It gave the king the power to dismiss capital burgesses he did not approve of. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
A middle class arose, comprised of bankers, merchants and craftsman, and was known as the "burgess" in England, the "bourgeoisie" in France, and the "burgher" in Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Your burgess is a dunce. From Wordnik.com. [A Collection of Plays and Poems, by the Late Col. Robert Munford, of Mecklenburg County, in the State of Virginia. Now First Published Together.] Reference
Crawford of Kylwynet, a burgess of Paisley, and his wife. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
I will grant you, my father, that this valiant burgess of. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
You've got it in one (and my mother was a matron). burgess. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Government, each with a programme to tempt the petty burgess. From Wordnik.com. [Balzac] Reference
You'd adjust as necessary, when and if problems arise. burgess. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The worthy burgess was no sooner gone than his plump daughter. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
He became an Edinburgh merchant and was admitted a burgess in 1587. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
I am backed up in this statement by Irwin Hurrell, who is a burgess of. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
This was too much even for the patient and open-handed London burgess. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
On the 4th November 1555, George Lovell, burgess of Dundee, and Margaret. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
The people of Belfast named General Eisenhower an honorary burgess of the city. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By Pres And First Lady At Belfast Tree Lighting] Reference
Fevronya Petrova Poshliopkina, the wife of a locksmith, a burgess of this town. From Wordnik.com. [The Inspector-General] Reference
Clan Quhele will be brawling and battling with a bit Perth burgess body like you?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
Previously to the Municipal Reform Act 1835, burgess was an official title in some. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: George burgess is the director of the Florida program for shark research. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2005] Reference
Sir Lavaine, with a rich burgess, so that no man in that town was ware what they were. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
So on what basis should one accept the validity of the studies that are "out there?" burgess. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
George, who was a burgess of Edinburgh, had acquired the lands of Houston, and other property. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
“You!” said the embarrassed burgess, “but are you not the envoy of King Louis of France?”. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
Peasant, like the urban ruffian was soon to be just as evil as the noble, the burgess, or the small employer. From Wordnik.com. [PRIMITIVISM] Reference
The London burgess and apprentice were especially apt with the weapon from constant practice in Finsbury fields. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
"But," interrupted the burgess-factor, only thinking of the balance-sheet, "you will spend a great deal of money.". From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
The regiment was quartered in Edinboro ', and Hughes married the daughter of the burgess with whom he was billeted. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories] Reference
This, reverend Judges, is the essence of the matter concerning the rich burgess, Pranzo, who, on account of the sight he saw by. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays] Reference
His lodging was appointed in the house of a grave and courteous burgess of the city, who bestowed the fairest chamber on his guest. From Wordnik.com. [French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France] Reference
The burgess, with whom Graelent lodged, had risen early in the morning, and with his wife had gone to eat with neighbours in the town. From Wordnik.com. [French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France] Reference
While other vassals might hold of a graduated hierarchy of overlords up to the crown, the burgess always held directly of the sovereign. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
I never have forgotten, and I never can forget, that I have the honour to be a burgess and guild-brother of the Corporation of Edinburgh. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches: Literary and Social] Reference
Sir Lancelot got them lodgings with a rich burgess, and so privily and closely did they keep the house that none knew that they were there. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
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