 Inclosures at that time began to be more frequent, whereby arable land, which could not be manured without people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much...  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 455geredigeerd door - 1912Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 pagina’s
...people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances pleasure sensual, the chief deficience in them is of laws to repress were turned into demesnes. This bred a decay of people, and, by consequence, a decay of towns, churches,... | |
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