Nobles in example sentence

A principality is created either by the people or by the nobles, accordingly as one or other of them has the opportunity; for the nobles, seeing they cannot withstand the people, begin to cry up the reputation of one of themselves, and they make him a prince, so that under his shadow they can give vent to their ambitions.

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Nobles could no longer manipulate local units to extract more rent from commoners, while the government could collect taxes more efficiently.

But nobles and clergymen came to despise his presence.

Scottland is still run by English nobles, and the highlanders never can seem to catch a break when dealing with them.

The meeting with the Shogun, the debates among the Japanese nobles and an assassination during an archery exhibit present an interesting look at the politics of the period.

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