In these Flemish cities the early oligarchic form of municipal government speedily gave way to a democratic. The great mass of the townsmen organized in trade gilds - weavers, fullers, dyers, smiths, leather-workers, brewers, butchers, bakers and others, of which by far the most powerful was that of the weavers - as soon as they became conscious of their strength rebelled against the exclusive privileges of the patricians and succeeded in ousting them from power. [Please select]
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That the brewers and tippling-houses be looked unto for musty and unwholesome casks. [Please select]
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They don’t all marry the sons of brewers,” I retorted. [Please select]
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Many were also brewers, weavers, carpenters, and so on. [Please select]
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Over in England they make lords and dukes of brewers. [Please select]
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Then there was the incessant roar of the heavy wheels over the rough stones, and the rasp and shriek of the brewers' sledges as they moved clumsily along. [Please select]
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In Brussels, I hear, Alva's own capital, the brewers have refused to brew, the bakers to bake, the tapsters to draw liquors. [Please select]
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