| 单词 | churl |
| 例句 | Yet it is true: I am better clad better shod and better fed than those — churls. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Four basebom churls. A beggar’s offering. Scum like that will never stop the snow. She might.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Aye. I have squandered a third of my life trying to teach the rudiments of swordplay to churls, muttonheads, and knaves. Small good that will do me in those woods.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But with the superb singing on display, I am beginning to feel like a churl for citing any flaws. Review: ‘Carousel,’ a Broadway Turn at Lyric Opera of Chicago 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z And you’d have to be a churl not to like it. Review | Maurice Sendak’s ‘Magic Flute’ brings storybook flair — and familiarity — to WNO 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Actually, I'm not a churl and think he is rather a good thing but he is increasingly sounding like Samwise Gamgee on helium, in making Alan Sugar laugh at himself and the mad contestants human. Rewind TV: The Hour; The Apprentice; Show Me the Funny; Imagine; Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet; Twenty Twelve ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:24Z It rips off My Bloody Valentine, but only a churl would mind. The Chemical Brothers 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Only the flintiest churl would look at this and find nothing to rejoice in. TV review: The Hour; Angry Boys 2011-08-02T22:10:01Z It promised December after December of piqued arguments and cascading overreactions, churls chiming in from all sides, with no argument essentially lame. Analysis | Turns out there was no need to fuss over the College Football Playoff selections 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Only a churl would lament the existence of these testaments to the out-of-nowhere potential of a great pop hit. TikTok stars like Bella Poarch can turn random songs into hits. So why not make 'em themselves? 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Fondness for the Brown years is a niche sentiment in British politics, but only the churls deny that he was a substantial figure. From Brexit to Trump, on both sides of the Atlantic populism has run aground | Rafael Behr 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z But you’d be an awful churl to insist upon making the argument. Arsenal v Chelsea: 2017 FA Cup final – live! 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Only a churl would object to hearing “Cracklin’ Rosie” and “Holly Holy” and “America,” the last of which was accompanied by images of a bald eagle that appeared to have come from the late 1980s. Neil Diamond, a master performer at work at Hollywood Bowl 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, Pietersen has been constantly criticised for his style, an attitude peculiarly British in its carping churl. The Joy of Six: showboating 2012-12-14T10:09:21Z Call them churls, cane them; make them scat when you appear!” Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z He picked up his arrows and his bow, and was observed to smile as he retired from these discourteous churls. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Because the gentlemen of France are proving themselves churls and cravens, unworthy of the names they bear! The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z And so--churl that I was--in answer to her speech I let drop some sneer about the great fear of the Spaniards which seemed to prevail in these parts. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z “Charles’ Wain” is a corruption of “churl’s wain,” or peasant’s cart. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Who betrothed her, twelve years old, for the sake of dowry gold, To his son Lord Leigh, the churl. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z We should say the man was a churl, who, when he had the power, should have refused to 'leave the world a copy' of such precious hours. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The position of the churl was nearly as bad. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z I am a great boyar, they are only churls!” Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z However, there was no mistaking his cordiality, and I should have been an oaf and a churl not to have met him fairly by the hand he offered. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The sin of Ham degraded him to the condition of a churl; and upon the partition of the world between the three brethren Noah pronounced a malediction against him. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z "Achilles' son slew women and slew babes, But quailed before the blood-wrath of a churl; And stole another's bride; and fled, fled, fled!" Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z Half the Masters are grinders and grabs, And the men, when not cynical churls, are too apt to be shirkers and blabs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-17T03:00:35.863Z Certainly, certainly, let us turn the guns on them; there is not much loss in a few hundred churls dying when so many boyars have perished. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Mary, had the churls laid finger on thee, I should have scattered their brains with my crucifix. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z There may have been giants in those days, and churls, and all manner of barbarians, but as we watch the strangers resting under the oak we say, "There were also gentlemen in those days." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z It is that of the first William's followers to the Saxon churls, of the cohorts of Cort�s to the Indians of Peru. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z He was no churl; but he was taken unfairly--as it seemed to him. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z But gracious Prince, do not listen to these common people, to these churls. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Why what a base churl am I to speak thus to thee, holy father; and thou standing there, looking at me like a lamb. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Ordinarily his attitude towards all that concerns the memories of man is that of a jealous churl. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Woe be to the churl who kept his shut! Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z For Vaughan, left to himself, had not reflected two minutes before he felt that he had played the churl. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z A draught of wine would make a mountain dance, Base is the churl who looks at wine askance; Wine is a soul our bodies to inspire, A truce to this vain talk of temperance! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Old Uncle Barnaby Gave it to Aunty P.— Laughing and teasing— "Pru., of the breezy curls, Whisper these solemn churls, What holds a pretty girl's Hand without squeezing?" A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Cherries in nets against the wall, Where Master Thrush his madrigal Sings, and makes oath a churl is he Who grudges cherries for a fee. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z It would have done the heart of any one, save a churl, good to have seen how willingly those boys worked; axe, or saw, or hammer, plane or spokeshave, nothing came amiss to them. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z And the two monks nodded their heads to show that what the churl said was true. 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 "Ah, tell me this secret quickly," cried the churl, "for it draws near the hour of meat, and truly, beyond all things, do I desire to grow rich." Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z For awhile I was content with this, but at the last A great contempt and hatred of them took me, The base, vile churls! The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z Wayward, The maiden scorns true lover's tenderest sigh, And inward pines for some ungracious churl, Who slights such light-won favours. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z He's a churl Whom a girl Lovingly shall embrace, Who'll not cry "Blest am I"— Let none such show his face. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Other men should be executed by the sword if they were noble or reputable burgesses, churls by the gallows, and women by burying alive. 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 Now when the bird heard him— "This be thy punishment, oh, thou false churl—What you hold in your hand, never throw between your feet." Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z My husband is a poor and niggard churl To him, whoe'er he be, that loves the girl. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z An outcast from an outcast race,—spurn'd, chid, From the churl's threshold. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z And the total amount of the holding of himself and his churls was thirty times thirty acres of land, which are still the fields of this town. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z And he will be churl, noble, painter, sculptor, all together and at once. 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 The bird from his refuge in the tree rejoiced greatly to observe the churl's miserable plight, and said nothing till his enemy's clothes were torn to rags, and his hands sore wounded in many places. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z But having now regained his courage, the sturdy churl obstinately refused to stir a foot with them, and even ventured to utter a wish that the enterprise might fail. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Ceorl, churl, n. before the Norman Conquest an ordinary freeman not of noble birth. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Had I my will there shouldn’t be a place of Protestant worship left standing, or a Protestant churl allowed to go about with a head unbroken.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z You, the most gallant gentleman in England, you, to have done a deed so foul as would shame the lowest churl! The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Now the bird was full of guile, so presently he made answer to the churl. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Simon the boat-keeper is not often sober at this hour: and if he was, a crustier churl—the devil warm his pillow!—doesn't live 'twixt this and the old world. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z I believe a protest was lodged with this military churl, but, of course, nothing could be done under his threat. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z This was a false churl and a false justice! Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Only if you are a churl will you deny your arm. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Miserable churl, when you held me fast in your rude hand, easy was it to know that I was no larger than a sparrow or a finch, and weighed less than half an ounce. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Surrounding the churls who acted as ram-bearers, and running as best they might in their heavy armor, was a group of knights and squires, led by the savage old graybeard of Carleton. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z "To hang English churls with," was the blunt answer. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Of which amercements, or ransoming of bondmen, some lords’ stewards say that it is rightful, forasmuch as a churl hath no temporal thing that is not his lord’s, as they say. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z But if, when they their gifts have shower'd, they see The objects of their bounty live like churls, Useless to all around them; who can wonder If they recall what seems so ill bestow'd? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z "Then the churls shall pay for it, by Jove!" returned the officer with rising passion; "and so shall you, sir pope--you have deceived me!" For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Two huge stones, hurled by Alan, the armorer, from the battlements above, came down on the heads of the luckless churls in the moat and helped to scatter the scanty footing. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The English soldiery regarded the Irish as savages who would not live at peace, and must be exterminated, with the exception of the actual tillers of the ground or churls as they were called. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z We find in writing a wondrous adventure that of old befell a churl. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z "A juggler and a godless churl he is, nevertheless; and an outlawed vagabond and sure gallows bird to boot, if he sets foot again on Danish ground," said the young fisherman, eagerly. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z “The churl in spirit” may be found in all ranks of society. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z I see it clearly now that ’tis our own old Marvin whose rights were trampled on by those who called him churl and varlet. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z "The churl in nature up and down" is perennial and ubiquitous. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:12.120Z With his beak as best he might, he smoothed and ordered his feathers; but the churl, who was fain of the three wisdoms, admonished him to speak. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Fair-browed Lycoris pines away Because her Cyrus loves another; The ruthless churl informs the girl He loves her only as a brother. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z When she visited Paris, in attendance upon the queen, the splendor and expense of Agnes were so excessive that the people murmured greatly; whereupon the proud beauty exclaimed against the Parisians as churls. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z One churl will help another in any strait.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Some half-dozen Saxon churls have been stood together on the outskirts of the crowd for some time, engaged in eager conversation. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z I know them better than you yourself," quoth the churl, "and long ago knew them. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z They will recognize a man of good breeding from across the street, and tell him from a churl though he have not so much as opened his lips. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z "Oh, yes; but Time is not such a churl as to bid you away before I have had even a look at you." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Mayhap it will not seem to him quite fitting that one who holds his lands in fee should with deceit and with violence shelter misdoing churls from their lawful masters.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Scrambling over moor and bog hither was bad enough, but parleying with quarrelsome thanes and with vulgar braggart churls such as these, I would not endure with a kingdom thrown into the bargain. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z And when the bird heard him, it maketh answer: "I warn thee, churl, that ye Let not fall to your feet that which you hold in your hand." Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z God curse whoever joined me to this hind, Or hopes in churls good merchandise to find! Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z I sent back the Podesta of Trieste’s daughter to her father safe, and without ransom, when the villain churl refused to pay it. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z I see little use in these changes, save to pamper churls and thralls that too often already raise their heads with complaints and demands. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Norman men-at-arms and Saxon churls turned dazed and dreamy eyes towards her, with a persistent gaze as of fascination. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Then saith Saint Thomas: "I myself will go to this churl; here he shall not abide, and it please God." Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z No, no, Mr. M'Kinlay, 'don't be a churl of your confidence. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Keep off, churl, or I may be tempted to take thy life!” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Would thou have all these things for which we risk our lives and lands extended to every churl and varlet in the Kingdom?” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Then Ethel pursued her journey, following the bridal party into the chapel, and sitting down, quite unnoticed, amid a motley throng of peasant women and Saxon churls, who had gathered to witness the nuptials. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Greatly the churl rejoiced when he heard the virtue of that wisdom, and saith: "This I needs must know, for riches I dearly desire." Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Give your island churls a taste of kingship, as we know it in France. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z It’s a sort of thing I don’t much relish; though now I’m into it, I may as well make a wholesale sweep of these conspiring churls. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z “And if thou’lt look abroad through our camp, thou’lt see some thousands of those same churls and yeomen that do risk their lives in this cause as much as thou or me.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z But when weapons were unsheathed, the churls eagerly thronged about their respective chieftains in feverish excitement. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Now when the churl heard this, he beat his breast, and tore his garments, and rent his face with his nails, and cried out woe and alas. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z For there the Saxon Duke Godric lorded it over his churls and swineherds; his iron rule at the Conquest replaced by that of the Marshalls, and later the Talbots, alike stern and severe. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z He was a short thick-made churl, evidently of prodigious strength; his features were rather handsome, but with a gloomy expression, and his eyes were full of sullen fire. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z There had been, it seemed, a most desperate and bloody revolt of the churls on the lands of Sir Hugh DeLancey, some ten leagues to the south of us. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z There was here also a goodly number of the humbler ranks; for, according to old Saxon law, not only freemen, but even villeins and churls had the right of representatives at the witanagemot, or council. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z He took them all away," sputtered the churl, "a hundred good ones. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z “If thou survive my well-contented clay, When that churl Death my bones with dust shall cover.” The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z The world is full of renunciations and apprenticeships, and this is thine; thou must pass for a fool and a churl for a long season. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z When his hunger and thirst were abated, he told us the tale of the churls’ revolt in a somewhat different seeming. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z As he well knows, I have made this charge to his face, that he has built a fortress for himself and all such churls and freemen as are willing to acknowledge his chieftainship. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z "You are a churl!" cried the Prince, hotly. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Death, too, had become to him a kind of actual being or fury, morally unamiable, and deserving of reproach: “that churl Death.” The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z For seeing the singular pleasure they took from it, I should have been a churl indeed not to gratify such hospitable and simple people. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Gilbert, the old churl who was our forester, hath died this day. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z You'll be well rid when we go; for if we get not Norman booty, I warrant we will have Saxon, if we skin every Saxon churl in the island for it. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after.—Romeo and Juliet. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z It’s that kind of goofy stereotyping that fuels the Olympic churl. The TV Watch: Cheering Team USA on NBC?s Olympics 2010-02-22T08:24:00Z "The devil's in the old churl!" replied the undaunted beggar. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Upon his broad and comely face was the same stern look he had worn that day he withstood my father in the matter of the churls at De Lancey Manor. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The churls may serve some useful purpose, when we have knocked their freemen manners out of them. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z A considerable proportion of the throng consisted of little knots of husbandmen or churls, four or five of whom were generally standing together, each company seeming to compose a deputation. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) Lionel had a roof above him, luxurious food, money in his pocket and a pretty hostess: he would be a churl who grumbled, a witless being who did not know when he was well off. The Gay Adventure A Romance Neither of them spoke a word, while their partners--rough young churls with red faces and glassy eyes--cursed freely in Spanish and French, and struck the table with their clenched fists. Barbarossa and Other Tales All his concern is for churls and clowns.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z So you first despatched a posse of your bog-trotting Saxon churls to murder two of my men; then you dragged your battered old shins through the woods, to raise a hullaballoo at the camp. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Though gentleman, coxcomb, clown or churl, Master or menial of passion's whirl. Impertinent Poems "These words to me, you churl!" cried the wizard, pale with rage. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I I ordered the treasurer to disburse 9d. for a trap and dismissed the grinning churl, who little guessed the breed of foxes which had made away with his bird. Bill the Minder "I must say, gentlemen, you are no churls of your wit and pleasantry, for, as I came up the stairs, I could hear every word you were saying." Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) I take the liberty to dodge about a bit amongst the churls who have submitted to these Normans, to see what encouragement there may be to feed at the same trough as these broken-spirited cattle. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Thus him has mercy made the rudest churl In all the world. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise Who betrothed her twelve years old, for the sake of dowry gold, To his son Lord Leigh the churl. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II But again I was, so I humbly trust, no such churl as to resent the purpose—though I did not know precisely what it was. The Great Miss Driver "It seems to me that I have seen you before, my churl of the carroty locks," he said; "were you not at the King's last fooling in the Louvre?" The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion "Hold him in play a little while, and we will make short work of these churls." The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z I can answer for thee, though, thou churl! Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 At Cressy, too, Feudalism received its death blow, when the English churl struck down the French noble, and the despised yeoman "proved more than a match in sheer hard fighting for the knight." The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History I was a churl, indeed, to doubt of you. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses The trading companies—the sons of the Saxon churl—the middle classes—for the first time appeared upon the scene, and were deemed a fitting escort to royalty. About London So, assured by the evident helplessness of this strange being, the churls came a little nearer, and asked him some further questions concerning his strange quest. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z We—they had sweated to show our guests good sport, and our reward was a flight of hunting-arrows which no man loves, and worse, a churl’s jibe over hard-fought, fair-lost Hastings fight. Rewards and Fairies If there happen to be a churl, that either out of covetousness, or ill nature, won't comply with this generous custom, he has a mark of infamy set upon him, and is abhorred by all. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts My dear Jack," said she, very gravely, "you men are such churls that you are never grateful for any attempts to please you except they be limited strictly to yourselves. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly If he knew how to break a lance but not how to win a lady he was less a knight than a churl. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern "Sooner and better, churl; but for the present your better plan is to run away," retorted Vigneau. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z And thus he stormed his own house, in which the people from Westgothaland had before overcome the house churls and the East Goths, and slain them all. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century I was asked to recite some of my poems, also, by a lady, but I was churl enough to ask her pardon on that score. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday It seems a churl's part not to laugh, as did our fathers before us, at the humours of the conventional parasite or impossible serving-man; but we laugh because we will, and not because we must. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time “Answer me, thou churl!” he cried, “I bid thee back!” The Irish Fairy Book "Eh, churl, what now?" roared Vigneau, in a towering rage, with great effort staggering to his feet, and after prolonged exertion getting out his sword, and lunging furiously at Pierre. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z And forthwith it became known that Halfred had armed the best of his house churls, and his followers, with good weapons, to set forth as a Viking to conquer, and as a Skald to sing. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century 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 The man or child, who is a churl at home and limits his courtesy extra-murally, is not only a pitiable boor but a contemptible hypocrite. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home "You have met that churl, Dutch Michel?" said the little man, coughing peculiarly after every word. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace This is not the daughter of a villainous churl, bred and reared on a midden, take note. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Godard calls Grim “a foul dirt, a thrall, and a churl.” The Lay of Havelok the Dane Every one will tell thee that mine was not the raiment of a churl: A crimson cloak and a white tunic, a belt of silver, no paltry work! Ancient Irish Poetry She had, before to-night, met me only once, and then I had been the churl, brusquely rebuffing her sweet courtesy. The Portal of Dreams To such a vile extremity had love, jealousy, and despair brought the brave knight Tristram de Lyonesse, that from being the fellow of lords and nobles he became the butt of churls and cowherds. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur No woman yet of our proud race Lived to her fourteenth year unwed; The brazen churl that eyed a girl Bought her the ring or paid his head— So ninna and anninia! Second Book of Verse The author clearly uses dirt and churl as synonyms. The Lay of Havelok the Dane But his is a churl's and a traitor's choice, Who, deaf to the call of duty, Would linger, allured by a syren's voice, On the Circean island of beauty. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Then round his form the dread avenger coiled, Like snakes' backbones in unelastic curl; By prison-bars his wished retreat is foiled, And in a cage behold the trembling churl. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Do you fancy that I esteem you any the nobler for having killed a few churls? Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur When a man invites a company to dine with him, and then makes the discovery that his larder is empty, there is cause for anxiety, be he king or churl. A Prince of Good Fellows I was a churl indeed to doubt of you. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) Taking a less technical sense than the ceorl of Anglo-Saxon law, churl, or cherl was used in general to mean a “man,” and more particularly a “husband.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Tell your churls, if the money is not forthcoming they are lost men; yourself especially—you shall die. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages At this affront Lancelot angrily drew his sword, and with one stroke warded off the blow, and cut the churl's head in twain. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur Indeed, so now you won't let me come out, you churl? Timar's Two Worlds Patrick, the younger, was florid and hearty; the elder, James, was unpopular—a gray, withered old churl, who carried written on his face the record of his life's failure. An Isle in the Water He is such a churl; such a railer at and so unreasonable with his servants, that they neither know how to do for him nor speak of him. Talkers With Illustrations They hailed him in thick voices, he made no answer; they cursed him for a churl, he paid no heed although his belly quivered with disgust and rage. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Shall we and the realm of England be shamed by being governed by a base-born churl? Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur To him our farmer went, for he would surely know some means of preventing such a robust churl as Matthew Fottner from being lost to the Church. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 To be called Rip, it seemed, was nakedly plebian--a type of proletarian churl of the canine underworld. The Land of Look Behind Those were the churls of society, but upon them fell the burden of service and the power of leadership. History of Human Society 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 On the way thither he met three churls, who were chasing Merlin and seeking to slay him. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur The king curses them all and calls them churls. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century He would never have insulted his wife after such a base manner––none but a churl would do that, and Claverhouse is not base-born.” Graham of Claverhouse What fellowship hast thou with times When love-thralled minstrels chaunted rhymes At feast, in feudal hall,— And peasant churls, a saucy crew, Fantastic o'er their wassail grew, Forgetful of their thrall?— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme And again, after three years, he made yet another banquet, and proclaimed that all should come, both rich and poor, both earls and churls. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales "Let me get something for myself," he says, like the churl in Theocritus. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Yet, as jealous as a mother, A suspicious, cankered churl, I look vainly for the setting, To be worthy such a pearl! Neighbor Nelly Socks Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series Much, indeed, was not to be said for it—but something might—and when a few words will rescue misery out of her distress, I hate the man who can be a churl of them.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges However, now she sees what a churl’s nature was under my fair-seeming exterior, her pride will show her what to do. The First Violin A Novel He saw a wrinkled old churl trimming the roadside hedge with a bill-hook, and humming a tune like the gravedigger in Hamlet, Act v. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Nor churl am I To frown on kind intent, nor child to trust This sceptre of Seven Realms to magic snare That puissance hath—who knows not?—greater thrice In house than open field. Legends of the Saxon Saints "More than I charge for a churl, by double." Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces No faith, my lord, I like your wine, and won't put a churl upon a gentleman. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges "Neither one nor the other, you crooked churl," replied one of the crippled beggars. Robin Hood The prince may sit with clown or churl Nor feel himself disgraced thereby; But he who has but small esteem Husbands that little carefully. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul If a stranger passed the tent of Hóseyn, he cried, "A churl's!" Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Even a churl might be expected to share with a starving man; but it was not the quarter in which to encounter a Christian of that kidney. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness I must have been the veriest churl not to wish him his pick of all the feminine wagtails in the wood. Birds in the Bush "No Saxon churl shall hope to carry off this prize from me," thought Sir Guy. Robin Hood "Everything changes—except the heart of the churl, which can never be made bountiful," said the indignant young priest. The Perpetual Curate "Shakespeare wrote of clowns and churls as well as of Kings and noblemen." The Dop Doctor Was it possible he could be aware of the real intentions of the churl who was leading him and his to ruin? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Give Moses praise, for he Made waterless a sea— Mine host to quench my thirst—the churl!— Jewish Literature and Other Essays Would you have me cringe To the ignorant mob of churls, through whose sweet voices The road to greatness lies? Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts Mayhap a little blood-letting now and then is efficacious in warding off the falling sickness, and in the end the churls get it back out of us. The Doomsman But Florentine animalism, at this time, feels the joy of a gentleman, not of a churl. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving "How dare you venture here, in danger as you are from the hand of every churl?" they ask him, frightened. The Wagnerian Romances And now an ill-natured churl had flung them into the draught…. Jonah and Co. The "churl" had no rights which those in office were bound to respect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Mr. Spike looked up at the ramparts defiantly, even as the Saxon churl must have gazed in an earlier, far sadder land. Humorous Ghost Stories I shouldn’t be churl enough to mind her singing now and then, but it seems to me I couldn’t stand ‘tours.’ Ladies-In-Waiting “Listen all dearest father mine, Recall thy word I entreat of thee; To rule rough earls and Norroway churls Too ignorant far and too young I be.” King Hacon's Death and Bran and the Black Dog two ballads That night, after cursing myself for a churl, I wrote and wished her good luck. Uncanny Tales Thy fame is dear alike to churl and king, And highest honour lies in honouring The Sovereign to whom we bend the knee; “God save the Queen,” one strain unvarying— Victoria’s children sing her Jubilee. The Wallypug in London He is, contrary to great men, maintained by his followers, that is, his poor country clients, that worship him more than their landlords, and be they never such churls, he looks for their courtesy. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters An interesting side-light is thrown upon this portion of David's career, by the incident of his meeting with Abigail, a woman fair and discreet, married to a sordid churl named Nabal. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He, troublesome old cross-grained churl that he was, would soon be out of the way. The Bertrams So far as I could determine, this fellow is as garrulous a churl and bully as his yellow-breasted cousin so well known in the East. Birds of the Rockies I am no sour churl to take offence at the idle words of a foolish boy. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Nay, mother," said Sir Mark; "but thou needest not call her of churl's blood. The Sundering Flood David and his band had protected Nabal's fields from other rovers, and had been, so to speak, a wall of fire between the churl's estate and the hand of depredation. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Then the king rode unto them and bade them, "Flee, churls!" Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The churl that wants another’s fare Deserves at least to lose his share. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes That General Gordon was a staunch Christian goes without saying, but he was no churl who could not esteem and respect the faith of his fellow-men. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Well, son, so thou hast brought home a woman of the husbandmen, a churl's daughter, to dwell with us. The Sundering Flood Go home, thou foul churl, and be ever a thrall! Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race What English churls are yonder, he said, That can so little courtesy? The Book of Brave Old Ballads For churls have coffers that o’erflow, And sheepish worth is poor and low. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Am I, who might reign over any of the kingdoms of the earth, to be flouted by you, a mere churl? The Red Romance Book Then depart from the house with as little shame as a ruffler and a churl may have. The Sundering Flood Similarly, a broken oath to a heathen or mere churl is excused as a trifling matter, but the ideal hero sweareth and breaketh not, though it be to his own hindrance. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race For she is come of high lineage, And was of a lady born, And ill it beseems thee, a false churl's son, To carry her hence to scorn. The Book of Brave Old Ballads But it is the part of a churl to bring danger upon a host, sahib, and I have many enemies. The Path to Honour No churl am I, but the son of an earl, and a knight withal. The Red Romance Book No churl would want to drink two glasses of whisky in the early part of one day. Gossamer 1915 Firstly thou, churl son of Janus, Rough for cold, in drugget clad, Com'st with rack and rheum to pain us;— Firstly thou, churl son of Janus. Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II Then called he forth his stout pinnàce; Fetch back yon pedlars now to me: I swear by the mass, yon English churls Shall all hang at my main-mast tree. The Book of Brave Old Ballads Busts, cameos, gems—such things as these, Which others often show for pride, I value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride; One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. The Book of Humorous Verse I am not such a churl as to require such a sacrifice. Cruel As The Grave What more could you do, had he bestowed her upon a churl, a losel or a slave? The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio From king to churl was he a gallant noble; he, a swaggerer, ill-born, a terrorist of mountain passes. Under the Rose I should be a churl if I did not tell you so. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Since it must be so, and this churl has checked Thy gentle spirit, go; but recollect That we must forthwith meet: I had rather lose An empire than thy presence. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry And thereupon the girl clapped her hands, and sang— The Rommany churl And the Rommany girl, To-morrow shall hie To poison the sty, And bewitch on the mead The farmer’s steed. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest And thereupon the girl clapped her hands, and sang— “The Rommany churl And the Rommany girl To-morrow shall hie To poison the sty And bewitch on the mead The farmer’s steed.” Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) But since he was a knight, it seems ye would reckon him as of greater honour than the brave churl that slew him for his evil deeds.' King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry! English Songs and Ballads In the rear of the great multitude of geese came a churl, tall and young, and comely enough for all his embrowning in the sun and wind, and his unkempt hair and rude dress. A Child's Book of Saints Answer to the gillie: The Rommany churl and the Rommany girl love thieving and spaeing and lying and everything but honesty and truth.—390. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest There tarried Olaf long and it fared well with him, and always was he mightily beloved by the churl. The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) But all wondered to see that Beaumains had neither shield nor spear, and some laughed and said, 'The ignorant churl! King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls "Thou shall not choose," said the churl, and began to beat him with his great club shod with iron. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" I, to whose protection and comforting thou hast come across the sea, have treated thee as no base-born churl hath warrant for treating the meanest of woman-kind. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims Hinky, pinky, pearly earl, Twenty nobles and a churl; Some are fat and some are lean, One in red and one in green— Prior, priest, and pearly earl, Twenty nobles and a churl. The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes Both sorts were there—the kind and the unkind, the gentleman and the churl—but all alike united in grateful praise for the mediation which Angus had accomplished. St. Cuthbert's Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) Busts, cameos, gems—such things as these Which others often show for pride, I value for their power to please And selfish churls deride; One Stradivari, I confess. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators How altered your air, With that close cap you wear,— ’Tis destroying your hair, Which should be flowing free; Be no longer a churl Of its black silken curl,— Och hone! widow machree! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 It seems a churl’s part not to laugh, as did our fathers before us, at the humours of the conventional parasite or impossible serving-man; but we laugh because we will, and not because we must. Obiter Dicta Second Series We trifled, toiled, and feasted, far apart From churls, who wondered what our friendship meant; And in that coy retirement heart to heart Drew closer, and our natures were content. Ionica Why, in short, did you thank this churl? Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection No word the fierce knight spake But ope'd the door, And, scowling, said—"No Saxon churl shall make Rowena wife; and dare he woo her more, Upon him, would Sir Guy a direful vengeance wreak." Rowena & Harold A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst Yet think no scorn to ask a wealthy churl; He wants no gifts into thy lap to hurl. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) He would, indeed, be a churl who grudged Emerson his fame. Obiter Dicta Second Series The more the merrier; we shall at least show them that we are no churls. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific A man may value what is his own without being a miser or a churl. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House You may trace the same progress in ‘churl’, ‘clown’, ‘antic’, and in numerous other words. English Past and Present He draws its general moral lesson from the French Revolution, and with clangorous note warns all whom it concerns, from king to churl, that imposture must come to an end. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle The other characters represented a franklin or private gentleman, a churl or farmer, and the lower grades were represented by a clown. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Would you believe it? she and two tall churls of sons that she has about her amuse themselves with terrifying that little girl by dressing themselves up whimsically, and acting the goblins in the twilight. The Home I loved thee then, not only as a churl his mistress, but as a father loves his own sons and sons-in-law. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus But when she looked him upon, He was a blear-eyed churl. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series But standing among the crowd was one Brithmar, a churl or serf, who was nicknamed Budde, or Pudding, from his stoutness. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. 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 The art and pursuits of a gentleman in the heroic age are different from those of the churl, but not so far different as to keep them in different spheres. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The host well deserved Serigny's appellation of a churl, for he looked suspiciously at me, and when I asked for de Greville replied he knew nothing of him. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV On the morrow the lady discovers her paramour to be a churl, and he is led away to execution, but escapes by 212 juggling himself into a meal-bag: the dust falls in the lady’s eye. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series As a reward to the fat churl Brithmar for his service, he was made a freeman and his little property was also made free. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. I will not set myself down a churl where nature has not made me one; I said in my heart, and I tried to say to her with my eyes, "Laugh, sweet mistress, laugh!" Simon Dale But even this passage has something to gain from the episode of the churl and his more generous servant who looked on at the fight. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The host is a surly, close-mouthed churl who will give you little information until he knows you well. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV And thereupon the girl clapped her hands, and sang— “The Rommany churl And the Rommany girl To-morrow shall hie To poison the sty, And bewitch on the mead The farmer’s steed.” Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest The German guards rushed to the attack, shouting: "Back, churls, the guards are coming!" Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. But Theodoric, still indignant at being challenged, as he deemed, by a son of a churl, said sullenly: "No; the dog shall hang, as I said he should, before the gates of Verona". Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Begon set his back to an aspen tree and killed four of the churls and beat off the rest, but was killed himself at last with an arrow. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature As is ever so with low-born churls, and no gentleman to command, each looked to the other for some act of heroism, and each sought his own safety. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Caius knew that the farmer, Day by name, was a churl, and was said to keep his family on short rations of happiness. The Mermaid A Love Tale No wonder that churls and yeomen wax so presumptuous as even to lay leaguer before castles, and that clowns and swineherds send defiances to nobles, since men-at-arms have turned sick men’s nurses. The Literary World Seventh Reader And ‘Will the churls last out till we Have duly hardened bones and thews For scouring leagues of swamp and sea Of braggart mobs and corsair crews?’ Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys No man stood there of whom to crave Rest for wayfarer plodding by: Though the tenant were churl or knave The Prince might try. Poems In the meantime, Gervase Norgate was not a churl: he did not dream of stinting his wife in her perquisites, though he was not fond of her, and they now no longer lived comfortably together. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The backwoods dandy scowled and gave back the churl's response, "Thet's my business." A Pagan of the Hills We say now that a sulky, ungracious person is a "mere churl," or behaves in a "churlish" manner, never thinking of the original meaning of the word. Stories That Words Tell Us Then he took a gold ring off his hand and gave it to the churl. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda Sing, O Muse, of chivalrous men! the sacred quest, the doughty deeds, the battery of low churls, the fearsome ride and gruesome perils of the Flower of Simpson's Bar! Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Beleaguered ladies, knights-errant, dwarfs, churls, fiends of hell, leaping like flames out of pits in the ground: all these, but no fairies. Lore of Proserpine Through all his interminable tragedies, he was fondest of lines like— "If ever I leave off to honour you God give me shame; I were the worst churl born." The Victorian Age in Literature The word in Saxon times would have been churl. Stories That Words Tell Us "I'm quite the churl, I know; but I can't help it." The President A novel Puff up the foemen's prowess to the sky,— Twice-conquered churls,—and Latin arms decry. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor And joy for the girl, And ease for the churl! Songs from Vagabondia Woe to the churl who refuses him water or shelter. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural The word churl has a somewhat similar history. Stories That Words Tell Us Then, too, it was that the churl's nature came out in Otkell and others, who having enough and to spare, would not part with their abundance for love or money. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga Forth rush the churls, scarce waiting her demand, Roused by the Fury in the wood's still shade. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor And joy for the girl, And ease for the churl! Songs from Vagabondia The king said they must know that he had had greater things to cope with than fighting there with churls out of Thrandhome. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Another word in which the "villeins" and "knaves" and "churls" seem to have their revenge on the "upper classes" is surly. Stories That Words Tell Us None but a churl would wish this enthusiasm abated. Adventures in Criticism The trumpet sounds: the Latin churls straightway Æneas routs, first omen of the day, Huge Theron slain, their mightiest, who in pride Of strength, rushed forth and dared him to the fray. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Feudalism rested on the superiority of the horseman to the footman, of the mounted noble to the unmounted churl. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 When the Wesleys descended and walked among these churls, it was as beings of another race; imperious in pride and strength of will. Hetty Wesley Poor mother!" sighed Algernon, as he turned his steps to the widow's cottage, "how I pity you, having to live upon the charity of that churl! Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers And where, churl or no churl, is the competent critic to be found? Adventures in Criticism If he be a churl, she must submit with Christian resignation. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Though there may have been much Welsh blood left, it ran in the veins of serfs and rent-paying churls, who were of no political or social importance. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain The world," says Emerson to the Poet, "is full of renunciations and apprenticeships, and this is thine; thou must pass for a fool and a churl for a long season. Life of John Milton The churls took this blow in silence and tried to make something out of it. Montlivet But whatever the cause, the race of churls and their riches have escaped misfortune. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt And safe at last stand Kaiser and churl On the mountain path where the mosses curl— And this the revenge of Zyps of Zirl. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses The great gods were appealed to by the chieftains and by the race in battle: but the household gods or deified ancestors received the chief homage of the churls by their own firesides. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain "We trifled, toiled, and feasted, far apart From churls, who, wondered what our friendship meant; And in that coy retirement heart to heart Drew closer, and our natures were content." Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences He was a malevolent churl too, Hildegarde thought; indeed she was sure of it. Queen Hildegarde Go to! ye glowering churls, I disappoint you! The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The churl gave thee a blow with his three-pointed fork in the small of the back, so that thou flewest like a bolt out over the door. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge The artisans depended wholly upon their lord, being often serfs, or else churls holding on service-tenure. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain As some strong churl would, brandishing, advance The monumental sword that conquered France; So you, by judging this, your judgment teach, Thus far you like, that is, thus far you reach. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 But Simon Hartley remained what she had at first thought him,—a sullen, boorish churl. Queen Hildegarde She and her following of churls can do nothing against the Son of Ptah. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Cuchulain came in and gave the churl a blow with his sword, so that he made two pieces of him. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge The noble himself lived upon his manor, accepted service from his churls in tilling his own homestead, and allowed them lands in return in the outlying portions of his estates. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain The latter asking him one day why he paid such respect to Alcibi'ades, "It is," said the churl, "because I foresee he will prove the ruin of the Athe'nians, my countrymen." Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. Her heart burned with indignation against the graceless, thankless churl who could rob the man on whose charity he had been living for two years. Queen Hildegarde Hadst thou but caught away Mother Sub-Prioress, she would have reformed thy home, whipped thy children, and mended thine own vile manners, thou graceless churl! The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Each hundred was originally a group of one hundred free English families, settled on the soil, and holding in check the native subject population of Anglicised Celt-Euskarian churls. Science in Arcady "Fetch the English churl, and ask him if he knows who these are," said the Dane. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut "I hope we can make the churl say something," said Walldorf. The Northern Light At hardship's surly-visaged churl My spirit sallies; And melts, O Peace! thy priceless pearl In passion's chalice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 He had courage, for he was smaller than I. 'Twas the spirit that prompts a gentleman, however puny, to despise the churl, however big. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow The Romanised Britons became English churls and serfs—nay, the very name for a serf in ordinary conversation was Weala or Welshman. Science in Arcady Say, do churls Know the worth of Oman’s pearls? May-Day and Other Pieces It is not to be said that the prince was wrecked like a fisher churl. A Sea Queen's Sailing Went then a war-brave, his weapon uplifted,130 His shield for defence, and strode towards the chief; So earnest he went, the earl to the churl: Each for the other of evil was thinking. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems The condition of the churl and the liberal, how different then! The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character His necessary solitude of spirit is not luxury, nor the gesture of a churl: it is his sacrifice, it is the condition on which he lives. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Your rank is all reversed: let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls: They are the doctors of the wilderness, And we the low-prized laymen. May-Day and Other Pieces Sure am I that it cannot have originated in the mind of any of those noble earls, but must be the device of some meaner churl, who hopes to gain a reward for his treachery. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young Meanwhile, the churls' report Has throng'd the beach with many a curious face, That peeps upon her from its hiding place. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood But a churl, armed with a bow, and arrows of steel, was hidden among the trees. Hero Tales They scorned churl WARREN's yoke, Of order made a joke, And claimed the Rights of Men. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 Madam," cried Geraint, "the churl has wronged your maiden and insulted your person. Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion "Ill will befall me if I listen to thee, thou wicked churl," cried the abbot. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Yet he will not infer from the English King's use of the term in formal utterances that an Englishman is a churl, a "servant of his King." New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 After a while the churl and the three villains came near him, and found him dead. Hero Tales So, so!" he exclaimed, as he watched the retreating figure, "it has come to this, then, that I am to yield my share of the riches of Haddon to this usurping churl. Heiress of Haddon Then, in his wrath, Geraint clapped hand to sword, and would have slain the churl, but that he bethought him how powerless was such a misshapen thing. Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion "Oh, he was no churl, but a pleasant gentleman with a soft voice." Pixy's Holiday Journey Their jibes at girls, their games, their curls, Their wastefulness, their waist, Their yearnings to hook Dukes and Earls, Their matrimonial haste, Are the crude chat of cubs and churls, And in the vilest taste. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892 "Unmuffle that churl," pursued the knight, manifesting some impatience; "let us see what lurks beneath that sordid cowl." The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century "But, Robin, she shall be in the stable and dry two hours before my old churl gets up." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The humblest laborer in our mills or mines Is royal Thane beside those slavish churls; The frugal farmer in our land to-day Lives better than their kings—himself a king. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Then Earl Godrich began to govern the kingdom; and all the nobles and all the churls, both free and thrall, came and did allegiance to him. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) That ‘Eisteddfodau’ Welshman teach To spurn the thrice blest English speech: Welsh books—there are none, save what quacks Sell the poor churls as almanacks. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century The day a man entered the pit's company, he paid 1s. for footing-ale, and the doggy saw that no churl escaped. Recent Developments in European Thought The churls know not what is hidden beneath this outward habit of her perverse nature, and she careth not to discover. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 "Oh, thanks, sir," said I. I could have kissed the old churl. Tell England A Study in a Generation Who is the churl of churls, that cries across the water? The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson The churl would not give a second thought to the phrase, or, indeed, a first one; but the man of appreciation finds in it a source of pleasure. The Reconstructed School O show me where the churl is hiding! Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe "Thou discourteous churl! give me but the vantage of a weapon like thine own, and I will fight thee honestly and without flinching." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 What if this self-styled harper should turn out to be no minstrel after all, but a hired assassin, a follower of that base churl, his hated foe! Stories of the Border Marches He the hall entered, the icebergs resounded, as the churl approached; the thicket on his cheeks was frozen. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Cuchulainn looked at him; he threw the feat-apple that remained in his hand, so that it went between the rim and the body of the shield, and went back through the head of the churl. The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic I tell thee, friend, a speculating churl Is like a beast, some evil spirit chases Along a barren heath in one perpetual whirl, While round about lie fair, green pasturing places. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe Well does the tragic poet exclaim: '"Oh, fond Repute, how many a time and oft Hast them raised high in pride the base-born churl!" The Consolation of Philosophy Gainsay me not; for his sake are ye dear That sent you to our house; and though my part In life be low, I am no churl at heart. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse There was a bold churl of Salisbury come, he bare on his back a great strong club. Brut When the churl was troublesome then and stuck to him, he struck him on the hard part of his crown, so that he divided him down to the navel. The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic For I would say, at the risk of a broken head, that he is a sour-faced churl. Helmet of Navarre What coarse defiance, haply, hurl At lights beyond his comprehension— An attitudinising churl Who struts with ludicrous pretension. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 Why should kings and nobles have Pictured trophies to their grave; And we, churls, to thee deny Thy pretty toys with thee to lie, A more harmless vanity? The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 To the ships proceeded the valiant churls; in every ship a hundred and half. Brut The churl gave you a blow with the three-pointed flesh-hook in the small of your back, so that it threw you out over the door like a shot. The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic Indeed, no sooner had I got fairly inside the door than my master raised himself on his sound elbow and called out: "Ah, Félix, do you bear me malice for an ungrateful churl?" Helmet of Navarre Faith, brother king, now can I speak in comrade's wise to my churls as you speak to your seamen. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet Dispel gloominess from your forehead: the modest man generally carries the look of a sullen one; the reserved, of a churl. The Works of Horace "Nay," say the churl, "for we will go to thee to the place wherein thou wilt be tonight, O fair little master Conaire!" The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes Cuchulainn came into the house and gave the churl a blow with his sword, so that it made two pieces of him. The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic Evidently society and gayety were necessary as food and air to her, and her churl of a husband denied them. The Indiscretion of the Duchess The wrecks strewed the shore of Dorset and Hants next morning; and if any men won to land, there waited for them the fishers and churls, who hated them. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet Fair-browed Lycoris pines away Because her Cyrus loves another; The ruthless churl informs the girl He loves her only as a brother! Echoes from the Sabine Farm I have known churls in honorable houses and true knights in the common camp. Sir Mortimer "The clumsy churls have overthrown her," he said, "now I hope that one has had his head broken thereby." Wulfric the Weapon Thane Yea, the dogs would have eaten the flesh of that vile churl, and not a tear would have been shed for him. Stories from the Odyssey If the nobles build badly, there will be excuse for every churl to do the like hereafter. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet An hog well fed this churl presents, And craves a strain of law; The hog received, the poor man's right Was judged not worth a straw. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 "For that churl and satyr yonder, may God keep him in safety until we come again!" Sir Mortimer And I asked that thane if they sent no warning message--and he said they had done so by a certain churl whom they met. Wulfric the Weapon Thane The difference between the knight and the churl still subsists, and both may sometimes be found in all social strata. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Thanks; churls fight with words; knights, and would-be knights, with swords. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune He offends with terror, repeats his offence, grows familiar with crime, and is at last detected by a "stern stout churl, an angry overseer." The Parish Clerk And in the Commons sneaks a vote Which sticks hard in the "Temperance" throat,— Dull churls, to justice deaf! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891 Then were shouts, and the village churls began to run every way, and one or two came up the hill towards me. Wulfric the Weapon Thane "Justice you shall have, my poor churl," answered the king gently. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Leofric rose, amidst cheers and demonstrations of applause, somewhat tempered by the gravity of the occasion; nay, a few faint-hearted churls said, "Let us hear what he has to propose before we cheer him." The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune Then the words of the churl Beorn, who had been taken prisoner, as the messenger had told us, came fresh to my mind. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune Perchance to some provincial churl, Who blushes quite unseen? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891 We Three form an informal but fast-knit trinity, that can offend none but churls, and affright none but dullards. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 You must be in a bad way, my poor churl," said I, "if things are thus with you. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex The neighbouring thanes whom the troubled times did not detain at home, the churls of the estate, the thralls, crowded the precincts of the minster, as the solemn bell tolled the deep funeral knell. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune No niggard churl our High Chieftain, But lavishly His gifts are made, Like streams from a moat that flow amain, Or rushing waves that rise unstayed. The Pearl Associated words: patristic, patristics, patrology, patrist. churchly, a. ecclesiastical. church officer. vestryman, warden, presbyter, trustee. churl, n. rustic, hind, bumpkin, lout, boor. churlish, a. boorish, rude, morose, unamiable. chyle, n. Putnam's Word Book On such wise, like the churl and booby that he was, being despoiled, he made terms. The Decameron, Volume II On that they gave me a woodman's billhook, and a seax,iii such as the churls wear, and one thrust a good ash, iron-shod quarterstaff into my hands. A Thane of Wessex I will not cross swords with a low-born churl like you. The Thirsty Sword A large proportion of the population consisted either of slaves or of churls or of villains, who were compelled to till the ground for the benefit of their masters. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 Antonyms: cad, boor, churl, Philistine, guy, lout. gentlemanly, a. courteous, deferential, polite, urbane, gallant, well-bred. genuine, a. authentic, veritable, sterling, unmixed, real, pure; sincere, heartfelt, unaffected. Putnam's Word Book Then it is likely that she knows that you are no churl, but the son of Grim, though we have fallen on hard times for a while. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln I turned aside to a little cluster of thralls' and churls' huts I knew. A Thane of Wessex Your rank is all reversed; let men or cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls: They are the doctors of the wilderness, And we the low-prized laymen. Poems Household Edition Thou foolish Hafiz! say, do churls Know the worth of Oman's pearls? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon eorls which signified the "gentle folk," as distinguished from the ceorls, the "churls" or "simple folk." The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Nor is he a churl, but rather one of the most noble of men. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln That was wise counsel, and we left our arms in a baggage wagon, borrowing frocks from the churls who followed us, and only keeping our seaxes in our belts. A Thane of Wessex Say, do churls Know the worth of Oman's pearls? Poems Household Edition "I must be careful, but I need not be a churl." A Bicycle of Cathay A few pages about this 'second Ptolemy' will be grudged me by none but unlettered churls. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Alsi grinned, for Eglaf's saying of him was not so far wrong; but he had more serious business on hand than to talk of these things with a churl. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln That method of ennobling a man by land got to be a way, at that time the only way, by which a churl or a villein could become a nobleman or even be emancipated. Popular Law-making But if the brave old mould is broke, And end in churls the mountain folk In tavern cheer and tavern joke, Sink, O mountain, in the swamp! Poems Household Edition You are but churls," I said, "and the next thing to knaves. Red Axe But they love it—they adore music, they take such comfort out of it, that one is forced to forgive this lack of ear and this polyglot pitch, or else be considered a churl. Abroad with the Jimmies So presently it seemed to the princess that the churl was gone, as it were, and in his place was a wandering atheling, at least, who was not a terror at all. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln And Crysant said to her, if one worship the earth as a goddess, and another work and labour the earth as a churl or ploughman, to whom giveth the earth most? The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome He is no churl nor trifler, And his viceroy is none,— Love-without-weakness,— Of Genius sire and son. Poems Household Edition What could he do or say against it all without seeming a churl and an ingrate? Strawberry Acres England hath enough of Saxon churls without thee, and I shall purvey myself an esquire of youthful grace and noble blood.” More Bywords Alsi's face became black at that, for here was not the friendless churl he was scoffing at. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln I think the lesson was not quite lost; that it held bad manners up, so that the churls could see the deformity. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice "Long-legged," "thin-legged," are favorite terms of abuse among them, and Grey once heard a native sing scornfully Oh, what a leg, * * * * * You kangaroo-footed churl! Primitive Love and Love-Stories The instruments of a churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) “He is an English churl, and all churls are traitors,” responded Walter. More Bywords Now Alsi thought that it was impossible that this churl, as he deemed him, would not be overjoyed to hear of the match he had made for him, and he must needs know it soon. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln The servants, both white and black, dwelt somewhat apart in the quarters, rude log huts for the most part, but probably as comfortable as those of the Saxon churls of the time of the Plantagenets. George Washington: Farmer This right these haughty peasant churls assume Trenches upon their master's privileges: None should be armed but those who bear command. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Those blushing lips may never sing the glories of our line: Our ancient castles echo to the clumsy feet of churls. Collections and Recollections And they treated him far more as a prince than as a Saxon churl. More Bywords Yet there was that about Havelok that puzzled him, for his ways were not those of a churl, and he spoke as a freeman should speak. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln I seemed to you a fool and a churl. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 I am the Emperor's vice-regent here, And will not that each peasant churl should build At his own pleasure, bearing him as freely As though he were the master in the land. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes And she hath chosen for this fair angel some base peasant churl who will have no sense of her exceeding loveliness? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 In these days the common people were called churls, or anything else that happened to occur to the irritable and quick-witted nobility. Comic History of England Or had he made other discoveries of equal importance, which he did not think it worth his while to communicate to the world, but chose to die the churl of knowledge? The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Their eyes would flash—their teeth would grind—Their lips would tightly curl—They’d say, “Thy way thyself must find,Thou misdirecting churl!” The Bab Ballads I was a churl, indeed, to doubt of you. The Black Arrow "What money hast thou, churl?" said one of the thieves. Ivanhoe Much indeed was not to be said for it, - but something might; - and when a few words will rescue misery out of her distress, I hate the man who can be a churl of them. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy He must have had some ups and downs in life to make him such a churl. Wuthering Heights And he had been churl enough to show a spark of temper—and that, too, after she had repeatedly expressed her gratitude to him. The Cruise of the Jasper B. I know ye were but an instrument in the hands of others; a churl must obey his lord; I would not bear heavily on such an one. The Black Arrow "Meanwhile, stand up, ye Saxon churls," said the fiery Prince; "for, by the light of Heaven, since I have said it, the Jew shall have his seat amongst ye!" Ivanhoe No man durst slay another, had he never so much evil done to the other; and if any churl lay with a woman against her will, he soon lost the limb that he played with. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Had I my will, there shouldn’t be a place of Protestant worship left standing, or a Protestant churl allowed to go about with a head unbroken.” Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery Halt! thou intrusive churl and indiscreet, Rash, meddling, saucy villain, stay thy feet! Orlando Furioso The honest old churl clasped me into his hairy bosom three times, stuffed my wallet with dry fruit and bread, and once more repeating his directions, sent me on my lonely way. Gulliver of Mars Saxon churls, lolling at their lazy length!—out upon them!—let them sit close, and make room for my prince of usurers and his lovely daughter. Ivanhoe All praise our generous earl,— He gives, and is no churl: All men are well content Fate such a chief has sent. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway We—they had sweated to show our guests good sport, and our reward was a flight of hunting-arrows which no man loves, and worse, a churl's jibe over hard-fought, fair-lost Hastings fight. Rewards and Fairies "Come, Sir Knights," spoke Paul of Merely, "we will ride within and learn what manner of churls inhabit this ancient rookery." The Outlaw of Torn "Thou tellest marvels indeed," said he; "but how then? if all the churls work not, shall there not be famine and lack of wares?" A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson If thou meanest yonder Saxon churls," said Front-de-Boeuf, "their ransom will depend upon other terms than thine. Ivanhoe You are indeed unfortunate," she said, "that a pack of churls like these should have captured you and that none of them should have paid for it. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga I walked among them and I knew them well: Men I had slandered on life's little star For churls and sluggards; and I knew the scar Upon their brows of woe ineffable. Children of the Night My bane they shall be not, the cowards, The brood of the churl and the carline. The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald I am but a nameless churl; But God will put all things straight some day— Till then may your sleep be a sound one, girl! Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon "By the bones of St Thomas," said Prince John, as they retreated, "the Saxon churls have borne off the best of the day, and have retreated with triumph!" Ivanhoe You have sold yourself very cheap, such a man of prowess as you are, to let yourself be taken by churls. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Is it seemly for a King's daughter to wed a nameless churl? Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair From this light cause th' infernal maid prepares The country churls to mischief, hate, and wars. The Aeneid English I, a proud and high-born lady, Daughter of an ancient race, 'Neath the vine and olive shade I Yielded to a churl's embrace. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon I have sure spies on the Saxon's motions—To-night they sleep in the convent of Saint Wittol, or Withold, or whatever they call that churl of a Saxon Saint at Burton-on-Trent. Ivanhoe Thou art merciful, my Queen, though not to me, and a churl were I if I were less merciful than thou. The Well at the World's End: a tale "Lady," said he, "whether it be seemly or not, I see that it is thy will that I should go clad as a woodland churl; abide a little, and thy will shall be done." Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair Young Silvia beats her breast, and cries aloud For succor from the clownish neighborhood: The churls assemble; for the fiend, who lay In the close woody covert, urg'd their way. The Aeneid English Shall the callous, cunning churl Revel in the rosy whiteness of that golden-headed girl? Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon His poor family finds it so; he is such a churl, such a railer at and so unreasonable with his servants, that they neither know how to do for or speak to him. The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan Ursula, thy palms are harder than be the hands of the dainty dames of the cities, but there is no churls' blood in thee meseemeth. The Well at the World's End: a tale "What little reason we have to value the wealth of this world," says the historian, "when such a churl as Nabal abounds in plenty, while such a saint as David suffers want." The Woman's Bible Now, God's blessing on his heart: why, 'twas time that he was dead: He was an old churl, with never a good tooth in his head. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Nay, no great matter, as I said before," replied the cavalier; "for in these times it is no new thing to see churls carousing in royal or noble chambers. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier She hated and despised the Saxon churl given her for a lord, kind, generous, and pious though he was; and having set her affections on a young Norman, herself became the accuser of her husband. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II "If you show that you know how to write, that will prove that you are not a churl; but how will you send the letter?" The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy "You are a witless churl to bid me heed the gods!" said he. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew But a me take a your part so much against a scald old churl, call'd Hospitality, Did speak against you, and says you bring good honest men to beggary. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Must he not be a churl to disappoint hopes so unselfish, to balk an ambition so innocent? Charlotte's Inheritance The veriest churl could scarcely have associated vice or falsehood with such a lovely and harmonious image. Henry Dunbar A Novel They consider the one who has no lady, a churl. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Ay, but he speaks to a noble as tho' he were a churl, and to a churl as if he were a noble. Becket and other plays He was a boor, a dolt, a dirty lout, a narrow-minded churl, but he did all sorts of kind and generous things. The Bride of Dreams I defy the churl priest, and there be no more than thou. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 The churl was attached to some one lord whom he followed in war. Outline of Universal History Hollow and meagre stares our life beneath The querulous moon, robb'd of its sovereign: Yet the report of her, her deathless mien— Not thine, O churl! Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett I have it now; it is the old churl I mean. The Impostures of Scapin "Truly all Normans will be reckoned churls," one of the gentlemen exclaimed indignantly. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest Imagination, do by the counsel of me, Be agreed with Freewill, and let us good fellows be; And then, as for this churl Pity, Shall curse the time that ever he came to land. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Saxon churls dragged wheat there on sledges, Danes rowed up the river to Oseney and stole the flour when they sacked the abbey, Norman bishops stole the mills themselves. The Naturalist on the Thames |
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