These were (1) the division of the fyrd or national militia into two parts, relieving each other at fixed intervals, so as to ensure continuity in military operations; (2) the establishment of fortified posts (burgs) and garrisons at certain points; (3) the enforcement of the obligations of thanehood on all owners of five hides of land, thus giving the king a nucleus of highly equipped troops. [Please select]
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"Same time," said Babbitt, "no sense excusing these rube burgs too easy." [Please select]
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There are many resemblances between Zenith and these other burgs, and I'm darn glad of it.' [Please select]
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"'Yes, sir, these other burgs are our true partners in the great game of vital living."' [Please select]
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A dyed-in-the-wool Zenithite sure loves his neighbors, but we've made up our minds to grab this convention off our neighbor burgs like we've grabbed the condensed-milk business and the paper-box business and--" J." [Please select]
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'Ah-ha,' says they, 'so Jim Blausser is claiming that Gopher Prairie is as good a place to live in as London and Rome and--and all the rest of the Big Burgs, is he.' [Please select]
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