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1447 ([return])
[ Lord, in Old Saxon, signifies "he who provides food;" seignior, in the Latin of the middle ages, signifies "the ancient," the head or chief of the flock.]

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1448 ([return])
[ Around 1780. (SR.)]

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BOOK SECOND. MORALS AND CHARACTERS.

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CHAPTER I. MORAL PRINCIPLES UNDER THE ANCIENT REGIME.

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The Court and a life of pomp and parade.