering From Socialism But From Anti-Marketism 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z And let’s assume that inequality gets so bad that we peasantry are reduced to scavenging in the woods and nary a soul crosses the doors of a Sam’s Club outlet. I'm Not Sure That Naomi Klein Actually Understands Economics All That Well 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Exports were largely cocoa, the cocoa being grown by the rural peasantry. Sure, Putin's Doing Macroeconomic Populism But He's Hardly The Only One 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The state insisted that Kurds were merely “Mountain Turks,” a form of Turkish peasantry. Atoning for a Genocide | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z But its central insight was sound: that the future lay with coalitions of different estates, petty bourgeois and peasantry and proletariat mixed up, not with a Commune committed to one. Fighting Over the Paris Commune | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z By the 17th century, more than half of the English peasantry was landless. 1,000 Miles South of Thanksgiving 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z When Boxer, the horse who represents the Russian peasantry, mindlessly mutters, “I will work harder,” he is quoting Sinclair’s hapless protagonist, Jurgis Rudkus. What Free Marketeers Can Learn About Inequality From George Orwell's Time Living Down and Out 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Which is that there doesn’t seem to be any great benefit in the system for the poor peasantry that it’s supposedly designed to help. Surprise! Fairtrade Doesn't Benefit The Poor Peasants 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z After "former persons", the next group to be attacked in the Soviet Union was the peasantry, who died in their millions. The perils of belief 2014-01-03T16:42:03Z They say that Joseph Stalin wanted to starve into submission the rebellious Ukrainian peasantry and force them into collective farms. Memories of Ukraine's silent massacre 2013-11-23T01:42:47Z This may be building future homes for a retired and consolidated peasantry or it may prove construction of ghost high rises doomed to be victims of a looming real estate investment bubble. What Do China's New Policies Mean for the Environment? 2013-11-22T16:15:20.340Z When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. 13,14. Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Illustrated (Chapter 2: Waging War) 2013-10-03T13:00:00Z The Maoists fought for the interests of a small and marginal peasantry, agricultural workers and tribal people and also hoped to overthrow the government. India Ink: The Road That Led to Telangana 2013-08-05T11:16:19Z Kings were in alliance with a free peasantry. The Apprentice v the Law of Jante 2013-05-07T12:05:09Z But Michigan was also, for two generations in the middle of the 20th century, the destination for Southern sharecroppers looking to escape their penurious peasantry. Right-to-work bill: Michigan just gives up 2012-12-10T21:05:00Z In the countryside, an all-out war on the indigenous Mayan peasantry was launched. Guatemala's Chixoy dam: where development and terror intersect 2012-12-10T15:01:43Z In the following years, Mr. Nasser’s land reform policies and expansion of health care and education in the countryside made him popular among the peasantry. Abdel-rahman Elabnoudy, Egypt’s Poet of the People 2012-11-07T22:30:58Z His messages resonated deeply in rural Cambodia, where he was adored by the peasantry. IHT Rendezvous: The Bloodied Legacy of Cambodia's Chameleon King 2012-10-15T05:05:14Z During the crusades, the nobility and peasantry of Europe abruptly crossed the known world and fought for places they had only ever read about. Assassin's Creed 3 Creative Director Talks the History Behind Assassin's Creed 3 2012-10-11T16:17:53Z Taking the narrow paths, leaping the stiles and gates, they at first seemed to gain upon the mass of peasantry who followed them, though their pursuers were on horseback and they on foot. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z It is true that eight hundred years ago a few of the ancestors of a few of the existing peasantry might in a sort of sense have been called landowners. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z There were a few bands of revolted peasantry and brigands in that quarter, whom the Count had threatened to suppress; but such a task was somewhat distasteful to them. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z There is a sad want of rain, Monsieur le Chevalier, and I fear the poor peasantry will suffer. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Its present shockingly uprooted condition, and the almost total lack of interest the peasantry living in its immediate vicinity take in it, have a depressing effect on anyone interested in Irish literature, history, or antiquities. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z To the peasantry it offered itself rather as a deliverance. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z But so far as the Gaelic race survives, it would be equally true to say that the ancestors of the existing peasantry had been the serfs or the slaves of barbarous chieftains. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z But the only force in presence consisted of some six or seven hundred armed peasantry, headed by about six score men-at-arms, with three or four gentlemen apparently of knightly rank. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z In Catalonia and Valencia the “germanias” were combinations of the peasantry to resist the exactions of the feudal lords. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z This rock was known by this name among the peasantry of the neighbourhood up to recent times, until Irish became a dead language in this part of the country. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The reduction to serfdom of the Bohemian peasantry, in 1487, may be regarded as the final result of the overthrow of the Taborites. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z In Ireland, indeed, they are not far wrong; for the peasantry are very nearly the whole community. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z I have no wish," replied the Count, "to drain the place of its peasantry, good seneschal. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z Then hire any of the peasantry to keep watch upon them, night and day, paying whatever sum may be necessary in advance, and giving strict orders to follow them wherever they go. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z They were told by the peasantry that the fort was made by the Danes! Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Although heretic seigneurs and nobles had been by this time well-nigh destroyed and their lands had passed to others, there was still infection among the bourgeoisie of the cities and the peasantry. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z It is the pivot upon which all Irish politics turn; for although priestly influence counts for a great deal, that influence itself depends in great measure on the land hunger of the peasantry. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z With the old soldiers who accompanied him, and the aid of such of his peasantry as had served before, whatever was wanting to the discipline of the rest was soon accomplished. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z Mr. Cranmer resigned his burden with a momentary admiration of the beauty of the West of England peasantry, and came forward to where Mrs. Battishill was standing. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z If one is to believe what the peasantry living in its vicinity say, the quantity of gold ornaments found there was very great. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z For a moment, the wild idea of a whole gentry fleeing like hares before their peasantry, had not seemed so very wild. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z In short, the discontent of the Irish peasantry proves that the Anglo-Irish system of tenure is about the worst of all possible systems; but it proves little or nothing in favour of peasant ownership. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z This, after a while, was relegated to the peasantry and artisans north of Trent. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z The peasantry are Arcadian to a degree, the spot remote beyond the imagination of English people. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z It was merely the traditional remembrance of the old games that had not been celebrated for seven hundred years previously, that caused the peasantry to meet at Tailltean. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The picturesque dress of the Italian and Greek peasantry so fascinated him that for a long period he forsook history for small genre works, of which brigands and peasants were the chief subjects. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z A land does not lose that has such customs among its peasantry, that weaves in its religious belief with the inextricable souvenirs of home and childhood. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z So Lord Plunket, referring to an ½ominous silence¸ which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, ½If you knew now to appreciate that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition.¸ Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Among the European peasantry, where the hog is, so to speak, one of the family, he may often be seen following his master from place to place, and grunting his recognition of his protectors. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The excessive distress among the peasantry of these misgoverned States accounts for these things, and one only wonders why there is not even more robbing among such a starving population. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z He would earn his livelihood in the sweat of his brow, and he would carry the light of his lofty ideas into the hovels of the suffering peasantry. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z May she never lose the virile independence of character that so distinguishes her people, the pride of simple manhood that looks out of the eyes of her honorable peasantry and makes their innate courtesy. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z O'Connell rises and pronounces a magnificent harangue, which sways the passions of the peasantry as forests wave when swept by the wing of the tempest. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z In France, said Buffon, you may distinguish by their aspect, not only the nobility from the peasantry, but the superior order of nobility from the inferior, these from the citizens, and citizens from the peasants. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It is difficult to see the athletic frames and dark flashing eyes of the Lombardy peasantry, and remember their degraded condition. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Moreover, a proclamation, addressed to the peasantry, was printed on an “underground” press, naming the Czar, the landlords and the Jews as enemies of the people. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z She has told of the lonely hills, the chestnut forests, the never-failing streams of the Norway of Spain, and made alive the ancient usages, and the crabbed originality of the peasantry. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z On one side the “country” as opposed to the “town” has a closer natural sympathy with the common and general interest: and the peasantry is the undifferentiated, solid and sound, basis of the national life. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z In a former paper I have alluded to the effects of a vivid flood of light upon the Italian peasantry, as observed by Ramazzini. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The Italian peasantry who come to the cities to sell or bargain, pass their noons in these cool places. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z For centuries and centuries and centuries we have been living at the expense of those good, honest, overworked people, the peasantry. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The diligence rattled down the precipitous streets of Segovia, passed under the towering aqueduct, "the devil's bridge" the peasantry call it, then mounted the swelling hills to the palace at San Ildefonso. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z A single miracle of consequence, performed before a court, and acknowledged and attested by persons of high authority, would have been more effectual than the suspected testimony of all the peasantry and vagabonds in Gallilee. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Such is the dimness that this brightness produces, that the peasantry frequently lose their way in the fields in the glare of day; but on the approach of night they can see distinctly. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Ask the Irish peasantry why they mark that period with the solemn phrase of "Cromwell's Curse!" Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Wood being scarce in these parts, the peasantry made fuel of manure. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Though such a surmise is foolish, for perhaps it is because of its isolation that the Spanish peasantry is racy and vigorous. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z These, he informs us, and his statement is corroborated by every intelligent traveller, form a very small portion of the treasure of song which exists unrecorded among the peasantry. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z To this day the Irish peasantry, and even many of the superior classes, firmly believe in the malevolent and destructive effect of the evil eye, when cast upon man or beast. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The potato rot did not come upon the Irish peasantry in a day or in a week. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Yet the very considerable numerical proportion of the town middle-classes, and still more of the peasantry, continues to find direct expression in the electoral statistics of parliamentarism. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z She has a peasantry beyond praise for its virile industry, and she has a class of city loafers the idlest that ever encumbered a plaza. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Lace-making is practised by the female peasantry; and the other industries are printing, iron-founding, tanning and currying, brick and tile making, malting and brewing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Such of the peasantry as joined the army fought under the Austrian banners, and Wangheim and the other border villages had not to pay the bloody penalty of a divided allegiance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z All through the fall and winter Olaf had been travelling along the shores and up through the dales; wherever it was practicable he had summoned the peasantry to public assemblies and presented his case. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z In the small Helvetian Republic, the lower middle-classes of the towns and the rich peasantry constituted the basis of the conservative democracy of the united cantons. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z This peasantry is by instinct well-bred, proud of a pure descent, by nature a gentleman, a caballero. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z To the peasantry the pig was, economically speaking, everything; for that matter he is a great deal to them still since, take him for all in all, he is the most profitable of domestic animals. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Fifi did not share his young mistress’s ideas as to the unfitness of the peasantry for association with the high born, and took a decided fancy to Katherine at first sight. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z The peasantry resumed their old habits and practices; in many places the old worship was wholly restored, including the sacrificial festivals. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z The dictatorship of the proletariat does not exclude, of course, either separate agreements, or considerable concessions, especially in connection with the lower middle-class and the peasantry. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z These pretty plants are called "shinleaf," because the leaves of some of the species were used by the English peasantry as plasters which they applied to bruises or sores. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z On an elevation of the heath stands "Jack Straw's Castle,"Jack Straw's Castle believed to mark the place of encampment of that rebel chieftain with his mob of peasantry. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z It was quite true that the peasantry were a prey to rheumatic pains and aches. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Once more we are shown the practical importance of the manorial system in fashioning the state of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z It was necessary to awaken in the lower ranks of the peasantry suspicion and hostility towards the speculating upper strata. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Meanwhile, the upheaval of the peasantry continued to be intermittent. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He established a forty-shilling franchise which gave votes to the poorest, most ignorant, and most dependent peasantry in Europe. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The peasantry poured into his camp, but they were worse than of no service to him--a half-savage horde of idle lookers-on, who howled and danced and quarrelled. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z In many respects the position of the peasantry in ancient demesne is nearly allied to that of men holding in villainage at common law. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The political education of tens of millions of the middle peasantry did not take place as easily and smoothly as in the school-room, and it did not give immediate and unquestionable results. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z A singular effect of these proceedings, which in itself spoke volumes, was a sudden moral reform among the peasantry. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z A noble was described by the peasantry at this time as 'a gentleman to the backbone;' a landed squire as 'a gentleman every inch of him.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z A gloom of failure hung like a pall over the peasantry. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z And the improvement did not stop there: although the peasantry held their plots only by base tenure and at the lord's will, the lord allowed in most cases a hereditary possession. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z But even the very fact that the Russian proletariat has found support in the peasantry Kautsky turns against us. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Hence the inevitable tendency of things is to impoverish more and more the wretched peasantry. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The peasantry all over France had, during the last few years, been guilty of raids upon the chateaux, had pillaged some, burnt others, inflicted outrages on the inhabitants. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Parties of braves were despatched in all directions to annex the scanty stores which oppression had left to the peasantry. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The Conquest had cast free and unfree peasantry together into the one mould of villainage; feudalism prevented villainage from lapsing into slavery. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The lower middle-classes, and particularly the peasantry, retain their existence long after their economic methods have been made obsolete, and have been condemned, by the technical development of the productive powers of society. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z He commanded against the French at Castlebar, and he shared in the humiliating defeat which Humbert’s handful of men, supported by a body of Irish peasantry, inflicted on the royal army. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z The peasantry would, of course, be wild with indignation, and, all things considered, there was plenty of excuse for excess. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z These roofs, among the peasantry, have no parapets. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The names of the peasantry will show the natural subdivisions of the class. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Having poisoned the Soviet regime by its "reactionary element," the peasantry has deprived us of its support. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z They are accused of being directly or indirectly concerned in many robberies, and of preying on the peasantry. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Then he would raise the peasantry, who were ready and trained to arms, and, if need were, storm the chateau. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z With apostolic fervor did he preach the Gospel among these hills and vales, and his work, for more than three generations, has instructed the Scottish peasantry in the high doctrines of the Christian faith. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z They may be explained by the fact that the persons engaged in drawing up a custumal, jotted down denominations of the peasantry without comparing them carefully with what preceded. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In reality, what is true is that wide masses of the peasantry are suffering from the absence of the essential products of industry. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The bazars are poorly built, but are clean, well supplied, and busy, though the trade of Van is suffering from the general insecurity of the country and the impoverishment of the peasantry. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Poorer students learned what they could from the clergy, and the peasantry were wholly illiterate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Among other things, they give a just representation of the religious character of the Scottish peasantry. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Judging by this, the bulk of the peasantry was not considered unfree. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The powerful class of rich peasantry, if it was not finally annihilated, proved to be shaken to its foundations, with its self-reliance undermined. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z There was nothing like exultation or triumph exhibited by the peasantry as this pageant passed by. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z He is very successful in his delineation of low life, and especially of the peasantry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Would that many of our poor English peasantry were as well off as the negroes now are, instead of suffering, as they often do, from cold and hunger. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z One of the most important results of conquest from this point of view was certainly the systematic way in which the subjection of the peasantry was worked out. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The middle peasantry, remaining politically shapeless, just as it is economically shapeless, began to learn to find its representative in the foremost worker, as before it found it in the noisy village speculator. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Not only in respect to keeping open-house and in alternately patronizing and bullying the peasantry, but in filling his gun-room shelves with cups and other trophies won by his livestock. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The revenue for such bribes he wrung from the Galician peasantry, who gave him a measure of hate with every measure of grain. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z This lonely ruin was regarded with superstitious dread by the peasantry, who durst never approach it, on account of the strange unearthly noises and the weird creatures that haunted its wild recesses. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z I have divided my analysis of the condition of the feudal peasantry into two parts according to a principle forcibly suggested, as I think, by the material at hand. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The most hesitation was principally to be observed amongst the widest, the middle section of the peasantry. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Our pastors in this canton are not idle, and our peasantry are generally well instructed in their Christian duties, so I trust that he is better employed than any of you suppose. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The love of the Galician peasantry for "Our Lady" blends childlike familiarity with impassioned devotion. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z It contained an introductory criticism and an essay on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Clues as to the condition of Saxon peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The proletariat demanded of the peasantry the granting of food credits, economic subsidies in respect of values which it is only now about to create. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Sabot, s�-bō′, n. a wooden shoe, worn by the French peasantry: a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z This far northwestern province is the Bœotia of Spain; its stupid, patient peasantry are the butt of all the Peninsula, and to be called a 400 Gallego is to be called a fool. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Education is backward, and extreme poverty almost universal among the peasantry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z But the influence of the strangers went broadly against the peasantry, and it has been repeatedly shown that Norman lawyers were prompted by anything but a mild spirit towards them. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z But any spontaneous revolution, with its foundations laid in the masses of the peasantry, would have been individualistic and not communistic. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The morals of the agricultural labourers of the English fen country eighty years ago were a scandal, and the peasantry read nothing; more than half of them could not read. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The Leon peasantry is said to be the finest in all Spain, and surely no concourse of people could have been more honest, courteous, and dignified than this. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z From 1654 to 1663, Switzerland experienced a severe agricultural crisis, attended with oppressive cheapness of corn, a great decline in the price of land, innumerable cases of insolvency, revolts of the peasantry, emigration, etc. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z A careful analysis of the law of ancient demesne may even give us valuable clues to the condition of the Saxon peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z He recognizes the present status of Rome as greatly superior to the ancient order of things—but laments the ignorance and superstition of the common people in general, and the peasantry in particular. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Famine had made its appearance in many parts of the country, and the peasantry would be glad to be rid of the incubus of landlordism at any cost. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z On market-days its open spaces are filled with country carts and the quaint little covered-in omnibuses, like those used by the peasantry of France on their immensely long straight roads. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z This would be a bulwark against the destructive inroads of socialism similar to that which the freed peasantry in France were and still are. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z It is clear that it was intended, not only to describe the general condition of the peasantry, but to define more particularly their status. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z A stiff little green leaf made of very shiny paper appeared, and with it, Nora found, was an old fashioned nose-gay, the sort beloved by the Italians and the Polish peasantry. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z The landlords proceeded with their evictions, and the peasantry retaliated by outrage until the Liberal government, having failed to pass their ameliorative measure, was forced to have recourse to coercion. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z The gardens and orchards of the monasteries and convents were well kept, proving the care and industry of the pious peasantry and the holy inmates of the cloisters. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z The Russian lords pay no taxes, and they retain, in almost undiminished force, that power to abuse, insult, and destroy the peasantry which was possessed by the ancienne noblesse of France before the Revolution. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The position of the peasantry gets considered chiefly from the point of view of the lord's interests, and the classification on the basis of services comes naturally to the fore. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Their inborn tendency to roaming made them the terror of the peasantry and the despair of every legislator who tried to settle them on the land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Fernando found in them the same simple and easily satisfied disposition that he had discovered among his own peasantry. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The surrounding population and peasantry immediately rose in favour of the republic, which recovered the town and fortress of Legnago. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z Those fit for military service were to be taken into the army, and the rest were to live and dress and deport themselves in the same manner as the peasantry of the country. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The juries made their presentments in respect of large masses of peasantry, under the preponderating influence of the gentry and without much chance for the verification of particular instances. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In most of those parts of the Continent—Brittany, for example—where the peasantry maintains old fashions in clothing, the belt or girdle is still an important part of the clothing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z But that many Moorish legends and stories were handed down among the Spanish peasantry, especially in the more southerly parts of the Peninsula, can hardly be doubted. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The conditions of the peasantry are often very hard, though the reports we read are generally exaggerated. 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 One of the most striking characteristics of this colored peasantry is their desire to obtain education for themselves and their children. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z It is this—to what extent can the existence of a class of freeholders among the peasantry of feudal England be maintained? Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The road is intended to unite Santiago 309with the very productive district of Talca, a distance of 180 miles, and is destined to exercise a most beneficial influence in improving the position of the peasantry. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The brother of the Regent of Bandong, a truly chivalrous soul, but imperious and full of aristocratic hauteur in his deportment towards the peasantry, was our companion and guard of honour. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Pigs and fowls are in abundance, and the rearing of poultry is generally the principal means of living possessed by the peasantry. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The conduct of the newly emancipated peasantry would have done credit to Christians of the most civilized country in the world. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z And, indeed, there are unmistakable signs of the fact that the flood was rising slowly and swamping the several groups of the peasantry which hitherto had been of very various conditions. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The men and women were alike tall and stout—remarkable specimens of the well-developed population of the province, and reminding you of the peasantry in Westmoreland. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Traces, too, of the markedly hairy race, now extinct, supposed to be the ancestor of Toda and Ainu alike, are to be found here and there in Europe, especially among the Russian peasantry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z He at once proposed to emancipate the peasantry, and to indemnify the landlords from the land. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Memory of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was all the more bitter in the nineteenth, because the destitution of the peasantry was increasing hopelessly. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Ancient demesne tenure is another proof of the same freedom in villainage; it is protected though base, and supposes independent rights on the part of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In Brittany many scenes of open conflict took place as the troubled peasantry strove to prevent the sudden spoliation of those institutions which they held dearest on earth. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The habits of the peasantry and artisans were transmitted to writing by educated pens. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z My companion maintained his high spirits until we reached the top of the spur of Monte Luco, known to the peasantry as the Virgin's Cradle. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The prospect of freedom in religion made the clergy and peasantry mutinous. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z But the institution could not rest on the basis of legal freehold if it was to represent the great bulk of the peasantry in the townships. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z They were neither hunted nor worried, and even the peasantry, in the mud villages, looked upon them as sacred, and their songs as God-gifts. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z On more than one occasion the bullets have been whistling pretty freely about the streets, and the surrounding campi�a was, for the time, practically in the hands of an armed, lawless peasantry. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Buffon says, that in France you may distinguish by their aspect not only the nobles from the peasantry, but the superior orders of nobility from the inferior—these from citizens, and citizens from peasants. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z He dispersed the revolted peasantry of Suffolk, and set a marked example to the nobility. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z It would be difficult to speak of free peasantry in the modern sense at the time with which we are now dealing. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z It was perhaps the noise made by the owls that gave rise to the notion, ripe enough among the peasantry, that the old Castle was haunted. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Vizco el Borje robbed only from the rich, and was profuse in the distribution of money and plunder among the peasantry. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He devoted his attention chiefly to depicting in poetry the life, manners and customs of the common people of Cuba, and particularly of the peasantry. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z The peasantry, however, retained the Greek language and remained faithful to the Eastern Church; during the past century the Italian element was completely absorbed by the Greek population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In reality the peasantry gained much more than the lord. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Only this; that in time, for one man among the peasantry who now thinks like Thomas Wanless there will be tens of thousands. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z No list of misguided peasantry, beguiled and betrayed by base agitator, ever registers his name: the midnight meetings of the "Black Hand" find no gitano present at their sworn and secret conclaves. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z His avocations brought him into contact with all classes of the community—officials, priests, land-owners, mechanics, and peasantry: giving him an unrivalled opportunity to learn their ideas and observe their manners and customs. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z The Herefordshire and Worcestershire peasantry, weary of military exactions, were in arms, and though they would not join the Parliament, and for the most part dispersed after stating their grievances, the main enterprise was wrecked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z On the boundary between personal subjection and political subordination we find the liability of the peasantry to pay tallage. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The legend of Finn and the Salmon of Knowledge is still current among the peasantry; and a modern popular version of it may be seen in the Dublin Penny Journal, Vol. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The industry of the peasantry of these wild regions of Nevada deserves a passing remark. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Society consists altogether of two distinct and distant orders, the nobles and the peasantry, without any intermediate degrees. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Many superstitions still prevail among the peasantry; the belief in the vampire and the evil eye is almost universal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Customary duties of the lord in regard to the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z It is to be observed that the peasantry of the district retain to this day a lingering belief in the power of the lake of Slieve Gullion to turn the hair grey. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z I have found that the peasantry in most European countries hear of their local traditions and folk-lore first through the medium of books. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z One sixth of the whole peasantry of Russia, amounting to six or seven millions, belong to the crown, and inhabit the imperial demesne, and pay an annual tax. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z But do your nations in their wars heed the peasantry of either side, even as much as I do? The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The inference would have been false, but a good many inferences as to the social standing of the peasantry are based on no better foundation. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z It is very curious that this custom is remembered to the present day in the patois of the peasantry, even where the Irish language is no longer spoken. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z A part of the peasantry and the majority of the army had voted for them: it was the two anchors of mercy which had snapped in the midst of the tempest. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z He rambled on foot through Flanders, France and Switzerland, playing tunes which everywhere set the peasantry dancing, and which often procured for him a supper and a bed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z A grant from the Bavarian Duke evidently isolated Neidhart from his own companions, and he appears to have mingled freely with the peasantry, though we cannot determine how early the contact began. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z We must place in the same category all measures intended to prevent directly or indirectly the passage of the peasantry from one place to the other. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In my boyhood days, the peasantry believed that the great limestone cavern near Mitchelstown, in the county Cork, was one of the entrances to Tirnanoge. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Our guide laughed, and hinted that he would not be able to talk like the peasantry. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z His self-important air, also the condescending nod with which he acknowledged the respectful obeisances of the peasantry, betokened a person of no small consequence. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Our liveliest pictures of old German peasantry come, as we should expect, from a singer of the knightly class. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z But there are groups among the peasantry whose history is less doubtful. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z This contains forty-three national ballads, mostly in provincial dialects, and consequently very difficult to translate but, in many respects, extremely curious, referring to the manners, customs, and superstitions of the peasantry. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z They wandered about among the peasantry and begged; but every door was closed against his companion, with unmistakable signs of terror and distrust. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z In winter the ground was frozen, and as Ebbe was obliged to cease his digging, he left his hut, and went to Hjerting, where he hired himself out among the peasantry as a day-labourer. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Then, when the Bolshevists seized power, they ruled the peasantry on the ground that the Cities wanted it. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z It depends only indirectly on the services and payments of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z But no sooner had he resumed the advance than it was interrupted by a rising of the peasantry in his rear. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z As we came along we met some of the peasantry on the estate going to their work. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z The bark of young trees is stripped in spring to make the shoes of the Russian peasantry. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z With this record Paine spoke that day to men who feared to face the honest sentiment of the harried peasantry. 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 Is there308 in the surveys any marked difference between different classes of the peasantry in point of rural duties? Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The ownership of property being largely in the hands of absentee landlords, the peasantry have little interest in the land, the profits from which go to enrich other provinces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It is extremely unpleasant to dwell upon the disgusting scenes which are daily witnessed in the sick rooms of the Irish peasantry. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The peasantry, controlled by the priests, espoused the cause of the absolutists, but the army, the educated classes, and the people residing in cities generally adhered to the party of the constitutionalists. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Can you be surprised, when you think of these adverse influences, that the poorer Orvietans have not quite the gay and friendly air of the peasantry of the plains? Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Instead of performing work on the demesne, the peasantry are sometimes made to collect and furnish produce for the lord's table and his other wants. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Troops that had secured bread shared it with less fortunate comrades, and even the Li�gois peasantry made free gifts of supplies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z During their absence nothing was done, for the peasantry, fond as they were of Velasco, were reluctant to fight and perhaps die under the command of another. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z In those parts of tropical Asia already peopled by industrious Orientals there can never be a white peasantry. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z I was stunned for the moment, and then I realized that I was looking into the very soul of the peasantry, the open stigma of the nation. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z Notwithstanding many vexatious details, the impositions to which the peasantry had to submit left a considerable margin for their material progress. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Beneath all these, forming the mass of the agricultural population, were the peasantry and the serfs, the latter attached to the land, the former ground down by heavy taxes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z A "bold peasantry, its country's pride," by his advice and example grew up gallantly around him. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Equatorial Africa presents great differences in different parts with respect to native population, and the question of a possible future for white peasantry is there a complicated one. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z The well of the castle is nearly 300 feet deep, and the peasantry firmly believe that it contains a vast store of riches, which have been thrown into it during the civil wars. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Its solidarity is recognised in matters which do not concern him, or even which call forth an opposition between him and the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z —A cross road, or that point where four roads meet, is frequently called by the peasantry in Kent "the four vents" in other counties, "the four wents," "the four want way," &c. Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-23T02:00:20.637Z There is strength enough among our peasantry, but it is the ore—it has never been moulded for a practical purpose. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z While creating a small middle class and lavishing subsidies on the rich peasantry, it did little for the bulk of India’s poor majority. The Socialist Push Behind India’s Capitalist Rise: Pankaj Mishra 2011-09-23T00:25:02Z In education the wealthier classes are advanced, but the peasantry are still backward. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z It is certain, that in a general way this mode of administration led to a gradual improvement in the social status of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In their place, the Rzeslewo peasantry appeared as one man, with their wives and children. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Hardy as only a peasantry can be who know no comforts, he pressed on tirelessly—determined to reach his objective. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z The whole of this district, though not deserted by the people, was in a cowed state; the peasantry, and especially the well-to-do classes, were afraid to show themselves during daylight. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The stability of Europe may be said to rest on the number of its comfortable peasantry; the dam of the Revolution is the small farm. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The observation that the peasantry are commonly provided with small ploughs drawn by four beasts ruins Seebohm's hypothesis entirely. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z She has gone in and out among the peasantry and gentry with perfect confidence in their loyalty and in their attachment to her person. The Clan Fraser in Canada Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering 2011-09-09T02:01:00.467Z The poor peasantry rejoiced at getting off so cheaply, and hastened to pay the tax without first asking me whether it was lawfully levied. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The peasantry, rendered homeless and desperate, and enraged at the violation of things they held to be in the highest degree sacred, were a thorn in the side of Russia's foes. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The Russian Radicals, including the socialists, were strongly disappointed with that measure from the outset, because they thought it inflicted serious injustice on the peasantry. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The liabilities of the peasantry take the shape of produce, labour, and money-rents. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Supper among the peasantry of these northern latitudes is generally laid about half-past six. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z "Nor must you, for the Estates of the Realm have forbidden the peasantry to wear the clothes of the gentry." 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The Polish peasantry are very poor, and what would become of the miserable people, who, like the Irish of a former day, depended on their pigs, fowls and potato-crops, it was painful to think. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Hitherto it has taken little hold of the peasantry. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The case is a very early one, and may testify to the better condition of the peasantry in the first half of the twelfth century. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Cromwell made peasants of the Irish gentry, and America made gentry of the Irish peasantry, and awful snobs some of them became too! The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z "No doubt they have gathered all the peasantry within the walls of the castle." Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z We were engaged in the work of digging trenches and making emplacements for guns until the 20th, being assisted during this time by the peasantry: and fighting went on continuously at the front. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The other party—the party of the Black Division—is an agrarian party, living on the growing discontent of the peasantry, and nursing their cry for what in Russia is known as the Black Division. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The cultivation of the demesne soil of a manor depended largely on the help of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Nor was this the cry of a single voice only, but also of the whole peasantry of England at that moment of the Middle Ages when they most definitely formulated their aims. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z In the castle gate a triumphal arch awaited the new arrivals, and the notabilities of the place were grouped around the entrance, the damsels arrayed in white and the peasantry in gala costumes. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z For in some of the fights the peasantry, including women of all ages, took part, and showed that farm instruments are as deadly as any kind of "arme blanche." In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Then the burdens of the peasantry are very heavy. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z It is very common to require the free tenants to act as overseers of work to be performed by the rest of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The massacre was horrible, and the memory of that day has never faded from the imagination of the peasantry of the district. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z By order of the prior, those of the townspeople and peasantry came who had formerly served in the infantry and who were accustomed to service. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z He carried with him from Voss, as he had carried with him from Fron, favourable impressions of the Norwegian peasantry to the manly qualities of whom he often returns in his writings. Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student 2011-08-25T02:00:32.027Z As I have said, the Russian peasantry look for the great black division once in an age. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z They begin by forming a very conspicuous class among the tenants, in fact the foremost rank of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The peasantry regard the Pechts and the Danes as thoroughly human; with the fairies it is otherwise. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z In the presence of heathenism, of dissolute cities, and of semi-pagan peasantries, she is ever looking wistfully to some costly far-off supply. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Government has made the most praiseworthy efforts to remedy the evil, to raise the peasantry from the sink of ignorance in which they vegetate. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The Danish landlord was till recent times the scourge of the peasantry. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z But the general current went steadily against the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In the following notes I have recorded a few traditions gathered from the peasantry in Co. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z The language may possibly be due, as men have argued, to the simple conditions of life among the Hebrew peasantry, who possessed only one lamp, one corn-measure, and perhaps one bed. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Many persons, frightened and scandalized at this spectacle, have declared the peasantry as irreclaimably perverse. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The peasantry are simply fighting for their own land, and as their votes are courted by both political parties they will probably be able to secure some mitigation of their grievances. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z My first essay has been devoted to the peasantry of feudal England in its social character. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z I have already mentioned that I have rarely, if ever, found among the peasantry any tradition of fairies a few inches in height. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z Word came that the peasantry of DeLancey Manor had been herded up by the Constable and his lancers, and that two of the ringleaders had been hanged. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z In the great revolution of the last century, the peasantry of France took no interest and no part. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The social question in Austria is largely agrarian, but the spontaneous movements of the Austrian peasantry seem rather unlikely to run in harness with social democracy. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z But no correct estimate of the social standing of the peasantry can stop here, or content itself with legal or administrative definitions. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z It appears to me that in the traditions of the Ulster peasantry we see indications of a tall, savage people, and of various races of small men. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z When I came to Vinnitsa, I found there the troops of Pan Aksak, now present in this camp; but I had not put off my minstrel skin yet, for I feared the peasantry. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z I have always considered the character of the European peasantry as the most difficult problem in the social system of those countries. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z There is a distressed nobility, a distressed peasantry, a distressed working class, a distressed body of university men. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The reeve has more especially to superintend the performance of labour imposed on the319 peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In those days the peasantry regarded whatever was brought to them by the sea as lawful booty, and were little disposed to brook the interference of magistrate or clergyman. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z This strange, topsy-turvey country, not content with having fruit with stones on the outside, has made the unique experiment of handing over its government to its peasantry! The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z There is no other besides us--the middle class scarcely exists, and the peasantry are against us. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Laveleye, E. de, on Italian peasantry, 59; no revolutionary Metropolis in Italy, 60; Spanish socialist clubs, 61; the Portuguese, 65; the Scandinavians, 67; Belgian socialism, 71; State Socialism in England, 346; professes State Socialism, 384. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Now, the demesne land is often found intermixed with the strips of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z They contain much interesting information in regard to the traditions current among the peasantry. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z For the dialect of this country differs from those of other lands in being as strongly developed among the educated people as among the peasantry. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z I mean both lord of the manor and peasantry. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The gentry and peasantry rejoiced at the sight of his standard, but were slow in gathering to it. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z Whichever way we may look, one and the same observation is forced upon us: the communal organisation of the peasantry is more ancient and more deeply laid than the manorial order. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z She described them as about the size of children, and as far as I can ascertain from inquiries made in many parts of Ulster and Munster, this is the almost universal belief among the peasantry. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z The peasantry, we learnt, had seen nothing of her, and it was not until we reached the little harbour of Gallisheen that we learnt how swift, and entirely unexpected, had been her fate. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z And having, moreover, a reputation for being frightened at the shadow of a hen, not to say at the sight of an infuriated peasantry, this commissioner plainly was the man for his mission! For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z From what I gather of the peasantry, the Carlists must have suffered from the shells. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z It would be hard to imagine any kind of agricultural work which is not imposed on the peasantry in these manorial surveys. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Relying upon their instinctive perception of such things, the Swiss peasantry constantly traverse glaciers alone in mid-winter. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z But no one who has seen much of actual ploughmen thinks them jocund, no one who is well acquainted with the English peasantry can pronounce them merry. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z He was not able to set out for Colomea on the spot, having to arrange with the mandatar first concerning the spring labour due by the peasantry. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z However the peasantry in general may attire themselves, the miner wears a universal garb. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z I take only the agrarian side, of course, and do not mention the political protection which stands more or less as an equivalent for the profits received by the lord from the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z It is such a face as could never be met with even among the best specimens of our peasantry. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z It is high time that we do something for our bold peasantry, once their country’s pride. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z He had scarcely an eye for the vernal splendour of the grand scenery which surrounded him; but he certainly felt impressed on seeing the peasantry on horseback ready to receive him into their village. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z This, once a year, is really used as a ball-room for a dance, to which thousands of the surrounding peasantry flock. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z The manorial power is fully recognised, and on the other hand the character of ancient demesne is also conspicuous with its protection of the peasantry. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The object was to create confidence in the struggle of the Italian peasantry to free their country, and to give reasons for subscriptions from English working men to aid their Italian brethren. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The peasantry were in great force, as they always are when beer is to be had or anything out of the way to be seen. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z He spoke to me gently, as to a child, and drew me along with him to face the peasantry. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The peasantry regard tales which they read in books as quite apart from their inherited store of legend.* Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z My friend conceived that the boy was an average specimen of the peasantry of the country; and greatly admired the educational attainments of the Scotch people, which he had previously heard highly extolled. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z In my own works, of which the scene is in Italy, I have dealt almost exclusively with the Italian peasantry. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Some of our men who had been compelled to stop behind from fatigue and starvation, rejoined us here, having generally been assisted by the peasantry, who gave them food, and helped them forward. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z To tell the truth," said Boleslaw, "I brought away the worst impressions concerning the peasantry. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z This state of mind is nowhere absolutely extinct; it prevails, to a limited extent, among untutored European peasantry, and among the children of the educated classes. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z She is now eighteen, and by our peasantry would be considered of a marriageable age; but oh! Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z Their popular songs are poetic and impassioned as those of no other nation are, and one may hear among their peasantry expressions of singular beauty of sentiment and phrase. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces usually known as White Russia. Polish Fairy Tales 2011-07-10T02:00:20.137Z Our only fear is that the peasantry may grow revengeful, and attack us when he is gone. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z "Yes," said Mrs. Amory with a sigh; "it is sad, but true: there is neither poetry, nor picturesqueness, nor music among the English peasantry." A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z How gay the peasantry looked in their holiday attire! Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z These were the orphan daughters of Marsk Stig, who, in their flight from Denmark, found refuge and protection among the compassionate peasantry. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Have ye not ground the finest peasantry in the world down under your feet? The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z They all agreed that his rising was most dangerous, because the peasantry everywhere are devoted to him. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Here, too, are the pikes issued to the peasantry when all England armed to resist Napoleon’s threatened invasion. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z The torrent rises at last—sweeps away the harvests and many of the cottages of the careless peasantry, and leaves them destitute. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z The contrast between the neatness of the suburb, the hum of the town, the noisy activity of the peasantry, and the black desolation of the mountain, engaged our admiration. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z At the ford I met a second detachment of Welsh peasantry preparing to cross, by making bundles of shoes and stockings, and tucking up petticoats very deftly. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z And who is it that, at the present moment, is a sore trouble to you, if not this wicked peasantry of Zulawce? For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Deeply was every individual of this little knot of peasantry impressed by the ceremonial. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z He used the word "English" advisedly, for experience had taught him that the term "British" is hardly known to the peasantry of Belgium. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z He abolished the penalty of death, put an end to serfdom among the peasantry, cut down the privileges of the nobles, and tried, for a short time, the experiment of a free press. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z Working Women.—With regard to painful menstruation, the habits of many country people, and of the European peasantry generally, furnish valuable indications of the power of work to dissipate discomfort. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z And truly there was a breath of the Divine sweeping the senses of the oppressed peasantry as they strove to understand his motives. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Around the blaze were grouped the little band of peasantry I had beheld within the church, in various and picturesque attitudes. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z It is employed especially of the peasantry of Egypt, “Fellahin” in modern English usage being almost equivalent to “Egyptians.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Rumours have reached us for some time of an uneasy feeling among the peasantry. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z The peasantry was politically primitive, yet it had an overwhelming desire for land. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z Now, leaving all other considerations out of the question, I should say this measure is utterly useless, and will only enrage the peasantry. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Both sprang from the Scottish peasantry, and the minds of both were deeply coloured by the experiences of their early youth. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The State ought to put the peasantry in possession of the land, and this might be done in several ways at the same time. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Ulrich has not indeed by any means abandoned his scheme of usefulness among the peasantry who live on his uncle's estates. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z History has convincingly shown that the peasantry is incapable of an independent political r�le. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z The messengers came flocking back from the plain stating that the peasantry everywhere repudiated the idea of yielding assistance. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Besides the ciuri and canzuni, there is another style of love-song, very highly esteemed by the Sicilian peasantry, and that is the aria. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z He eats huge onions raw; he has no idea of flavouring his food with them, nor of making those savoury and inviting messes or vegetable soups at which the French peasantry are so clever. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z But what touched me most was to see the love and almost idolatrous reverence which had gathered around his name in remote districts, among the oppressed and toiling peasantry. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z To establish revolutionary co�peration with the army, the peasantry, and the plebeian lower strata of the urban bourgeoisie. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z The peasantry, horror-struck, rushed back to the village. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z With a courage worthy of a better cause the peasantry were fighting the Imperial troops, but there could be only one end to such an unequal contest, and the soldiery enjoyed themselves after their kind. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z This refers undoubtedly to the spots in the moon; and so the Swedish peasantry explain these spots to this day, as representing a boy and a girl bearing a pail of water between them. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z And as we crossed the Bavarian plains, the friendliness of the simple peasantry made up to us for the sameness of the country. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Our peasantry occupies a tremendous place in Russian life. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z But strangely enough--so ran the report--he gave the peasantry a similar warning, in case they should attempt any plundering of the manor. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z When the peasantry tried passive resistance, their activities were aroused by the arrival of soldiers to take their goods and sell them by public auction. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Even Napoleon Bonaparte is believed among some of the French peasantry to be sleeping on in a like manner. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z It has been alleged that the Pope, the bishops, the priests, and the monks and nuns form the estate spiritual or ecclesiastical; while the princes, nobles, burgesses, and peasantry form the secular estate or laity. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z It is true in the last years that the cultural and political level of the peasantry has become higher. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z The difficulty originated in the prohibition of the sale of fish by the peasantry, in compliance with the demands of the licensed fishermen. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough directed their attention to the amelioration of the lot of the poverty-stricken peasantry, and they endeavoured also to aid the trade of Ireland. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z But the fierceness of the wreckers, if it still tainted the blood of the peasantry, quailed under the law; and their organ of acquisitiveness now led them to the milder occupation of smuggling. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Then he travelled on the Continent, and studied the condition of the Swiss peasantry. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z However, there is less hope now for a revolutionary uprising of the peasantry as a whole than there was twelve years ago. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z In Ireland the barbarous and illiterate peasantry multiplied till the population exceeded eight millions, when the inevitable famine illustrated nature’s method of dealing with recklessness. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z Lord Anglesey saw nothing of the Tithe War, but from Dublin Castle he superintended the operations against the peasantry. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z But when ruin fell upon the late possessor, and desolation encompassed his dwelling, the sports diminished in spirit, and the peasantry sought in the neighbouring villages the merriment which no longer enlivened their own. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z This, to the peasantry who had witnessed it, was one of the strongest evidences of her being in league with the devil, who, it was asseverated, kindled her stick for her in the unquenchable fire. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z "Once in power, the proletariat will appear before the peasantry as its liberator." Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z Occasionally, of a fine day, she would walk for several miles, calling at the cottages of the peasantry, whom she greatly endeared to her by her unvarying kindness. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z While this is undoubtedly exaggerated by the habits of the peasantry in Italy, still in a lesser degree like effects of food are observable in other races. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z But it may be asked of the peasantry themselves—the small farmers, shopkeepers, artificers, labourers, shepherds, and the like—how they live under such an abnormal condition of things? The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Directly in his path stood a woman, in a short scarlet cloak, then, as now, the favourite colour of the Irish peasantry, leaning on a long white staff, curiously carved with mysterious figures. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Of course, you can call such a government "dictatorship of the proletariat and peasantry," "dictatorship of the proletariat, the peasantry, and the intelligentzia," or "a revolutionary government of the workingmen and the lower middle class." Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z Men of this kind are to be met with here and there among the Connacht peasantry. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z It may interest the reader to know that the peasantry of Galicia have for many ages supplied Spain and Portugal with their best domestic servants. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The peasantry were driving their wains homeward loaded with the luxuriance of the Hungarian fields, proverbially rich where they are cultivated at all. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z He derived his materials from the English speaking peasantry of County Wexford, who changed from Gaelic to English while story-telling was in full vigour, and therefore carried over the stories with the change of language. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z The fate of the most elementary interests of the peasantry—the entire peasantry as a class—is, therefore, closely connected with the fate of the revolution, i.e., with the fate of the proletariat. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z Then he went on to say that it was merely prejudice on the part of an ignorant peasantry which prevented the mushroom from becoming a staple article of food. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z The peasantry also were changed, and it was his own fault that this was the case. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z But the spirit of the country prevailed even under the rotting roof of “the Ghost’s house,”—the ominous name which this old and ruinous, though still stately mansion, had earned among the peasantry. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z The peasantry are almost all of Finnish origin, and speak a Finnish dialect. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Once in power, the proletariat will appear before the peasantry as its liberator. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z We are not cringing peasantry and we are not cowards. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z The feudal-system was kept up longer in Mecklenburg than elsewhere, the peasantry belonged to the estate, and always continued to work on it. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z It is found in every contadino's cottage, and supplies the peasantry with subjects for their Maggi. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z "Ah! this is very gratifying," he was saying, "to see the peasantry engaged in manly sports—useful sports—is, I confess, very gratifying to me." The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Yet the peasantry had not produced a class which could live up to the revolutionary task of destroying feudalism. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z "I could not endure such a peasantry," said Helen, as soon as the mirth the anecdote called forth had subsided. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Florence is the centre of a large and fertile agricultural district, and does considerable business in wine, oil and grain, and supplies the neighbouring peasantry with goods of all kinds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The peasantry was forgotten; the class of citizens hardly remembered, but the personal rights and the property of the nobles was sacredly assured. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Hampden’s persecution and popularity have secured Buckinghamshire for the good cause,—the yeomanry to a man; and as for the peasantry, I have got them into the right way of thinking. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Our attitude towards the idea of a "dictatorship of the proletariat and the peasantry" is now quite clear. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z If the untaught peasantry of Russia or Hungary grow more wheat per acre than the comparatively educated farmers of the United States, our education is found wanting. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z To this end he set himself to collect and compare the superstitions of the peasantry; but his health was always feeble and he never completed his scheme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The continued oppression of the peasantry, and the constant recurrence of eventual losses in wars, were in no degree compensated by the display of warlike virtues on the part of a democratic nobility. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The idol of England’s peasantry needed not such stimulus to stir him to action. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The peasantry as a whole will become politically indifferent. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z This would do when dealing with starving Scotch peasantry, glad of the privilege of moderately remunerated labor, good food and clothing. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The people of the cottage willingly consented to receive us for the night; it was much more cleanly and commodious than the wretched huts of the Gallegan peasantry in general. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The revelries of the wealthy nobility, the feuds of the great families, and the wretchedness of the peasantry, continued as before. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z One of George Sand's descriptions of the peasantry of the Cevennes is vigorous and vivid. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z Yes, the curse of the peasantry is that it is scattered, disjointed, backward. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z It used to be said of him by the peasantry, “Mr Reid is so polite he would bow to the ducks.” Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z The seigniors, indeed, were most of them chivalrous and willing enough, but the peasantry refused to lift hand in a quarrel which was not of their seeking. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z |
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