This description, therefore, included all persons who were above the rank of burghers or peasants.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
A few foreigners came over to supply their place, and Michael burghers, of Amsterdam, illustrated the fourth edition of Paradise Lost, a stately folio, in 1688, with plates which enjoyed a long life and were also imitated for smaller editions.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
The examination of these institutions of Carthage is adapted to show us in contrast on the one hand to the tribal princes of the Arabians, and on the other to the monarchy of Elam, Babel, and Asshur-what forms the feeling and character of a Semitic community, in which the burghers had reached the full development of their powers, were able to give to their state, which at the same time was supreme over a wide region; but for the constitution of the Phenician cities scarcely any conclusions can be drawn from it.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker