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“Not really,” I said, because by then I wain ted him to stop drinking and I wanted him to want me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The great river of a road grew clogged and choked with the flotsam of a hundred carts and pedestrians, dozens of wains and wagons and the occasional mounted man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
With a handful of horsemen he came in the middle morning, riding as escort to a line of wains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
On the ride horsemen galloped to and fro, but all the street seemed to be choked with great covered wains going south. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
‘Do not tell me that he has changed his mind, and will send me away with the maidens! But no, the last wains have gone.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Many roads and tracks crossed the green fields, and there was much coming and going: wains moving in lines towards the Great Gate, and others passing out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
From the havens of Harad ships of war put out to sea; and out of the East Men were moving endlessly: swordsmen, spearmen, bowmen upon horses, chariots of chieftains and laden wains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Up it horses could walk, and wains could be slowly hauled; but no enemy could come that way, except out of the air, if it was defended from above. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Even after her death, the tabloid gossip and fascination with the princess did not really wain. "Spencer": how Diana became the popular culture princess 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z
Decades before he joined the center, Rich Thompson’s third word was “wain.” Lifesaving Forecasts Start Here: Inside the Storm Prediction Center 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
If the splintered hotheads take over, support will wain and whether they want to admit it or not, support by others is needed. Protesters Out to Reclaim King’s Legacy, but in Era That Defies Comparison 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z
At length the two-horsed wain belonging to Farmer Hill drew up outside our house. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z
Behind the horsemen, and surrounded by a guard of laborers in smocked frocks, moved a plough mounted on a wain and drawn by eight farm horses. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z
“Charles’ Wain” is a corruption of “churl’s wain,” or peasant’s cart. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z
In front of the Dorset Arms, where our party was to lie, a clumsy carrier's wain, drawn by oxen, stood waiting. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z
And then, one by one, with a jerk and a creak, the great wains started on again. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z
We even played at work to the extent of helping gather apples, eating the best, and riding home on top of the loaded four-horse wains. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z
Mount, parched with thirst, hailed the driver of the wain, asking him if he carried cider. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
On land, they entrenched themselves as in a camp, surrounding themselves with their wains. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z
For two nights we’ve been jolly near frozen, sleeping in the wain.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z
"He tan det another wain," he said, in a tone of satisfaction. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z
The wain was still standing in the shade, but the oxen were gone now, and two men were busy forking out the clover into a little yard close by. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z
Baggage wains began to creak by, great shapeless hulks rolling in on the black ocean of the night, with soldiers half asleep on top, and teamsters afoot, heads hanging drowsily and looped raw-hides trailing. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
Pointing to Charles’s wain I said, “A good star for travellers.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z
The clumsy waggon, drawn by its team of four mules, with the dirty faded hood of yellowish green shading the wain, bumped and rumbled over the uneven ground. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z
Leaving the great wains, it was shipped upon the Stover Canal and despatched down the estuary of Teign to Teignmouth, whence larger vessels bore it away to London for its final purpose. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z
This bridge was not wider than what would allow a wain to drive over: it rested upon upright beams, taller than a ship's mast, and, as was usual, was unprovided with rails at the side. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
Then came the rumble of heavily-laden wains, but in which direction the party disappeared the squire was unable to see. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z
The peasantry were driving their wains homeward loaded with the luxuriance of the Hungarian fields, proverbially rich where they are cultivated at all. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z
Give a thing and take again, And you shall ride in hell's wain! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z
He went blissfully, as if on wings, and said: "Life travels to-day in the constellation of the wain, far away through the blue." Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z
A much more important beast of burden in eastern and southern Europe is the ox: the long lines of slow-moving wains in Rumania, for example, are not unlike what one would expect in Cape Colony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z
"There's naught but arrows in thy wain, I take it?" The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z
He had hoped to see a wain creaking over the fields, to hear the crack of a whip and the carter's cheery song. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z
Love’s harvest wains are piled With poppies and gold grain—I glean but fears Of empty hands, grim hunger, and the jeers Of happy wives whose loves are reconciled. Sonnets and Songs 2011-01-29T03:00:22.093Z
A wain loaded high with hay and laughing children was actually standing close against the ingress to their own peninsula. Plashers Mead A Novel
His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire. The Bible Story
For instance, the English children call the Dipper "Charles's wain" or "the wagon." Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place
And the vine-dressers, all daubed with lees of wine, standing up in their wains and bandying mockery or abuse with the passers-by, invented Tragedy. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels
Here, with his spouse and household lodg'd in wains, The Arab's camp shifts, wand'ring o'er the plains, The merchant's dread, what time from eastern soil His burthen'd camels seek the land of Nile. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem
If twice in March it chance to rain, In April once, a shower in May, In weight in gold of man and wain, The farmer's crops are sure to pay. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products
She folded the raiment and stored it in the goodly wain, and yoked the mules, strong of hoof, and herself climbed into the car. Tales of Troy and Greece
Borne afar on the wings of the blast, Northward away he speeds him fast, And his courser follows the cloudy wain Till the hoof-strokes fall like pattering rain. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12
The constellation was so named in honor of Charlemagne; or, according to some, it is a corruption of chorles or churl’s, i. e., rustic’s, wain. Folk-lore of Shakespeare
A shape there rose with iron wain and steeds 'Mid sallow fume of sulphur and pale fires; Its countenance meager, and its eyes e'en such As the wild, ghastly sulphur. Blooms of the Berry
Bless his wife an' wains, bless them in basket an' store an' take good care of his oul mare. My Lady of the Chimney Corner
So they harnessed mules to the wain, and placed in it the treasures, and, after praying, Priam drove through the night to the hut of Achilles. Tales of Troy and Greece
The oxen in the wains were merely skin and bone: their tongues were parched and swollen in their muzzled mouths. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880.
Yet must they all be brought him to, With wains and waggons fully freight; I trow there will be a careful sight. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse
Man, the great mime, must move the Momus vein, Whether he follow fashion or the wain, In ermine or in hodden. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890
"Maybe Mrs. Boyle an' th' wains are as hungry as we are," Anna remarked. My Lady of the Chimney Corner
The lumbering “wain” of the Saxon churl, though still surviving in the name of a constellation, befitted only an age little advanced beyond barbarism. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time
Now it was become a thoroughfare for prosperous loaded wains, for world-famed horses, for their supplanter, the automobile, which in ever-increasing numbers has come to enjoy and kill the peace of distant countrysides. Kildares of Storm
So did he speak: and the men to their wains put the mules and the oxen, And they assembled with speed on the field by the gates of the city. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846
No solemn host goes trailing by The black-mouthed gun and staggering wain; Men start not at the battle-cry, Oh, be it never heard again! Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition
There hung the axes crookèd-horned, and taken wains of war, And crested helms, and bolts and locks that city-gates had borne; And spears and shields, and thrusting-beaks from ships of battle torn. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse
Already in the darkness of early morning the city was awake; workmen were abroad; lighted tramcars passed with passengers; great wains, trucks, and country wagons moved slowly toward markets and ferries. The Dark Star
And the driver of the second wain was equally well known, old Maciek, the Switch, disguised as a peasant. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812
The tinkle of the thirsty rill, Unheard all day, ascends again; Deserted is the half-mown plain, Silent the swaths! the ringing wain, The mower's cry, the dog's alarms, All housed within the sleeping farms! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
The honour of appreciating my presence before anyone else fell to a pair of bullocks attached to a wain piled high with wood and proceeding slowly in the direction of Lourdes. Jonah and Co.
The waggon presently came in sight; a huge covered wain which had need to move slowly. The Old Helmet, Volume II
The carts, which ply for hire like cabs, are massive, springless tumbrils covered with a wain. Life and sport in China Second Edition
Polyphemus returns with his herds in due time, and closes the mouth of the cave with a huge rock, "which not two and twenty wains could move from the threshold." Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
So she travelled alone, and came to Hiltonbury in the sunset, as the ‘last long wains’ were slowly bearing their loads of wheat into the farmyard, the waggoners walking dejectedly beside them.  Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
As he spoke, Ping brushed past us, slipped between the two wains, and disappeared. Jonah and Co.
A heavy sort of wain or cart, on which the ship-timber for naval arsenals was formerly conveyed from Sussex. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
The last lingering wain conveyed from the fields their golden treasure. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls
In their own robber-holds or their own country estates they were a scourge to the trader whose wains rolled temptingly past their walls. Stray Studies from England and Italy
The new lines of trade lay often along mere country lanes which had never been more than horse-tracks, and to drive heavy wains through lanes like these was all but impossible. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815
‘But now I have it reapen, And some laid on my wain, Ready to fetch and carry Into my barn again.’ Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series
A harvest scene, a vineyard on the Rhine; Arbors, and wreathéd pales, and laughing swains Pouring their crowded baskets into wains, And vats, and trodden presses gushing wine. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
How many tents, that sages screen, With wains in hundreds, here are seen! The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
With the Wenman, who drove the wain, we may mention the Leader or Loader. The Romance of Names
Only one thing I cry, With tears and laughter mixed, That those who speed or far or nigh The swift-winged wains of the Electric Ry., Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914
‘God speed thee, man,’ said Jesus, ‘Go fetch thy ox and wain, And carry home thy corn again Which thou this day hast sown.’ Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series
That weight Not all the oxen from its place had moved Of twenty and two wains; with such a rock 280 Immense his den he closed. The Odyssey of Homer
With many an elephant and steed, And wains for draught and cars for speed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
Street cars at this time were comparatively new in Philadelphia, and I think we reached the last extremity of Saxonism in speech when we spoke of them as "folk wains." Confessions of a Book-Lover
Turpin treated him as he had done the dub at the knapping jigger, and cleared the driver and his little wain with ease. Rookwood
Doubling the splendor of the plain, There rolled the great celestial wain, To gather in the fallen grain. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
If we sometimes pity these dumb beasts as they drag loaded wains, or heavy omnibuses, or sub-soil ploughs, we may also bestow a tender sentiment upon the army mules. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
The household priest went first in place, The elders, and the Bráhman race, And after them the monarch's train Of women borne in many a wain. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
When you save my life this molning, me wish velly much that me could wain you, but me dale not then—it too late. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
Then, all at once, a wain had stood at the gate: the servants hastened to open it. Debts of Honor
Here, by malicious inspiration, they tilted the wain to one side and strewed the paving with their property. Pipefuls
Master, it was long ago you bought me; Master, you were proud to see me strain, Matching all my might as nature taught me With the loaded burden of the wain. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914
Let noble arms, and many a wain, And townsmen swell the prince's train; And hunters best for woodland skill Their places in the concourse fill. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
I will make thee Queen of far lands, Flocks, and herds, and camel-trains, Milk and honey, fruit and garlands, Vines and venison, woods and wains. Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse
And after the wain, on foot, the two brothers, hand in hand. Debts of Honor
I can describe that wain, loaded down with wine casks, drawn by four horses with scarlet trappings, the driver with a sweeping Juno's favor in his cap, as justly as you can. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century
There was a directed envelope inside, and I sent off a few lines to say the wains was well. A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune
Then leaving car and wain behind, One eager thought in every mind, Swift toward the weeping, every man, As each could find a passage, ran. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
Yellow the stars as they ride thro' the night, And reel in a rollicking crew; Yellow the fields where ripens the grain, And mellow the moon on the harvest wain; Hail! The University of Michigan
Lorand pointed speechlessly to the wain, and could not tell them. Debts of Honor
But now I have it reapen, And some laid on my wain, Ready to fetch and carry Into my barn again. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV
Northern Wagoner, a group of seven stars called variously Charles’s Wain, or Wagon, i.e. churl’s wain; Ursa Major, The Great Bear, and The Dipper. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3
One day, as the men were hauling in the "loaded wains" from the fields to the great barn, I sat under my favorite tree, as usual, waiting for a bite. The Blunders of a Bashful Man
They shove the Worm over the cliff into the sea, and bear off the treasure in wains. The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats
Again there followed a short whispering between my brother and the domestics; whereupon the latter seized pitchforks and began to toss down the hay from the wain. Debts of Honor
God speed thee, man! said Jesus, Go fetch thy ox and wain, And carry home thy corn again Which thou this day hast sown. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV
There shall come a swain, as proud as a po,91 He must borrow my wain, my plough also, Then I am full fain to grant or he go. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays
Williams hastened to bring a wain and mattress; Mrs. Mellicent ran for bandages and styptics; and the wounded gentleman was safely conveyed to the house, still in a state of insensibility. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel
A knee-deep crop of grasses, flattened by the passage of the harvest wains, clothed this strip of everyman's land, and a narrow footpath divided the grass down the middle, as a parting divides hair. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers
Sing me the joy of her fertile prairies, League upon league of the golden grain: Comfort, housed in the smiling homestead— Plenty, throned on the lumbering wain. The Ontario Readers Third Book
Then the visionary wain disappeared; and the people, frustrated of their hope, unsatisfied and sad, returned unto their dwellings. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings
Daylight had failed; to mid Olympus' gate Bright Phoebe drove her nightly-wandering wain. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor
She spake with voice unfaltering, and the golden wain moved on, And all men deemed who heard her that great gifts their home had won. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
Country franklins got their wains out of our way with mighty confusion, and coaches drew aside for us to pass, and roadside brats scampered off with a scream of freebooters; but M. Radisson only laughed. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade
The Grand Stand was formed of Sussex wains drawn up end to end; and the Paddock was just roped off. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs
Just in front of us, a large army wain struggled along through the yielding sand, drawn by a yoke of lumbering oxen. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country
This extension of the subterranean waterway proved to be a noble cavern, wide and high enough to pass a loaded wain, as we determined by tossing pebbles against the arching roof. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
Then up in the wain stood Brynhild, and her voice was sweet as she said: "Is this the house of Gunnar, and the man I swore to wed?" The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
And when the orchard boughs bend low with fruit, With joy we watch the mounded harvest wains Glide amid singing hedgerows smoothly by. My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale
A second too late, the car had been pinched between the great wain and the unyielding bank, like a nut between the jaws of the crackers. Berry And Co.
Soon as the shining dawn comes forth anew, For wain and mules thy noble father sue, Which to the place of washing shall convey Girdles and shawls and rugs of splendid hue. Health and Education
Each cart looked not unlike a hay wain returning from the fields, and we scrambled up on to the top feeling like children in the autumn. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia
Why tarry ye, Sons of the Morning? the wain for the bondman is dight; And the folk that are waiting his body have need of no sunshine to smite. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
To the lesser and poorer nobles the wealth of the trader, the long wain of goods as it passed along the highway, remained a tempting prey. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400
No gleaning in the wide wheat-plains Where others drive their loaded wains? The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation
Scarce could the slain Be clear distinguish'd, but they cleansed from each His clotted gore with water, and warm tears Distilling copious, heaved them to the wains. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper
No solemn host goes trailing by     The black-mouthed gun and staggering wain; Men start not at the battle-cry,     Oh, be it never heard again! Poems
Who knows of the joy that shall be, when the reaper cometh again, And his sheaves are crowned with the blossoms, and the song goes up from the wain? The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
He pointed to a great loaded wain that stood with its three powerful horses on the crest of a forward hill. The Other Girls
The squire had been in the field until near sunset, and now he was watching anxiously for the last wain. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance
Perhaps it was their universal chirping and carolling that concealed the distant echo of the highways; for surely the heavily-laden wains were now making in for Covent Garden? Prince Fortunatus
"Make ready all the horses and yoke the oxen to the wains," she said in a clear voice that would not tremble. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut
Oft they trudged, just as you see in the picture, the three little children seated high up in the wain, and the farmer and the dame plodding ahead. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk
If he led his waggon by the spring, his good horses had to strain and torture themselves for a full quarter of an hour before they could draw the empty wain from the spot. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844
He was standing, without his coat and vest, on the top of a loaded wain, the very embodiment of a jovial, handsome, country gentleman. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance
Well, a mortar to pound your grain in, and a pestle to pound it withal; an axle for your wain, a beetle to break the clods. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary
Already the wains stood there, the teams of sleepy oxen tossing their long horns in the glare of torches. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut
So one fine bright day in the blessed spring-time, they packed all of their belongings into a great wain, or cart, and set off to find a new home. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk
All day long between the shore and the ships did the boats ply; 535 All day long the wains came laboring down from the village. Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study
Rejoice! ye fields, rejoice! and wave with gold, When August round her precious gifts is flinging; Lo! the crushed wain is slowly homeward rolled: The sunburnt reapers jocund lays are singing. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations
Ai or ay, as in plain, wain, gay, clay, has only the sound of the long and slender a, and differs not in the pronunciation from plane, wane. A Grammar of the English Tongue
And we did so, after a good meal, as well as we could, while the wains yet brought stones, and arrows and darts in sheaves to the bridge. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut
The entrances in Jamaica Row and Moat Lane have arched gateways and gates to match, though much higher to allow of the passage of laden wains. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically
Down from the wain, ye dames of Troy, and hold Mine arm as I dismount…. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse
Why he was so called was because he used to go over his opponent even as a wain would go over withered sticks. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes
Hercules and the Wagoner As a Wagoner was driving his wain through a miry lane, the wheels stuck fast in the clay and the Horses could get on no farther. The Talking Beasts
Proud and majestic, the marvelous woman steps from her golden wain, and gives friendly but passionless greeting to Gunnar as she places her hand in his. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature
Arise, therefore, at break of day, and beg thy father to let harness the mules to the wain, that thou mayest take the linen to the place of washing, far away by the river's side. Stories from the Odyssey
When the country folk, betimes in the morning, came with wains and implements, and wondered that all was ready done, the Dwarfs were hiding in the bushes, and laughed out loud. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844
All the rest of the year we are the plodding percheron of commerce, patiently tugging our wain; but on that morning there wambles back, for the nonce, the pang of Eden. Mince Pie
And in the laden harvest wain That rumbles through the stubble plain. The California Birthday Book
Pegu, and the goods are there landed from the barks, being carried thence to Pegu in carts or wains drawn by oxen. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
Merchantmen With trampling horses, elephants, and wains, Made passage of a river, running slow In cool, clear waves. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala
And flocks of ducks forsake their sedges,   Wending home to the wide barn-door, And loaded wains between the hedges   Slowly creep to his threshing floor— Slowly creep. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.
Up the road the wain comes creaking back again. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
Ogier sent his wains to Lewes, twenty hours' solemn walk, And drew back great abundance of the cool, grey, healing chalk. A Diversity of Creatures
They seldom shine in wain, though they proceed from exhalations and other natural causes.' Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676
I rise with the sun, Like him to drive the wain, And, ere my work is done, I sing a song or twain. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843
Arrived at the green, the wain was brought to a halt; the crowd forming a vast circle round it, so as not to interfere with the proceedings. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance
Down the road comes heavily, creaking and swaying, a wain loaded with a huge tower of empty casks and drawn by two oxen, their heads swinging to the dust. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
The narrow streets are blocked with the wains bringing down, in boxes of every shape and size, the up-country rough leaf. Letters of Travel (1892-1913)
They used the old-fashioned scythe here twenty years ago, and they would bring home the harvest on a wain—rejoicing—in a simple honest fashion. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
Get on the wain, thou little fool--get on all the wains I own, and a plague upon thine eightpence, lad! Master Skylark
The happy speculator in future sits on the piled-up wain, singing "I told you so," with the submarine and the flying machine and the Marconigram and the North Pole successfully achieved. An Englishman Looks at the World
The wain trains which had lately followed the packhorse trains over the Alleghanies—with the widening of the Wilderness Road—were already bringing many comforts and even luxuries to the cabins of the well-to-do settlers. Round Anvil Rock A Romance
Boreas blows on his high wood whistle, Over the coppice and down the lane Where the goldfinch chirps from the haulm of the thistle And mangolds gleam in the farmer's wain. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919
Creakingly the wain followed him, pausing and starting and pausing again with groans of inertia. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862
Then the woven gold on a wain was laden -- countless quite! -- and the king was borne, hoary hero, to Hrones-Ness. Beowulf
"The rogue got between me and the nearest French victual wain," muttered Sir Oliver, amid a fresh titter from those who were near enough to catch his words. The White Company
The Convent’s lands were rich and heavy, virgin soil reclaimed; and the Prior, watching the last great wain piled high with wealth of golden treasure, saw the porter coming to him. Gathering of Brother Hilarius
With yoke-bands on their necks   Oxen were there, whereof some drew the wains   Heaped high with full-eared sheaves, and further on   Were others ploughing, and the glebe showed black   Behind them. The Fall of Troy
Not so deftly turns Curbing his steeds, his wain the Charioteer, While glows his dexter wheel, and with the left He almost touches, yet avoids the goal. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
By every wain that jolts along the roads, Stout Grief shall walk, the driver of the team. The Poems of Sidney Lanier
Borne after on the wings of the blast, Northward away, he speeds him fast, And his courser follows the cloudy wain Till the hoof-strokes fall like pattering rain. The Culprit Fay and Other Poems
"Mine is no horse with wings, to gain The region of the Spheral chime; He does but drag a rumbling wain, Cheered by the coupled bells of rhyme." Trees and Other Poems
When great with young they wander nigh their time, Let no man suffer them to drag the yoke In heavy wains, nor leap across the way, Nor scour the meads, nor swim the rushing flood. The Georgics
Let the frozen wain Demand your presence, or the torrid zone Wherein the day and night with equal tread For ever march; still follows in your steps The central power of Imperial Rome. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
Loud axes thro' the groaning groves resound; Oak, mountain ash, and poplar spread the ground; First fall from high; and some the trunks receive In loaden wains; with wedges some they cleave. The Aeneid English
Last came captives, some going afoot and some for weariness borne in wains; for all these war-taken thralls were women and women-children; of males there was not so much as a little lad. The Well at the World's End: a tale
Along one side of the field the whole wain went, the arms of the mechanical reaper revolving slowly, till it passed down the hill quite out of sight. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
So, painfully with rakes They grub the soil, aye, with their very nails Dig in the corn-seeds, and with strained neck O'er the high uplands drag the creaking wains. The Georgics
When others sat them down to fear He did not so, but in the dewy night When the great wain was turning round the pole He sought his kinsman Cato's humble home. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
How many pickerel are poised on easy fin fathoms below the loaded wain. Excursions
Now David biddeth press on past the wains and the driven beasts, which were going very slowly. The Well at the World's End: a tale
Trusty Tomkins appeared to think it best to suppress his displeasure; and observing that the wains were ready to transport the Commissioners' property to the borough, took a grave leave of Sir Henry Lee. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier
After these came servants, male and female, six or eight of them, and last of all a great wain, laden with baggage, drawn by four big Flemish horses. Fair Margaret
From peaceful holiday with mirth and wine The rustic, not half sober, driveth home With wife and weans upon the lumbering wain. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse
Not for myself, not even for those wains: But to keep in me living at its best The skill that must go forward and shape the world, Helping it on to make some masterpiece. Georgian Poetry 1913-15
About two hours before noon they got to horse again, and, being no more encumbered with the wains and the beasts, rode at a good pace. The Well at the World's End: a tale
Then he hoisted the tree on to the wain, roped it into place, and told the cartman to drive on. Welsh Fairy Tales
Find in the Glossary the meaning of: shuttle; spire; sear; verdant; wain; lapsed. The Elson Readers, Book 5
Now had the Night upon her ebon wain Passed o'er the upper sky, and dipped a wheel In the blue sea: but Sleep, the friend of pain, Refused my sense to seal. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse
No more making of wains, after I've spent My time in getting the right skill in my hands? Georgian Poetry 1913-15
He then determined to fix it at Waltham, and immediately the wain began to move thither of itself. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1
Meanwhile Giant Tom upset the wain, drew out the tongue and took off one of the wheels. Welsh Fairy Tales
The huge wains groaned under the weight of vessels of gold and silver, of ivory, and of the most precious woods of India. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra
They taught us rough-hewn rafters to prepare, And clothe low cabins with a roof of green; They bade fierce bulls the servile yoke to bear; And wheels to move a wain were theirs, I ween. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse
Sollers: I do, fine; I've felt the very thought go through my mind When I was at my wains; though 'twas a thing Of such a flight I could not read its colour. Georgian Poetry 1913-15
Come, any of you both, And I make an oath, That ere I eat any bread, I will drive a wain, Yea, for need twain, Between your body and your head. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1
Labouring wains are slowly rolling Home with winter grain; Holy bells are slowly tolling Over buried men. Adela Cathcart, Volume 2
Miss Stokes still came to the station with the wain: Monkey-nuts, Albert called her, though not to her face. England, My England
If the merchants and provision wains for Cahors were not robbed at the Défilé des Anglais, they were subjected to toll. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
Herschel ascends himself with venturous wain, And joins and flanks thy planetary train, Book IX. The Columbiad
When the rustling wain had reached a convenient distance, Gilbert began,— "I only wanted to say that I'm going to Chester tomorrow." The Story of Kennett
Cows and bulls are harnessed, to the wain and plough as well as oxen; they have all to work for their living. Two Summers in Guyenne
The filly was tearing into her collar; the old mare, swept along by the pursuing wain, broke into a heavy gallop. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
I care not for the glittering wain, Nor yet the weeping sister train. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes
Herschel ascends himself with venturous wain, And joins and flanks thy planetary train, Perceives his distance from their elder spheres, And guards with numerous moons the lonely round he steers. The Columbiad
A brood of owls were clucking and cluttering about under the hovel, and there, too, leaning against the rear wheel of the wain, were a lumpish wagoner and our surly host. The Yeoman Adventurer
“That slow wain may roll its course in utter darkness before it comes here.” Modern Broods
A great Sussex wain, top-heavy with hay, was drawing out of a farmyard among trees, a quarter of a mile away. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
The accusations were of the most vulgar and contemptible sort, invisible pinchings and blows, fits, with the blastings and mortality of cattle, and wains stuck fast in the ground, or losing their wheels. Lives of the Necromancers
I'll haste me to my Cambridge cell again; My fortunes cannot wax, but they may wain. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9
All the hedges are white with dust, and         the great dog under the creaking wain Hangs his head in the lazy heat, while onward the         horses toil and strain   Prince Henry. The Golden Legend
She saw the carman bend to scoop the flood As the wain fronted her,—wherein lay one, A pale-faced Woman, in disease far gone. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1
Round came the leader; the wheeler, slithering, jerking, almost swept off her legs, as the wain came on top of her. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Could I have had my way, I would have loaded a wain with them. Hawthorne and His Circle
Our work is over—over now, The goodman wipes his weary brow, The last long wain wends slow away, And we are free to sport and play. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2
"Bootes" is the constellation called "The Waggoner," who is said to be "less fatigued" because he drives the wain higher in the sky. Poemata : Latin, Greek and Italian Poems by John Milton
The wain pursued its way; and following near In pure compassion she her steps retraced Far as the cottage. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1
The wain was coming at the cottage from the flank. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Then the lovely queen was seated in a golden wain which stood in waiting for her; and Gunther mounted his own war-steed; and the whole company made ready to ride to the castle. The Story of Siegfried
Stop! stop! his impudence, I vow, Its due reward shall meet; By Charles's wain, I swear it now! The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems
"Ha! wains?—how many wains have you brought with you?" The Betrothed
The Conestoga wains rolled in with grain and good rum. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker
On the top of the wain, clear against the sky, a tall figure now rose, and gathered the rope-reins in his hand. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Then came the queen's golden wain, drawn by two snow-white oxen, which were led with silken cords by sweet-faced maidens; and in it, on an ivory throne deep-carved with mystic runes, sat glorious Brunhild. The Story of Siegfried
I warrant me, we shall have news of the wains in brief season. The Abbot
"So please you," answered the Fleming, "we were compelled to tarry, that we might load our wains with our bales of cloth and other property." The Betrothed
I was put, with eight others, in a great Conestoga wain without a cover. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker
A Grenadier was seen to fall with flapping tails, and another, and another; till the track of the thundering wain was strewn with men, who picked themselves up and pursued. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Hard was it then to recognize the dead; But when the gory dust was wash'd away, Shedding hot tears, they plac'd them on the wains. The Iliad
At Scaea's gates they meet the mourning wain, Hang on the wheels, and grovel round the slain. The Iliad
Early in the morning, even before sunrise, had the wains full of women and children begun to come thither.  The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
Above is the wheel of the wain of old. Palaces and Courts of the Exposition
Only the intrepid coachman, his feet set deep, held his place, swaying to the swing of the wain. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Some of these rhymes had been carved there by my grandfather, for example these lines: "By horse and wain I've journeyed up and down, Yet found no match for this my native town." Margery — Complete
Some of these rhymes had been carved there by my grandfather, for example these lines:                    "By horse and wain I've journeyed up and down,                     Yet found no match for this my native town." Margery — Volume 03
People began to gather about these chapmen at once when they fell to opening their bales and their packs, and unloading their wains The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
All that I would ask would be licence for my wains to stand in your court to-night while my fellows and I sup and lodge at the hostel.' The Herd Boy and His Hermit
The wain brought up with a dreadful jerk. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Evidently the wain had reached its destination, wherever that might be, and the sleepy wagoner, forgetful of my presence, had tumbled off to bed. The Broad Highway
They copy nothing that pre-existed, yet they agree with what pre-existed, fit it, amplify it, relate and connect it with a 'wain,' a number-tally, or what not, and build it out. Meaning of Truth
There then stood the ring of men, each company under its banner; and beyond them stood the women and children and men unmeet for battle; and beyond them again the tilted wains and the tents. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
Through rain and sleet they reached Chipping Barnet in due time on the third day's journey, and here they were to part from the merchant's wains. The Herd Boy and His Hermit
The old man could see nothing now, but he could hear the roar of the approaching wain. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Harry and Francke, you are enjoined to wain Your friendship from me; we must part: the breath Of all advised corruption—pardon me! The Merry Devil
The road was still well filled with wains and pedestrians, following after those who had gone on ahead. When Egypt Went Broke
Then came out of Burgstead men making semblance of chapmen with a wain bearing wares, and they made as though they were wending down the Portway westward to go out of the Dale.  The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
The straight highroad is swarming with traffic: clumsy wagons are bringing down marble from the mountains; other wains are headed toward Athens with lumber and bales of foreign wares. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
The wain began to gather weigh, creaking, jolting, jerking along. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
But the dormitories, and the storehouses, and the hayricks, and the cattle-byres, they'll flame bravely after this time of drought, and if the wains are ashes, how will they draw in their harvest? The Lady of Blossholme
The wains stopped; the pedestrians halted and gaped and gasped. When Egypt Went Broke
Even so may it well be with thee, son; so go if thou wilt; and thou shalt go with my blessing, and with gold and wares and wain and spearmen.’ The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
Some laborers are cutting the grain, others, walking behind, are binding into sheaves and piling into clumsy ox wains. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
It seemed as though the horses were fleeing from the wain. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Most of us are away with the wains, and others make holiday. The Lady of Blossholme
The colonel hailed and passed one wain after another, steadily calling, "Gangway!" When Egypt Went Broke
Therewith he went close up to the wain, and reached out his hand to her, and she gave him hers and he kissed it, and so went his ways smiling kindly on them.  The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
On returning from their bath, the wain and the oxen were strewn with fresh spring flowers. The Golden Bough
The wain leapt and swung and bounced along like a live thing. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Little troops of mounted men, pony drawn wains, knots of running figures were fleeing from the city through the opposite gates. The Metal Monster
That way was toward the north, on the heels of the wains and the flocks and the herds and the men and women and children of the migrating population of Egypt. When Egypt Went Broke
O we must fight for life and gear,   For our beasts are spent and our wains are stayed,And the host of the Mountain-men draws near,   That maketh all the world afraid. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
O love, to-night across the half-shorn plain Shall I not go to meet the yellow wain, A look of love at end of toil to gain? Poems By the Way
The thunder of the wain and the singing voice of the coachman was in his ears. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
"While from Jordan's stream by a traveller,    In a flagon of silver wrought, And by caravan, stage-coach, wain, and waggon A precious trickle has been brought,       Clear as when caught." Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
After the third of these tangles I halted by the side of the footway behind a wain with barrels on it, and looked about me bewildered. The Virgin of the Sun
It was only a wain of wine barrels; and now will the drunkards down stairs make good cheer. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
With the increase of travel and trade, the old world coach and chaise and wain came into use, and iron for tire and brace became an imperative necessity. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway
The lad crept out from under the wain. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea
Then was it a hard matter to know each man again; but they washed them with water clean of clotted gore, and with shedding of hot tears lifted them upon the wains. The Iliad
The wains and their warders came up with them and drew a garth of the wains round about the ring of men with the banners of the kindreds in their due places. The House of the Wolfings
In the train of wains laden with supplies a man lay on top of the goods. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1
He was now superintending the unloading of a wain of stores and implements when the light carryall of the Randolphs rolled into the field. A Sappho of Green Springs
Then twisting the tub from the end of the wain onto his shoulder in such a fashion that it remained upright, he walked off lightly towards the open door of the hall. The Brethren
Then the Messenger, the slayer of Argus, shed sleep upon them all, and straightway opened the gates and thrust back the bars, and brought within Priam and the splendid gifts upon his wain. The Iliad
But as for the wains of the Markmen, they were stoutly framed of ash-tree with panels of aspen, and they were broad-wheeled so that they might go over rough and smooth.  The House of the Wolfings
Yes, that is where we got him—stretched on the wain, going to his death, poor chap, and nobody to say a good word for him. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1
Leave men and lumbering wains behind, And dusty roads, all blank and blind; Come tread on velvet and on silk, Damasked with daisies, white as milk. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3
When Autumn scatters The leaves again, And piled sheaves bury The broad-wheeled wain,— Sing flutes of harvest Where men rejoice; Sing rounds of reapers,— And my Love's voice. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2
Thus spake he, and they parted asunder and gave place to the wain. The Iliad
Three days hence is the hosting, and thither bear along Your wains and your kine for the slaughter lest the journey should be long. The House of the Wolfings
Yea, she is wont to labor in the field, Delights to heap, at sunset, on the wain Festoons and coronals of the golden yield. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1
So did they, and more than a score, men and women, went with him, some in the wain, and some afoot.  The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men
Twenty-six pieces of artillery, and many wains laden with arms and ammunition, were dragged from the Tower through the City to Hounslow. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2
Thus spake he, and they yoked oxen and mules to wains, and quickly then they flocked before the city. The Iliad
But now whereas ye are wending with slaughter-herd and wain To meet a folk that ye know not, a wonder, a peerless foe, I fear for thy glory’s waning, and I see thee lying alow.” The House of the Wolfings
Now looking on this clutching hand, Trueman blinked and, saying no word, whipped his horses and the heavy wain rumbled and creaked on its way. Black Bartlemy's Treasure
And when they had made an end of breakfast, the head man of the House said to him: “The beasts are in the wain, and the timber abideth thy choosing; come and see.” The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men
Unless words were gems, that would flame with many-colored light upon the page, and throw thence a tremulous glimmer into the reader's eyes, it were wain to attempt a description of a princely chapel. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni
Then they brought from the chamber and heaped on the polished wain the countless ransom of Hector's head, and yoked strong-hooved harness mules, which on a time the Mysians gave to Priam, a splendid gift. The Iliad
So they harnessed mules to the wain, and placed in it the treasures, and, after praying, Priam drove through the night to the hut of Achilles.  Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities
Now when they had gone ashore, they went along a level road whereby wains were wont to draw down wood from the high hills to the town. The Odyssey Done into English prose
We made an onslaught on a village, burned a house or twain, and seized certain wains of hay, so, in the confusion, I slipped forward, and rode alone into a little wood.  A Monk of Fife
The wains which carried the ammunition remained at the entrance of the moor. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1
First bewailed him his dear wife and lady mother, as they cast them on the fair-wheeled wain and touched his head; and around them stood the throng and wept. The Iliad
Thou comest, Autumn, heralded by the rain,   With banners, by great gales incessant fanned,   Brighter than brightest silks of Samarcand,   And stately oxen harnessed to thy wain! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Then they took the garments from the wain, in their hands, and bore them to the black water, and briskly trod them down in the trenches, in busy rivalry. The Odyssey Done into English prose
The hazy darkness deepens,   And up the lane You may hear, but cannot see,   The homing wain. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse
The sacred National Assembly Hall itself has become common ground; President's platform permeable to wain and dustcart; for the Rue de Rivoli runs there. The French Revolution
Soon was each warrior Seen on his horse, But the Gaulish women Into wains were gotten; Then seven days long O'er a cold land we rode, And for seven other Clove we the sea-waves. The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda
All the hedges are white with dust, and the great dog under the creaking wain Hangs his head in the lazy heat, while onward the horses toil and strain. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
She folded the raiment and stored it in the goodly wain, and yoked the mules strong of hoof, and herself climbed into the car. The Odyssey Done into English prose
He beheld such store of gems, as we have heard said, that a hundred wains might not bear the lead; still more was there of ruddy gold from the Nibelung land. The Nibelungenlied
They bade the game which Siegfried's hand had slain, be carried home on wains. The Nibelungenlied
Then men leaped on their horses, and their women were set in wains. The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda
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