third estate

Sieyès preferred to stand for the Third Estate at Paris, where he was elected last of all the candidates.

On the third day the Third Estate finds itself alone in the great hall.

Thus do they interpret in their own way and in their own terms the double representation accorded to the Third-Estate.

As the Third-Estate, it must be noted, is the sole class making and saving money, nearly all these creditors belong it.

"The simplicity of English customs," and the customs of the Third-Estate seem to them better adapted to ordinary life.