 ... year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot, he appeared before the king, and related what had happened; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and determine by measurement the exact extent of the loss; and thenceforth only such...  Journal of the Franklin Institute - Page 3631892Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 288 pages
...obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders ' were required to pay him every year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...by measurement the exact extent of the loss ; and thence' forth only such a rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1858 - 658 pages
...and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him every year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...exact extent of the loss ; and thenceforth only such a rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his land. From this practice,... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1862 - 548 pages
...obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...happened; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and herd-kings introduced them. They doubtless came from Asia into Egypt ; and though the Egyptians called... | |
 | Herodotus, George Rawlinson - History, Ancient - 1862 - 548 pages
...obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and herd-kings introduced them. They doubtless came from Asia into Egypt ; and though the Egyptians called... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1866 - 560 pages
...and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him every year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...exact extent of the loss ; and thenceforth only such a rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his land. From this practice,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 656 pages
...obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot, he appeared before the lang, and related what had happened ; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and determine by... | |
 | Engineering - 1878 - 616 pages
...considerable body of them were employed by Rameses III., whose office is thus described by Herodotus : "If the river carried away any portion of a man's...exact extent of the loss; and thenceforth only such a rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his land. From this practice,... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1880 - 660 pages
...obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot, he appeared before the long, and related what had happened ; upon which the king sent persons to examine, and determine by... | |
 | John Henry Wright - English literature - 1902 - 490 pages
...and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him every year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...exact extent of the loss ; and thenceforth only such a rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his land. From this practice,... | |
 | david eugene smite - 1923 - 920 pages
...and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him every year. If the river carried away any portion of a man's lot,...exact extent of the loss; and thenceforth only such a rent was demanded of him as was proportionate to the reduced size of his land. From this practice,... | |
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