tythe
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Yet here have I now received two gold talents of Jerusalem!--what most would say were wealth enough, and this is not the tythe of that which I possess.
From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William
There is no farmer who does not compute beforehand what the church tythe, which is a land tax of this kind, is, one year with another, likely to amount to.
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Smith, Adam
I believe tythe is right, and that the expression is proverbial, in which tithe is taken, by an easy metonymy, for harvest.
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel
The parson of a parish, or a gentleman of small fortune who lives upon his estate, may sometimes, perhaps find some advantage in receiving, the one his tythe, and the other his rent, in kind.
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Smith, Adam
The person of a parish, or a gentleman of small fortune who lives upon his estate, may sometimes, perhaps find some advantage in receiving, the one his tythe, and the other his rent, in kind.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
Mr. Rogers was for allowing of two thousand sheep, one with another, to a tything, but my Cosin Scott saies that is too high.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
The old horn, by which the tenure is held, had been blown from the Town Hall, summoning the commoners to their rights, and the tything men, whose duties are unique, have ably fulfilled them.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
And the tale, or tything, of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
Thus every liegeman was known to the law, and was taught his duties and obligations; and every tything was responsible for the production of its criminals, and obliged to pay a fine if they escaped.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by Lord, John
His fear for little Jane's safety so increased that he became restless and soon received a sharp rap on the shins from the tything man.
From Some Three Hundred Years Ago by Brewster, Edith Gilman
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