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And he chofe among diefe feven the names of the principal ones, iitending that the other lefler Churches fhould reckon that as fpoken concerning their pre - fcnt eftate, which is fpoken to the feven prin - cipal ones ahiong them.
The Accomplishment of the Scripture Prophecies: Proving that the Papacy is ... 1687
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A gentleman who farms a part of his own eftate, after paying the expence of cultivation, fhould gain both the rent of the landlord and the profit of the farmer.
The Works of Adam Smith ...: With an Account of His Life and Writings 1812
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He conftantly expended far more than his income, & his eftate had dwind - led away by fales of an hundred acres at a tinie, till neceflSiy compelled him to abridge many of his expences.
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797
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Naturally virtuous, however, as he grew up, ftudy, and the culture of the fine arts, became his favourite amufement. 3 and to indulge thefe with the greater freedom, he fpent the moft ptert of his time at his eftate, which was not diftant many miles from the capital ..
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797
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But as the title to the eftate tail, and to the fee-fimple out of which that eftate was created, are the lame in all material circumftances; and the exifting incumbrances extend tobotheftates, the change of the eftate tail into a fee - fimple; or the merger of the eftate tail in the old fee-fimple, makes no alteration in the rights of the parties or of any other perfons.
Tracts on I. The Definition and Nature of Cross Remainder, II. Fines and Recoveries by Tenant in ... 1797
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Mrs. Bruce, the mother, further added, that flie was a widow of a Scotch gentleman, whofe eftate had been forfeited on account of his aftivity on the rebel fide in the year 1745; that fhe and her daughter Sophia, rented a little farm about two miles off; and that it was owing to the finenefe of the evening they had ftrayed fo far.
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797
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And in the 24 H. 8* c.la. it is thus recited; By fun - dry and authentic hidories and chronicles it is manifeilly 'declared and expreded, that this realm of England is an empire, and fo hath bten accepted in the world, govern - ed by one fupreme bead and king, havin» dignity and royal eftate of the imperial crown of the fame: unto whom a body politick, compact of all forts and degrees
Ecclesiastical Law 1797
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The debts and incumbrances on his eftate were allowed to remain; and the expenee he was led into added much to their amount.
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797
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Thus I went on, ftill talking of retirement, and ftill refufing to retire y my friends began to laugh at my delays, and I grew afliamed to trifle any longer with my own inclinations; an eftate was at length purchafed, I transferred my ftock to a prudent young man who had married my daugh - ter, went down into the country, and commenced lord of a Ipacious manor.
Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797
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For as the country grew more po - pulous, and perfons more devout, feveral ocher churches - were founded within the extent of the former, and thea a fiew parochial circuit was allotted in proportion to the new church, and the manor or eftate of the founder of it.
Ecclesiastical Law 1797
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