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.

From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel)

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

From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by MacDonald, Daniel J.

The estate of Asbies contained fifty acres of arable land, six of meadow, and a right of commonage.

From Biographical Essays by De Quincey, Thomas

We came over a rolling down towards the commonage.

From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly

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!

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James