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A couple of centuries or so later, the peninsula became part of a Spanish land grant, and the demesne of Manuel Dominguez as his Rancho San Pedro.

The show has also expanded outside the demesne walls.

From BBC

It starts at Carlisle Circus at 10:00 BST and goes through the city centre, reaching the field at Barnett's Demesne at about lunchtime.

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Yet, unlike the hound of Hades, Mr. Bernbaum ferociously guarded the gates to his demesne against those he deemed the unwashed social dead, cosseting and fawning over the favored ones who made it past the gate.

Yet, unlike the hound of Hades, Mr. Bernbaum ferociously guarded the gates to his demesne against those he deemed the unwashed social dead, cosseting and fawning over the favored ones who made it past the gate.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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