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Definition of Burthens
1. burthen [v] - See also: burthen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burthens
Literary usage of Burthens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in Europe: A History by Thomas Erskine May (1880)
"Nothing of feudalism remained but its burthens; and these were heavier than ever.
The corvi'e, or statute-labour, exacted for the repair of the roads and ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate by Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames (1846)
"OF THE burthens TO WHICH THE BODY CORPORATE IS SUBJECT; ... THERE is no reason
why corporations should not be subject to the same burthens, in the character ..."
3. Inquiry Into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England by John Allen (1849)
"Such at least are the burthens from which lands are liberated, when converted
... burthens to It was released from all services to the public, with land was ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Item, 400. burthens of Mantels drawne A 400. burthens of very rich ... B 400.
burthens of rich Mantels of this worke. C 400. burthens of ..."
5. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Item, 400. burthens "of Mantels drawne m %&te A 400. burthens of very rich ...
B 400. burthens of rich Mantels of this worke. C 400. burthens of ..."
6. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... of the burthens of his people ; which " made them hope that he would take ...
burthens; that was, to join with his Parlia- '* ment in preferring the ..."
7. Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain by Edmund Burke (1791)
"... and mercy through all departments, no fair repartition of burthens upon all
the orders could ..."
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