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But every one of the six fields would be divided into three parts, one of which was given to each child, so that instead of six separate plots of ground, there were now eighteen. Cherest, ii. 532. Turgot, iv. 260. The class of middling proprietors was very small. The incidents to the holding of land by all who were not noble drove rising families to the towns.
Moreover, strict genealogical proofs were required, the candidate for a commission having to submit his papers to the royal herald. Cherest, i. 14. Anciennes lois francaises, 22d May, 1781. This would seem to exclude the artillery and engineers. The foreign regiments appear to have been included in a later order. But all nobles were not on the same footing in the army.
D'Espremenil, one of the counselors, was filled with excitement and wrath at the proposed toleration. Pointing to the image of Christ, which hung on the wall of the chamber, "would you," he indignantly exclaimed, "would you crucify him again?" But the appeal of bigotry was unavailing. Howard, Lazzarettos, 55. Coquerel, 93. Geffroy, i. 406. Cherest, i. 45, 382.
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