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A national struggle for indivisibility of empire, and primogenitureship in succession was consequently inaugurated; and a succession of conquests, from 1220 to 1491, ultimated in the reduction of the Moors under Castellian supremacy.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

By the aristocratical law of primogenitureship, in a family of six children, five are exposed.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund