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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

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