But as the peasants grew richer, so did the bureaucracy.
His peasants sweat a while in the sun, grow old and die, their places being taken by others exactly the same.
The figure may be a bit misleading because the peasants grow most of their food themselves and have few expenses.
The over-taxed peasants grew restive under the constant demands for money.
Dominique spent six years as an agronomist, helping peasants grow cocoa and rice.
The old peasant grew cold with horror as he listened, and seemed frozen to the place where he stood.
As I turned the corner, chicken and peasant grew limp together, one in triumph, the other in defeat.
As peasants grow wealthier, they are often willing to pay the fines imposed for having more children than the Government rules allow.
The peasant grows a great surplus, and he begins to live much better than he had.
Here, at an elevation of 3,700 m above sea level, peasants grow barley on riverside fields.