commonage

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In the evening we heard that the enemy were at Glen Lennie on their way to Harrismith, and that a patrol had already reached the town commonage.

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The rights of men are liberty and an equal participation in the commonage of nature.”

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His pony was only grazing on the town commonage hard by; he could have him brought in less than half an hour.

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It is the way your forefathers understood the law of commonage, and nobody ever grumbled that his neighbor had a cow or a pig too many!

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The indaba began upon small matters, a recent dispute or two as to the ownership of cattle, or of land commonage, and so forth.

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