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demesneIn the Middle Ages in Europe, land kept in the lord's possession, not leased out but, under the feudal system, worked by villeins to supply the lord's household. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A small green court was the whole of its demesne in front; and a neat wicket gate admitted them into it. In all the rural district near about, and even in the town of Marshall, a mile away, not one person of unbiased mind entertains a doubt of it; incredulity is confined to those opinionated persons who will be called "cranks" as soon as the useful word shall have penetrated the intellectual demesne of the Marshall Advance. I followed her; she opened the sash, and leaning out I saw in full the enclosed demesne which had hitherto been to me an unknown region. |
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