Word: yeomens
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...only gets L1,600, while the burghers get L3,500. At first, all foreigners (or boys from other parishes) were disqualified for entrance, but this rule was soon abolished, and this school then rapidly became celebrated. The villagers of Harrow with the proverbial narrowness and obstinacy of the English yeomen, appealed to the court of Chancery to forbid the admittance of strangers. But this was not granted, although some concession was made in allowing Harrow boys to receive their education cheaper than the others...
...interesting, though many of them are improbable. Even want of space cannot prevent our referring to the fete-day speech of the hero; when he wished his father's tenants a speedy death, as the greatest good which could happen to them. One can almost see the honest British yeomen, wiping the beer from their big mouths, and gazing in stupid wonder at the young philosopher who assured them that death was better than even the roast-beef and plum-pudding of Merry England...