Ducal authority was accomplished almost of itself.
During his reign and the reigns of his successors, Francis I., Peter II. and Arthur III., the ducal authority developed in a remarkable manner.
Even so—and that upon the morning of the ducal election, the third of this month.
I swear it by my ducal crown, and by the order that I wear.
The ducal palace, and the monastic buildings of the priory, once connected with it, are now completely destroyed.
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The careers of most of theducalengineers, who were often specialists in hydraulics, testify to these interferences on his part.
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Inevitably, then, theducaltomb is seen as embodying meanings beyond the funerary.
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This practice was seen as detrimental to the rejuvenation of wood by both the poor andducalforest ordinances alike.
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While he aimed to create a repertoire there that would have literary integrity, plays had to have sufficient audience-appeal to make thisducalventure commercially viable.
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Remarking upon the truly precarious nature of theducalfinances, he attributed indebtedness to his enthusiastic involvement in politics, adding that a more ' vigorous ' estate policy was the only solution.
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What will happen in the case of theducalowner?
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They are practically all leasehold because they are the possession of the oldducalestates.
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Not all freeholders are members of greatducalfamilies or even charitable trusts.
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I wondered what was taking place in thatducalbuilding.
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To use a well-knownducalphrase, they will have to get their collective finger out.
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One-sixth of that would be £400, while aducalmansion close by is rated at about £200.
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Special messengers could walk up the gravel drives and through theducalhalls, bearing the ballot papers on silver salvers.
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The big urbanducalestates can doubtless look after themselves.
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Every week throughout each summer they fork out their half-crowns, put them into aducalhand and are guided over the great ancestral home.
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The great period of agriculture was the period of theducalestates.
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