Having given the French king a bit of excellent advice (that he should abolish the fermiers generaux), Smollett proceeds, in 1765, to a forecast of probabilities which is deeply significant and amazingly shrewd.
By virtue of the same right we dispose of persons as we do of things.
When public needs require it," says representative Isoré, "all belongs to the people and nothing to individuals.
It was the fermiers generaux, and the financiers," replied the priest, "who made French cookery what it is.
This edition is known as that of the “fermiers généraux,” as they defrayed all expenses.
The fermiers generaux, who farmed the taxes of the province, became his sleeping partners, and had their share in his crop.
Five years later a complaint, addressed to the king on the subject of the fermiers des aides trying to levy duties on goods sold at the fairs, asserted it was notorious that the chief commerce of Reims consisted of wines.
The fermiers and the favourites scrambled for the millions and flaunted their splendour in the face of those who paid for it.
In 1697 had begun the practice of leasing indirect taxes for the space of six years to contractors, the fermiers généraux.
Vignette by Eisen for the Quiproquo in the Contes of La Fontaine, in the edition of the fermiers generaux.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fermiers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
