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If he lived at court, his expenses were heavy, and only partly met by his pension, likewise raised from the taxes paid by the poor farmer; if he lived in the country, he was a still greater tyrant, and was called by the people a _hobereau_, or kite. IF HE LIVED AT COURT HIS EXPENSES WERE HEAVY AND ONLY PARTLY MET BY HIS PENSION LIKEWISE RAISED FROM THE TAXES PAID BY THE POOR FARMER IF HE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY HE WAS A STILL GREATER TYRANT AND WAS CALLED BY THE PEOPLE A HOBBERO OR KITE
 just where they were before, after a frightful amount of bloodshed. But France had had terrible losses. She was driven from India, and lost all her settlements in America and Canada. 15. France under Louis XV.--Meantime the gross vice and licentiousness of the king was beyond description, and the nobility retained about the court by the system established by Louis XIV. were, if not his equals in crime, equally callous to the suffering caused by the reckless expensiveness of the court, the whole cost of which was defrayed by the burghers and peasants. No taxes were asked from clergy or nobles, and this latter term included all sprung of a noble line to the utmost generation. The owner of an estate had no means of benefiting his tenants, even if he wished it; for all matters, even of local government, depended on the crown. All he could do was to draw his income from them, and he was often forced, either by poverty or by his expensive life, to strain to the utmost the old feudal system. UST WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE AFTER A FRIGHTFUL AMOUNT OF BLOODSHED BUT FRANCE HAD HAD TERRIBLE LOSSES SHE WAS DRIVEN FROM INDIA AND LOST ALL HER SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA AND CANADA FIFTEEN FRANCE UNDER LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH MEANTIME THE GROSS VICE AND LICENTIOUSNESS OF THE KING WAS BEYOND DESCRIPTION AND THE NOBILITY RETAINED ABOUT THE COURT BY THE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH WERE IF NOT HIS EQUALS IN CRIME EQUALLY CALLOUS TO THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY THE RECKLESS EXPENSIVENESS OF THE COURT THE WHOLE COST OF WHICH WAS DEFRAYED BY THE BURGHERS AND PEASANTS NO TAXES WERE ASKED FROM CLERGY OR NOBLES AND THIS LATTER TERM INCLUDED ALL SPRUNG OF A NOBLE LINE TO THE UTMOST GENERATION THE OWNER OF AN ESTATE HAD NO MEANS OF BENEFITING HIS TENANTS EVEN IF HE WISHED IT FOR ALL MATTERS EVEN OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPENDED ON THE CROWN ALL HE COULD DO WAS TO DRAW HIS INCOME FROM THEM AND HE WAS OFTEN FORCED EITHER BY POVERTY OR BY HIS EXPENSIVE LIFE TO STRAIN TO THE UTMOST THE OLD FEUDAL SYSTEM
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