Some of the landless nobles perished; some offered their services to the remaining feudal lords as soldiers or advisers.

Sir Lyon Dilsford, too, was in the picture; but Varick felt a sudden pang of sympathy for the landless baronet.

They have few followers outside of the city population, for the average Russian in the country is a land owner, and he does not take kindly to the idea of losing his property or dividing it with some landless beggar from Petrograd.

So thou couldst not wager without an opponent, and 'twill be futile to find one, lest thou dost charge upon some landless bumpkin.

In the application of these principles there are certain innovations that will, I think, take place, and these may be listed somewhat as follows: Land holding will become universal and the true proletariat or landless class will disappear.