There is much truth in both these charges, and not many Bourbons deny them.

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, a preacher and a college and university president in four Southern states, published the earliest of these backwoods sketches and in the character Ransy Sniffle, in the accounts of sharp horse-trading and eye-gouging physical combat, and in the shockingly unliterary speech of his characters, he set an example followed by many after him.

The men who speculate on these institutions have, for the most part, come to at least one common conclusion: that many of the great enterprises and associations around which our democracy is formed are in themselves autocratic in nature, and possessed of power which can be used to frustrate the citizen who is trying to assert his individuality in the modern world ''.

today, these many years later, after all the temptations resisted or yielded to, the weasel satisfactions and the engulfing dissatisfactions since endured, I call it corrupting still.

On this issue, then, as on so many in these months, Steele and Swift took rigidly opposed points of view.

The Negro composer Hall Johnson studied the American-Negro Suite and said of it, `` Of all the many songs written by white composers and employing what claims to be a Negroid idiom in both words and music, these six songs by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler easily stand far out above the rest.

In the conduct of these and many other campaigns, the Hetman proved to be a much abler journalist than his critics allowed.

This understanding, of course, may in its turn take many forms and some of these -- especially those most interesting to the student of comparative literature -- are essentially historical.

Outstanding among these is the idea of human nature itself, including the many definitions that have been advanced over the centuries ; ;

When these fields are surveyed together, important patterns of relationship emerge indicating a vast community of reciprocal influence, a continuity of thought and expression including many traditions, primarily literary, religious, and philosophical, but frequently including contact with the fine arts and even, to some extent, with science.

But although in many of these discussions Othon and Amadee might have been tempted to consider their own interests as well as those of the king, Edward's confidence in them was so absolute that they were made the acknowledged leaders of the embassy.

Occasional letters are sent by individuals to one another and many are written by companies to one another, but these are mostly typewritten.

Carvey believes that reapportionment, which left many Democratic clubs split by these new district boundaries, actually will increase CDC membership.

Though it was a great relief when the big brains on these shows turned out to be frauds and phonies, it did irreparable damage to the ego of the editor and many another intelligent, well-informed American.

If Russian pupils have to take these languages, how come American students have a choice whether or not to take a language, but have to face so many exceptions??

The fossilized remains of many of these trees are found embedded in the clay.

Then it added: `` It is not possible to determine how extensive these ill effects will be -- nor how many people will be affected ''.

Stevie had heard these words many times, yet on each occasion they caused him to tremble.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim the week of april 29th to may 7th, 1961, as Rhode Island Heritage Week, advising our citizens that throughout this week many historic houses and beautiful gardens will be open to visitors as well as industrial plants, craft shops, museums and libraries and I earnestly urge all to take advantage of these opportunities to see as many of these places as they can during this outstanding week.

With the existence of these many factors, some of them variable, it obviously has never been and is not now possible for the Commission to make assignments of AM stations on a case-to-case basis which will insure against any interference in any circumstances.

In the allocation pattern worked out for these frequencies, the provision of long-range service has to some extent been subordinated to the other two objectives -- assignment of multiple facilities, and assignment of stations in as many communities as possible.

In addition to the many appearances of these organizations throughout the college year, there are concerts by students of the music department, by members of the music faculty, and by visiting artists.

The samurai warriors of feudal Japan utilized many types of armour for hundreds of years up to the 19th century.

This act cost the region dearly ; with so many skilled artisans and agricultural labourers gone, the feudal nobility found itself sliding into bankruptcy.

Since at least the 1960s, when Marc Bloch's Feudal Society ( 1939 ) was first translated into English in 1961, many medieval historians have included a broader social aspect that includes not only the nobility but all three estates of the realm, adding the peasantry bonds of manorialism and the estates of the Church ; this is sometimes referred to as " feudal society " since it encompasses all members of society into the feudal system.

There were many varieties of feudal land tenure, consisting of military and non-military service.

* The polis in Greek Antiquity and the equivalent city states in the feudal era and later, ( many in Italy, the Holy Roman Empire, the Moorish taifa in Iberia, essentially tribal-type but urbanized regions throughout the world in the Maya civilization, etc.

Industry in the sense of manufacturing became a key sector of production and labour in European and North American countries during the Industrial Revolution, which upset previous mercantile and feudal economies through many successive rapid advances in technology, such as the steel and coal production.

The breakup of agricultural-based feudal societies caused many people to leave the land and seek employment in cities.

During the feudal and colonial times in India hunting was regarded as a regal sport in the numerous princely states, as many maharajas, nawabs, as well as British officers maintained a whole corps of shikaris, who were native professional hunters.

Like many weapons from feudal times, maces have been used in heraldic military blazons as either a charge on the shield or as external ornamentation.

Over the centuries, the family acquired huge landed estates, mostly in Moravia, Lower Austria and Styria, but all of these rich territories were held in fief under other more senior feudal lords, particularly under various lines of the Habsburg family, to which many Liechtensteins were close advisors.

At home he endeavoured to reform administration, to encourage agriculture and commerce, and to secure the loyalty of the nobles by grants of land and privileges so extensive that, towards the end of his reign, many nobles who exercised their full feudal rights had become almost independent princes.

There were many minor provinces in the region between southern Liguria and northern Tuscany dominated by the Malaspina ; Tuscany in this time was a part of feudal Europe.

Dante ’ s Divine Comedy includes many references to the great feudal families who had huge jurisdictions with administrative and judicial rights.

Thus the " Fourteen Families " ( actually many dozens of families ) that have controlled El Salvador's history were all but feudal lords.

In fact many of the feudal strongmen were descended from Emishi military leaders who had been assimilated into Japanese society.

As a result, they are linked to and rely on the feudal landowners in many ways.

Violence was one of the many lessons learned during the Japanese occupation, and figures identified as ' feudal ', including kings, regents, or simply the wealthy, were often attacked, sometimes beheaded, and rape became a weapon against ' feudal ' women.

A feudal baron was a true titular dignity, with the right originally to attend Parliament, yet even a feudal baron, lord of the manor of many manors, was a vassal to the king.

They were also aspiring landowners, and, like the middle class in many feudal societies, supported the kings in their centralization of power.

Parts of Europe, including much of Scandinavia, never adopted many feudal institutions, including serfdom.

The name Shahanshah, meaning King of Kings, derived from the fact that there were many feudal kings in Sassanian Persia with the Shahanshah as the ruler of them all.

Toward the end of Christophe's reign, public sentiment opposed what many considered his feudal policies of forced labor, which he intended to use to develop the country.