The nobles complained to the king of the insolence of the tiers etat in asserting themselves to be the younger brothers of the same great family; "there is between them and us the difference between master and valet.
One of the very first of the questions to be settled was that of the number of representatives of the tiers etat.
Such pamphlets as Mounier's Nouvelles Observations sur les Etats-Generaux de France and Sieyes's Qu'est-ce que le Tiers Etat had a notable influence on opinion.
The opposition was soon found to consist of the Episcopal order among the clergy, and two thirds of the Noblesse; while the Tiers Etat were, to a man, united and determined.
They were willing to submit to equality of taxation, but not to descend from their rank and prerogatives to be incorporated in session with the Tiers Etat.
What proportion shall the number of deputies of the Tiers Etat bear to those of the Nobles and Clergy?
Descaves' Tiers Etat is an eloquent plea for the faithful mistress who is debarred from marriage by legal technicalities.
These Notables consist principally of Nobility and Clergy; the few of the Tiers Etat among them, being either parliament men, or other privileged persons.
I see no reason to suppose they will change the separate votes relative to the representation of the Tiers Etat in the States General.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tiers etat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
