29. in bestowing. Elliptical. Sc. which consist before in bestowing.
32. husband. Manager. Cf. Shakespeare, Henry VIII., III. ii. 142:
Your earthly audit; sure, in that
I deem you an ill husband.
35. fine when a tenement falls. When a tenement became vacant, the incoming tenant paid dues to the landlord.
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18. manumission. Release. The word is derived from the process of freeing a Roman slave—manumissio.
28. that fortune was all the difference between them. That their inferior position did not imply an inferiority of nature.
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1. prentice. Shortened form of apprentice. Cf. Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV., II. ii. 194, 'From a prince to a prentice.'