Burghers

Examples

• At first, the farm of the town was probably let to the burghers, in the same manner as it had been to other farmers, for a term of years only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The nobles, who despised commerce, and the burghers, who lived by it, were always fighting for the upper hand, and the laboring people sided now with one party, and now with the other. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The wealth of the burghers never failed to provoke their envy and indignation, and they plundered them upon every occasion without mercy or remorse. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The king hated and feared them too; but though, perhaps, he might despise, he had no reason either to hate or fear the burghers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Whether such privileges had before been usually granted, along with the freedom of trade, to particular burghers, as individuals, I know not. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The burghers naturally hated and feared the lords. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Homeward-bound burghers pass me now and then, but these companies are pedestrians, make little noise, and are soon gone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Pupils came--burghers at first--a higher class ere long. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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