| 单词 | cottager |
| 例句 | “It is a village school: your scholars will be only poor girls—cottagers’ children—at the best, farmers’ daughters. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The Wart thought particularly of a man named Wat, whose name the cottagers used to frighten their children with. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them to me; when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathised in their joys. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z After two or three weeks of spoiled lettuces and nibbled cabbage plants, the cottager had lain in wait and shot him as he came through the potato patch at dawn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ceremony at Westminster Abbey was described as simple: the same as for "any cottager getting married in her village church," one of the priests said. Royal wedding challenge: Make it grand, yet cheap 2010-11-18T19:16:00Z They are in search of the lost family treasure that will allow them to rebuild Arden Castle – and also improve the living conditions of the cottagers on their estate. Teen book club: Lydia Syson's top 10 historical novels 2012-11-29T16:39:14Z His family was among the first “cottagers,” along with the Rockefellers, Fords, Vanderbilts and Astors, who built estates on the coast of Maine in the late 1800s. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z As usual, the 73 exhibitors offer much beyond the gilded mirrors, grandfather clocks and crystal chandeliers favored by Newport’s “summer cottagers.” Art Review: Winter Antiques Show at Park Avenue Armory 2013-01-24T22:30:22Z That is intended to include the closet case and the cottager who goes home to wife and children. How to Be Gay by David M Halperin – review 2012-08-29T09:00:00Z Revolutionary leader Samuel Adams put it well: “The cottager may beget a wise son; the noble, a fool. The one is capable of great improvement; the other, not.” Review | When the president is more like a little kid than a leader 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The nickname is a tribute to wealthy out-of-towners, called “cottagers,” who built mansions during the gilded age and employed the locals. Massachusetts school to keep ‘Millionaires’ mascot name 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z As rustic cabins are replaced with cliff-top mansions, newer arrivals are changing what it means to be a “cottager” here. Muskoka, Canada’s Vacation-Home Haven, Gets a Modern Makeover 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z How suggestive and how helpful it would be if this little den could be displayed before the eyes of all the humble cottagers throughout the rural districts! Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Some years since the wife of a respectable cottager in my neighbourhood died in childbed. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z In the bedrooms of the cottager, the artisan, and the small tradesman, the infant at its mother's side too often awoke, like Milton's nightingale, "darkling"—but that "nocturnal note" was something different from "harmonious numbers." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z After her father, her affections had found objects only in birds and animals, and the poor cottagers of one of the smallest parishes in the country. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z In 2011, a group of cottagers founded Safe Quiet Lakes, a nonprofit that works to educate boaters about proper boating etiquette. Muskoka, Canada’s Vacation-Home Haven, Gets a Modern Makeover 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z On the morrow, the neighbourhood was thrown into a state of alarm by a cottager having found poor Toby Lackpenny in a swoon upon his shop-board. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z She was as happy playing with the cottager's child as she would have been in a palace. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Moreover, intermittent fevers and visceral affections are more frequent in the country; and cottagers are exposed to more constant damp and severer revolutions in the atmospheric constitution than citizens. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z S. sarmentosa, the well-known “mother of thousands,” is often grown as a pot plant in cottagers’ windows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z And prices are much steeper than other parts of Ontario popular with cottagers. Muskoka, Canada’s Vacation-Home Haven, Gets a Modern Makeover 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Ere the cottager could quit his door, up came the parson and demanded help; but the cottager honestly told the parson "he would look better at home." Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Another issue that a little while hence will furnish material for debates not less vivacious is that of allotments for cottagers. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The manufacture of laces in Ireland is carried on by the cottagers, by the nuns in the convents, and in several industrial schools founded for that purpose. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z A poor cottager in one of our country villages, some years ago, out of curiosity, came to one of our mission festivals. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z This last is divided between free socmen holding on certain conditions, villains and cottagers. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z She was in the habit of bestowing broken meats upon the cottagers with stately condescension, accompanied sometimes with drugs. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The local parliament in the parish hall may sometimes be unattended by a single cottager. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Would it be better to hedge a little--to permit the miserable cottagers to exist in peace? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z "But I want to go out--I have a mission from madame to one of the cottagers hard by." The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The cottagers have homesteads and crofts, but no holdings in the common fields; the whole group presents the material from which, in process of time, the agricultural labourers have been developed. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z At approach of the noisy procession the mountaineer cottagers peeped out of their secluded dwellings, but perceiving the company of samurai, speedily put up their paper shutters, and made believe to be not at home. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The common flowers of the cottager's garden tell of centuries of collaboration. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z A female cottager is preparing her family mess, when Death enters and carries off the youngest of her children. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z The old blind cottager, was one who trusted in the Lord, and believed that he did all things well. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The cottagers were his friends on an occasion like this, had a right to share mourning as well as festival with the family in whose interests they were hereditarily bound up. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z He then related very minutely how Henry and he had climbed the rocky side of Benarde; and, from a crag midway in the precipice, had rescued the whole wealth of a Highland cottager. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Sometimes I wrote letters of business for cottagers who happened to have relations in Liverpool or London. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Some cottagers, however, have no such machines, and bitterly do they lament the want of them. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Cause and effect of the diminution of cottagers, 95. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Visit the poorest and humblest cottager, who knows nothing of theology, and cannot even repeat the creed. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z There is not a cottager in the parish who does not turn towards the Rectory in time of trouble--he would rather turn there than towards heaven. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z She had twice married cottagers, and after her last widowhood she had been employed as nurse to the wife of Holger Wind, so that she had no lack of stories. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Once upon a time there was a big wedding at a certain farmstead, and a certain cottager was on his way to the wedding-feast. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Then he took his daughter Peggie and his sister Caroline to the house in the hills, where he lived apart from all the natives and cottagers. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z Nor was he content to give money relief; he visited the cottagers; and made himself personally acquainted with them, their needs, and their sufferings. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z The cottagers were to perform the same services, only instead of half a plough they were to find one horse with a harrow, and a footman instead of a carriage load. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z Instead, she foolishly laid the unintentional slight at the little cottagers' door. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Arriving in town I met the eminent politician Mr. R—— and he began to tell me how he had started all his cottagers in the North growing pig. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z And now, gentle reader, approve The ardour that glowed in each breast, As kindly our cottagers strove To cherish and welcome their guest.' The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z It is, however, not only the common people, the cottager and the village publican who desire to possess such ornaments. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z No comrades in arms remained to be drawn up in line to give the cavalrymen a parting cheer, but fully two hundred cottagers of the Chautauqua grounds were at the station to witness the departure. Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z Grandma Pike, as everybody called the pleasant little old lady, was their next-door neighbor on the west side, and the cottagers were very fond of her. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Viviana being placed in the saddle, and Catesby having liberally rewarded the cottagers who had afforded them shelter, the little cavalcade was put in motion. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Allot′ment, the act of allotting: part or share allotted: a portion of a field assigned to a cottager to labour for himself. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The cottager’s lamp, that burns by night, is fed with oil from the Arctic zone. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z One mornin' he come back from a cruise amongst the cottagers—he always handled their trade himself—and I could see that he was about ready to bile over. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z To the young cottagers, letters were always joyous happenings; they had no debts, consequently they were unacquainted with bills. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z This extraordinary caution in cottagers augmented her alarm. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Cott′ager, one who dwells in a cottage, esp. of labourers.—Cottage allotments, pieces of land allotted to cottagers to be cultivated as gardens; Cottage piano, a small upright piano. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The cottagers received him with acclamations of joy. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Jim Henry was some on high prices himself; likewise, he considered the summer cottagers and the hotel folks as more or less our special property. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z The moving-day had been cloudy—out of sympathy, perhaps, for the little cottagers. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z In the dead of the night there was little probability that any common cottagers would require a light. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z There is no class of labourers there without property; no town residuum, and no rural cottagers. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Every cottager had his flock of sheep, his buffaloes and horses, secreted near the rivers, From time to time appeared also very large herds of buffaloes, half wild, and followed by a number of herdsmen. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z All in this room was rich and costly, while the dame's own quarters were as plain as those of any other cottager. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z But it struck them as strange that there were neither peasants' huts, nor a village, nor cottagers' dwellings at the base of this strange castle, as there was wont to be elsewhere. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Juliet remained confounded; while the tender old cottager shed tears, saying that she had never before had so pretty a companion in her life. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z City sounds do not press into their verse; but instead are the sounds of sea-waves or of winds on woods, or of church bells, or of the clink and murmur of the lives of cottagers. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z He had attained, in their eyes, a new dignity in becoming a cottager. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z There is a widespread story of a fairy woman who begs a cottager not to throw water out at the doorstep, as it falls down her chimney. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z This would immediately give the alarm, and set the kingdom on their guard; this would give courage to the meanest tenant and cottager. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Had it not been for the harvest something would have crept out about them among the cottagers. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Nearly all the cottagers keep them, and let them roam about in search of roots and nuts; but they are unsocial creatures, and seldom feed together. The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People 2011-08-10T02:00:18.760Z The fact that the cottagers thus set the mark of their approval upon the Westerners, gave them distinction at the hotel. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Often, when he asked for help at the cottagers' doors, they laughed at him, and the children beat him with sticks. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z In an out-lying hamlet known to me, poached salmon, during last close time, was so common that the cottagers fed their poultry upon it through the winter. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z In the autumn after the harvest the gleaning is still an important time to the cottager, though nothing like it used to be. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z He was a kind landlord to all his tenants, and was especially careful of his cottagers. The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People 2011-08-10T02:00:18.760Z Often the cottagers draw their water from a small pool filled by such a ditch, and coated at the bottom with a thick layer of decomposing leaves. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Her husband is the church-warden, overseer of the poor, and indeed the principal man in all parish concerns; and their goodness to the cottagers makes them beloved by all. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z It is the same if we put up with any cottager. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The one great desire of the cottager’s heart—after his garden—is plenty of sheds and outhouses in which to store wood, vegetables, and lumber of all kinds. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z So, after tea, Catherine set forth at a brisk pace through the village, smiling to herself all the way so happily that many of the cottagers, seeing her, smiled too for sympathy. Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z Another cause of unpleasantness between him and the cottagers arises from the dogs they maintain, generally curs, it is true, and not to all appearance capable of harm. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Why is it that the amateur so often describes the cottager in this "poor but pious" strain? The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z At that time all the cottagers took a deep interest in theology. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z These add greatly to its value in the cottager’s eyes, for he still looks upon a knowledge of Latin as the essential of a ‘scholard.’ Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Cleanliness is consequently impossible, and the public-house must be perforce frequented, for it provides a beverage more palatable and perhaps as wholesome as the cottager’s nearest supply. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z Despite therefore of missing cur dogs and straying cats which never return, the keeper is treated with marked deference by the cottagers. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z A weird sensation creeps over you, gazing on the ivy and wall-rue, and the path trodden by cottagers—a feeling akin to awe, which reminds you somehow of the poems of Ossian. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z To this day in Pembrokeshire, the cottagers, after the Saturday morning scrubbing, take a piece of chalk and draw a rough geometrical pattern round the edge of the threshold stone. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z The oldest person in the village was a woman—as is often the case—reputed to be over a hundred: a tidy cottager, well tended, feeble in body, but brisk of tongue. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z "A writing has come to the secretary from the government, that the landlord's forests will go to the cottagers." Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The keeper declares that many of the cottagers, who have an old single-barrel, ostensibly to frighten the birds from their gardens, do not think it properly loaded until the ramrod jumps out of the barrel. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Roaming in the country villages, preaching religious and political salvation to the small farmers, the cottagers, and poor agricultural labourers of Kent, he aroused greater enthusiasm and personal love than before. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z I was met at the door by a man whose appearance was that of a simple cottager, and his manners indicated all the simplicity of rural life. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z On nights when the players were known to be coming, in addition to the farmer’s household and visitors at that season, the cottagers residing near used to assemble, so that there was quite an audience. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Once on a time there was a cottager who had an only son, and this lad was weakly, and hadn't much health to speak of; so he couldn't go out to work in the field. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z They ram the charge, and especially the powder, with such force that the rebound sends the rod right out, and he has seen those who were not cottagers follow the same practice. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The somber repute suggested by its name has served to keep cottagers from building on the wildly beautiful uplands that overbrood the beach. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z However, cottagers and those with certain sheep walks, or cattle pasture, could not be excluded from their rights of common. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z Neither is he a favourite with the upper class of cottagers—for there is an ‘upper ten’ even among cottagers—who have large fruit-gardens. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z But the cottager thought it was better there than nowhere: he would get his food, for all the pay he was to get was his board—there was nothing said about wages or clothes. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z How seldom one sees these Roses except in cottage gardens; but what good taste it shows on the cottager's part, for what Rose is so perfectly at home upon the modest little wayside porch? Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z In our own rural districts I clearly foresee changes in the future through the education now beginning of the cottagers. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z We seldom met anyone afoot in those days except, now and then, the cottager who lived in a thatched hut down in one of the multitude of hollows. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z One of the cottagers in the adjacent hamlet collects these brown balls and strings them upon wire, making flower-stands and ornamental baskets for sale. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Seven hundred cottagers and labourers were entertained at dinner, and Lord and Lady Walsingham received a large number of personal friends in a pavilion erected near the famous Merton oak. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z I knew him well, he was a cottager whose two sons had had to go to the war. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z At first he draws a faithful picture of the cottager, the farmer, the gamekeeper, the poacher; the pictures are set in appropriate scenery; by degrees the figures vanish and the setting remains. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z There were a lot of pleasant-looking nurses and children playing in the sand, and one that I spoke to, a nurse, I mean, was very accommodating, and told me lots about the cottagers. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z "I should like to go with you some day," she said, "when aunt Herbert takes you amongst the cottagers, just to know what you say to them, and how you behave." Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z We cross the railway near a station, which, as a cottager told me is “Mr. Pease’s station; built for hisself, and not for everybody;” and take a bridle road leading to the hill. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Even the village knows it to its cost; and the poor cottager, in his leaky shed at three shillings a week, is too often encompassed by its toils. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z He is touched by the thoughtfulness of the cottagers. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z I noticed a good many people in bathing when I passed the beach, but when I went up I found they were chiefly nurse-maids, employees of the cottagers. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z Every now and then he would rush over to England with the sewed work, knitted shawls, and the little home-manufactures of the cottagers, and get them sold at good prices through his fashionable London friends. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z While passing along the street I noticed many cottagers reading at their doors, and exposing a pair of clean white shirt-sleeves to the morning sun. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z In dry seasons, swine could pick up some feed there, and, now and then, a venturesome cottager turned out a cow, keeping watch lest it should be bogged. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z He is from a cottager's stall, To a fine gilded hall. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z He simply supposed it to be some peasant girl coming up the path—for in such a light, and at such distance, who could tell the difference between a cottager and a queen? The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Hence Mr. Middleton suggests the evil admits of an easy remedy, namely, the allotting to each cottager a piece of ground. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z How curious the remains of French expressions are as used by the cottagers here. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Hard as it was for the Queen to go without the Prince to a place that had been so dear to him, there was comfort for her in going among the cottagers. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z She throws a friendly word of greeting across the hedge to a cottager digging up his potatoes. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z I wish that I knew how they made their way with the cottagers. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z In it dwelt the shop-keepers who plied a temporary summer trade in the village, and the chauffeurs of the less wealthy cottagers. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z I hope you will convey to Mr. Gilbert my warmest thanks, with the accompanying cheque, for the kindness and skill which have endeared him to my cottagers. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z "I ask your pardon," said the cottager humbly. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z "Ah, my dear!" said Queen Grumpy, "have you forgotten that we are no longer royal folk but simple cottagers instead?" The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z Having a fancy for a beautiful brown tabby, I purchased her and kitten from a cottager living two miles and a half away. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The rich man's broad acres and the cottager's small garden-patch were equally blighted. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z I now took my departure, having some poor cottagers to visit. A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z No one, whether Princess Royal or Highland cottager, ever appealed to the Queen for sympathy in vain. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z "And what stupid folk are cottagers!" called King Crosspatch after them. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z But in hundreds of villages there were no “strong” residents, and the poorest cottager had to pay his three groats. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Then leading the way, he, with his company, arrived at the cottage, by a route different from that taken by our poor cottagers. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z But with a garden and a patch of land a clever cottager of the old school could do a great deal. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z She's good to her cottagers in the Highlands," said a Londoner, "but she ought to care a little for the merchants here in London. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z The names on many of the stones were alike, and families of simple stay-at-home cottagers could be traced back for generations. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z It was not till he was out of danger that the kind cottagers remarked that the dress and appearance of their guest were far above those of a common seaman. The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z Nearly all the cottagers in the Park had assembled. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z A dozen gentlefolk hastily summoned from the valley, those among the guests who were not enrolled for the pantomime, and a gallery full of cottagers and servants made up the audience. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z A difficult piece of work was still ahead of them, the visit to the cottagers, who had just returned from church and were standing before their doors in expectant groups. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z He was in London now, and the hard selfishness of the citizen he found somewhat different from the good-natured hospitality of the cottager. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z This was another sair blow to the poor cottagers, and was the cause of their bairns gaun barelegged in winter and hungry in summer. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Boy had taken a shine to Aaih, and refused to leave him for the "one brand of milk," the virtues of which Will had expounded to the lady cottagers. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z The cottagers came to their doors and saluted her Melodious Majesty, and the children of the countryside ran out and threw kisses. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z "You seem to know something more of this funeral than we of the castle generally learn of the fate of the distant cottagers," said she. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 The Emperor o' Muscovy," replied the sister, with a toss of her head, "didna lose a jot o' his greatness by marrying the cottager. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 But at length the distribution was at an end, and gardener, amateur, and cottager had been dismissed. By Birth a Lady Some of the jokes were local and aimed at the idiosyncrasies of the cottagers. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z At seven the next morning Edward Povey borrowed a farm cart from an adjacent cottager and sent on their things to Harrow Station. The Princess Galva A Romance There are many articles of food or dress, which free-trade and science have brought to the doors of our cottagers, which would have incurred the censure of the elder Pliny or of Seneca. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The old dome-shaped straw skep is still in general use among the cottagers of Great Britain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli September 16.—We have visited all the neighboring towns, the graves of the Dairyman’s daughter and little Jane, the young cottager, and the scene 217of Leigh Richmond’s life and labors. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl The cottagers were for the most part staid Brooklyn families and Will felt in this environment he was reasonably sure of privacy. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z The cottager in the country could no longer call his soul his own. Stand Up, Ye Dead If Joos is tractable he can lodge in safety with some cottagers I know. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Cairns had refused to make terms, and on the morning of his death had served notices of eviction on eighteen cottagers. A Bed of Roses Rosa Alba, the white rose of central Europe, introduced into England about 1597, is now too often only to be seen in cottagers' gardens. Roses and Rose Growing In this very century a poor cottager, who lived near the spot, had a child who grew uncommonly peevish; the parents attributed this to the fairies and imagined it was a changeling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Farmers and cottagers are like other manufacturers of necessary articles; they produce in order to live, and they cease to manufacture an article when its production ceases to repay them for their outlay and trouble. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing The enclosing wall, formed of rough gray stones, and coloured with mosses and ferns, there swept inwards from the public road, leaving a space of turf, usually occupied by the geese of the neighbouring cottagers. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Now, a cottager’s sow cannot, without great expense, be kept in a way to enable her to meet the demands of her farrow. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Not a soul was in the street, and the few shops which adorned p. 43it were shut up—cottagers and shopkeepers, they were all in the arms of Morpheus. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself Every hotel and boarding house inside the fence was full, and pleas were made to cottagers to open their doors to incoming guests. The Story of Chautauqua With that, he opened the sack, and took forth a loaf of coarse wheaten bread, such as the poorest cottagers make, and a tin flask of milk. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The humble cottagers their Mistress bore, To her cold home each face bedew’d with tears; She to her mansion to return no more, For death has silenc’d all her hopes and fears. Poetical Works comprising Elegies, Sketches from Life, Pathetic, and Extempore Pieces “What,” says the cottager, “has all this to do with hogs and bacon?” Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend The cottagers were wood-fellers, and the family consisted of an old man, his son, who was the owner of the cottage, and some grown-up grandchildren. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart Tents could be rented, and a cottager might open a room for a guest, but it was forbidden to supply table board for pay. The Story of Chautauqua In the humble cottagers I saw but simpleminded peasants, who had opened their doors to some poor unfriended outcast,—one who, like myself, had neither house nor home. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I The cottagers were invited to each other's houses, to spend an evening in forgetfulness of care. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 From six till nine in the evening would be long enough for it to be open, and the key could be kept by some adjacent cottager. The Hills and the Vale He returned to the cottage, took his hat and long stick, bade farewell to the cottagers, and strode away in the direction of the pine-grove. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart While the bordar, or cottager, was resident in the manor more or less on sufferance, the villein was there of right, and was in that sense the superior of the bordar. The Annals of Willenhall She was returning from a farewell visit to one of the cottagers, and was hastening to the ch�teau to dress for dinner. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Little scraps of carpet, torn old curtains, faded blinds, and all such gear, go a wonderfully long way towards making poor cottagers and old or sick people comfortable. Kept for the Master's Use Leaving that question alone, the fact is patent that the cottager has no share in the government of his school, because land and money have combined. The Hills and the Vale The country is half covered with it in some places near Paris; farmers grow it abundantly, cottagers grow it, and everybody eats it. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history No contrast can be more painful than that between the dwelling of any well-conducted English cottager, and that of the equally honest Savoyard. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) O Sophia! our wedding day shall long be remembered by the cottagers; every face shall beam with smiles. The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts The dogs belonged to cottagers near, but no attempt was made by the owners to keep them away; no one took the trouble to bury the body or cover it up even. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports The slow, plodding manner of the labourer—the dull ways even of the many industrious cottagers—these will disappear, giving place to push and enterprise. The Hills and the Vale The cottagers held up their hands, exclaiming, "Ah, madame!" A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle Plans for the play absorbed the leisure of the cottagers. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted They were a cottager's family by the marsh—people whom no-one else would have anything to do with. Ditte: Girl Alive! Faith is an inglorious thing; any one can believe, a cottager just as well as a philosopher: but not all can speculate. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford So that the amount of land to be of advantage is that amount which the cottager can cultivate without giving his entire time to it; so that, in fact, he may also earn wages. The Hills and the Vale The contents will be on view and lectures will be given to cottagers, artisans, clerks—to all in fact who are interested in the breeding of the lesser live-stock, apple-growing, etc. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 The sound of the carriage dashing through it, called all the cottagers to their doors, where they stood bowing and courtesying. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Even the cottagers from the marsh, whom he had often helped in their poverty, followed the others' example and looked down on him today. Ditte: Girl Alive! To accept the Bible as the word of God, just as a cottager or a child in a village school accepts it, is an inglorious thing. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford But now the roads are so jealously and properly preserved purely for traffic, the cottager has no opportunity of grazing a cow or a donkey. The Hills and the Vale Indeed, madame," exclaimed the cottager, "they are too fortunate. Maria Antoinette Makers of History On the whole, however, the cottagers, no less than their richer neighbors, were preoccupied by interests other than those of mere domestic economy. Memoirs of Life and Literature Some cottagers who lived on the heath had the right to cut turves, and this was a place where they worked. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts About ten o’clock the river had risen and washed away several of the cottages; and on every side were heard reports of suffering cottagers, whose houses were surrounded by water. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World Their teams and waggons haul it to the village, and in the dead of winter it is retailed to the cottagers at less than cost price. The Hills and the Vale An annual sum is voted by parliament out of which loans are granted to cottagers who desire to purchase small freehold plots. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Even as a young wife she, the poor humble cottager's daughter whose childhood was pinched by bitterest need, shed a wealth of love and joy upon all who dwelt about her. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study Some of my own cottagers are in wretched circumstances. Shirley This was well attended, and the instruction given was most useful, for the better cultivation of cottagers’ gardens. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time Even the married cottager with a family would try his hardest to save a little with such a hope before him. The Hills and the Vale The children who brought the milk were the first to discover what had happened, and very soon the news spread amongst the other cottagers. Robinetta But neither mother nor daughter ever had a whole pair of boots—whole and sound as the very cottagers had. Amaryllis at the Fair It may well be supposed that the appearance of their daughter with the young gnome in her arms greatly astonished the worthy cottagers, and they were still more astonished when they heard her story. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Every cottager on those hills keeps a dog. The Fairchild Family Shrewd people are certain to appear upon the scene, pointing out to the cottager that if he desires to rule himself in his own village, he must insist upon one most important point. The Hills and the Vale But suddenly was heard the sound of steps, Grating on the crisp snow; the cottagers Were seeking Eva; from afar they saw The twain, and hurried toward them. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition He had been forced lately to deal with the little men of the villages—the little butcher who killed once a fortnight; the petty cottagers' baker, and people of that kind. Amaryllis at the Fair Market gardens were on both sides the road, and the gardeners cottagers were very old. A Walk from London to Fulham The brook ran along between, and a path went in a line with the brook; but this path was only used by the gypsies and a few poor cottagers, and was but a lonely road. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Instead of property having an overwhelming share, as now, in the direction of affairs, the owner of the largest property must not weigh any heavier in the village council than the wayside cottager. The Hills and the Vale Now came the funeral-day; the simple folk Of all that pastoral region gathered round To share the sorrow of the cottagers. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Any cottager in the whole country side could have told you so, and would have smiled at your ignorance; the thing was as well known as that St. Paul's is in the City. Amaryllis at the Fair On one occasion he played the part of King Alfred, and turned a piece of meat with a string at a cottager's house. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Then Lutra, bold in the unbroken stillness of Nature's perfect sleep, climbed the steps leading to a village garden, and searched the refuse heap for scraps discarded from the cottager's meagre board. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain They might perform a useful task if they could induce the cottagers to insure their goods and chattels, or in any way assist them to do so. The Hills and the Vale That mountain rose So high, that, on its top, the winter-snow Was never melted, and the cottagers Among the summer-blossoms, far below, Saw its white peaks in August from their door. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Oh, sweet tranquillity, and peace of soul, That in the bosom of the cottager, Tak'st up thy residence—cannot the beams, Of royal sunshine, call thee to my breast? The Battle of Bunkers-Hill We tried to prevail upon them to accompany us in our walk, in hopes that the rest of the cottagers might be induced to return when they saw how peaceably we were disposed. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island Daisy was to go, was to have a fortnight with a cottager in Kent; but towards the expenses the child's parent or guardian was expected to contribute four shillings. Ghetto Comedies As these matters affect the farmer and landowner even more than the cottager, clearly they must expect to contribute to the cost, and can rightly claim a share in the management. The Hills and the Vale We determined, however, to venture, and throw ourselves upon the hospitality of some cottager or gentleman. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 Prizes were offered for the best gardens; consequently each cottager vied with the other in producing the most lovely flowers and the most tempting fruits. The School Queens The Fruiterers have an active little company incorporated by James I., and still do useful work in promoting the cultivation of home-grown fruit by cottagers and small holders of land. Memorials of Old London Volume I An Irish cottager holds seldom more than an Irish acre of land, or one and three-quarters English nearly, in cultivation, with a cow's grass, for which he pays a rent from two to five pounds. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton In other places what is wanted is a well, but cottagers cannot afford to dig a deep well, and certainly no combination can be expected from them alone and unassisted. The Hills and the Vale Anon or oftener a group of good-lookin’ cottagers would sally out of their houses and santer along, or a pedestrian in a hurry would walk by. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Well, her father was a poor cottager who was caught by an old witch stealing radishes from her garden. In Brief Authority On ordinary occasions market bunches are put into water as an English cottager puts in his flowers, level and tightly packed. Home Life in Germany He enquired of one or two cottagers whether they had seen the elder Miss Delarayne at all that day; but again his efforts were entirely fruitless. Too Old for Dolls A Novel Not unfrequently this ditch at the back of the garden runs down to the stream from which the cottagers draw their water, and the dipping-place may be close to the junction of the two. The Hills and the Vale There is not a cottager in Sweden who would not take him in for a night when they had heard what he was out for. The Golden House The simple mountain cottagers, whose slumbers he thus broke or soothed, often attributed the sweet sounds to the kindness of some wandering member of the "Fair Family," or Tylwyth T�g, the fairies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 The Bard of Avon laid his scene in Bohemia; but the context makes it evident that the plants named were such as were growing in an English cottager's garden in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch If one of your cottagers breaks into another's house, he is hung for burglary. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Our guide, conversant with the customs of his country, thought that the cottagers might be slumbering, and tapped loudly with his fist and the butt of his pistol; but no answer was returned. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition She had been charmed with the accounts she had read of the work of the English ladies among the cottagers on their large estates. The Golden House There may have been a tiny village where the church stands, but that would be all; the rector preached to a few cottagers. Highways and Byways in Surrey She had opened a school for the children of the cottagers, happy in being useful in this way to those whom she could now assist in no other. The Orphans of Glen Elder And tell the farmers, and the cottagers, and so forth, and take a particular look round Ellersdeane Hollow. The Chestermarke Instinct Miss Bruce followed the cottager, a little ashamed of her appearance; but more afraid of consequences. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. Shakespeare was somewhat taken aback to see a developed young woman, evidently of gentle birth, where he had thought to find the mere prank-loving child of some neighboring cottager. The Panchronicon Then she examined the alterations which Cleena had been instructed by the cottager to make, and was able to smile at them. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life I cannot say, as yet, that anything worthy to be called hope has dawned upon the cottagers; but an inclination to look into things for themselves is discernible. Change in the Village There is little filial affection among these cottagers—how should there be? The Toilers of the Field "I've done nothing that I wouldn't have done for any of the cottagers." The Hero One might expect her to be content with so dignified and enviable a lot, and to pass tranquil days in coddling the cottagers, patronizing the rector's wife, and impressing her crotchet on the national school. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) One night a cottager lay dying, and was praying that a priest might be fetched to his bedside. The Cornwall Coast The average cottager learns to despise pleasantness and to concentrate upon usefulness. Change in the Village Some of these cottagers, living in such houses as these, are the very best labourers to be had. The Toilers of the Field The origin of the prejudice for the south side, which I believe to be of recent date, may, I doubt not, be ascertained from any superstitious cottager who entertains it. Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The cottagers then repaired to the fields to glean; but none went out before the bell was rung. Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Soon after they heard the shouts of fishermen and cottagers, hurrying to the shore, and, protecting themselves as well as they could, they joined their neighbors—hoping to do some good upon the beach. Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children Assuming—though it is much to assume—that the cottagers have no sentiment in the matter, there are other circumstances in the change which cannot fail to disquiet them. Change in the Village It is rare, indeed, that the cottager living more or less isolated by the side of the road appears in a court of law. The Toilers of the Field Falkner and the unknown cottager the same person! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 I inquired of a cottager residing on the spot what the thing meant? Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Besides that, most of the summer cottagers along the coast buy and catch all the 'shorts' they can. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good For suppose that the cottagers in general do not know what to do with their leisure, yet we must not argue that therefore they do not prize it. Change in the Village The cottagers seem to like to have at least one tree of every sort. The Toilers of the Field I should hate to have the cottagers at the Cape hear of it. Madge Morton's Victory "Mother," he began at breakfast next morning, in his loud cheery voice, "we must have something for the small tenants, and shopkeepers, and cottagers." Vixen, Volume I. Can the greatest luxury of the table afford so true a pleasure as the reflection that instead of its being over-charged with superfluities, the homely board of the cottager is blessed with plenty? A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue But sickness is commoner by far than accident, and owing to the necessity the cottagers are under of doing everything for themselves they often get into dire straits. Change in the Village This is the common breakfast of the working-farmer, who is as much a labouring man as any cottager on his farm, and requires a quantity of solid food. The Toilers of the Field They were not much interested in staying about among the Cape May cottagers, after the conversation which they had innocently overheard from the deck of the launch the night before. Madge Morton's Victory The twilight falls early at their level and, like cottagers in a valley, they watch the daylight that still gilds the peaks above them. Chimney-Pot Papers He was a drover, who went round the country to purchase the cottagers’ cattle, picking up here one and there one, or taking a hundred at a time from the more wealthy proprietors. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good The most charitable explanation of that falsehood is to suppose that across their secluded gardens and into their luxurious rooms, or even to their back-doors, an average English cottager is too proud to go. Change in the Village By the bye, the cottagers have a curious habit, which deserves to be recorded even for its singularity. The Toilers of the Field An English cottager now possesses what would once have been luxuries. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill From the greatest person to the poorest cottager, all habitations are encompassed with orchards, and gardens, and in most places our hedges are enriched with rows of fruit trees, pears or apples. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions Two men pass—two of the cottagers—his neighbors, who, dismayed by the storm, have turned back toward their homes. The Diamond Coterie The enclosure was effected in the usual fashion: a few adjacent landowners obtained the lion's share, while the cottagers came in for small allotments. Change in the Village Here Florence conceived a love for nursing and used to tend sick animals in the neighborhood and when she grew older, to sit up with and cheer the sick among the cottagers. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. In tracing the development of lighting from quite homely beginnings, rushlights, prepared by the cottager and the farm hand for the winter supply, seem to come first on the list. Chats on Household Curios Darkness was falling rapidly, and away off in the distance behind them the lights of Cottage City flashed out as the cottagers began to light the lamps. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite The cottagers have perfect leisure as a rule, and with amiable, courteous ways press upon all acquaintances an incessant hospitality; and Thorpe, always frivolous, had at once fallen into the general way. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science The real savings now, the real stores of useful capital, are no longer in the cottager's home. Change in the Village As for the cottagers, they would find compensation for the lapse of their fuel rights by the acquisition of small allotments near to their cottages. William Pitt and the Great War Of such handwork Cowper wrote:— "Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store: Content, though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffering her threads about the livelong day." Chats on Household Curios All the tenant farmers, their wives, and their children, together with the cottagers and labourers on the estate, were invited. Roger Trewinion When a cottager builds his thatched roof, he has to plaster the ceiling to prevent any rain or sunshine from creeping in through the little spaces between the thatches. The Wonders of the Jungle Book One In spite of all the latent good-will, therefore, and in spite of the fact that the cottagers are all on the same social level, intimacies do not thrive amongst them. Change in the Village Brewing a bit of broth for an aged cottager, reading beside some sick-bed, sewing a warm garment for Peggy or Nancy—it is thus that our ancestors lightly skimmed the surface of social conditions. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers His parents were of the peasant class—his father having commenced life as a farm-labourer, and his mother being a cottager’s daughter. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries That's just what every stiff Dissenter says," answered Charles; "every poor cottager, too, who knows no better, and goes after the Methodists—after her dear Mr. Spoutaway or the preaching cobbler. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert The greater number of the cottagers are from the neighbouring parishes; but there are also a great many from Wales, and from various parts of England, remote from the Forest. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account They consisted—those changes—in a radical alteration of the domestic economy of the cottagers. Change in the Village The second is a list of cottagers resident in the village of Steeple Claydon in Bucks. The Romance of Names Sixty years before that day, in 1837, a cottager, named Howard, had planted an apple-tree in honour of the Queen's accession. Chatterbox, 1906 Now with his charges three was Rowland seated, Then all and everyone exchanged “good night,” And when that ceremony was completed The cottager bent homeward with his light And so did Gilbert. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems S says the cottagers no longer paying rent. Greener Than You Think A lady long resident here was quite surprised to hear from me, some months ago, that the cottagers are ardent gardeners. Change in the Village A few of the neighbouring cottagers agreed to watch the grave for ten nights, to save the body from the designs of evil surgeons. Deerbrook In that year the farmers and cottagers planted many apple-trees, and the children set a row of trees on a bank in front of their school. Chatterbox, 1906 The trowel and basket you can leave at a cottager's house, and the bottles are indispensable to every angler-naturalist. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children If this is inconvenient, as it often is when one is a hotel guest and not a cottager, then use a good face cream. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture The cottagers feel that they themselves are the people whom he is stationed in the valley to watch. Change in the Village Her great wish, in the meantime, would be to remain at Texford, and endeavour to benefit the tenantry and surrounding cottagers. Won from the Waves Being somewhat deaf, he thought the stranger was asking after a cottager, who had been well known in that part. Chatterbox, 1906 It is an exceedingly pretty grass, and often seen on the chimney-pieces of cottagers, but is by no means a valuable agricultural grass; on the contrary, it is a sign, when abundant, of poor land. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Without drawings to follow, or patterns to trace, How can these poor cottagers fashion their lace? Abroad Although it is likely that not one cottager in twenty has any real cause to fear removal, there has been enough disturbance of the old families to prove that nobody is quite safe. Change in the Village Mrs. O'Shea had a parlor sale in her own house, of laces, rugs and baskets made by the Irish cottagers. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers The tree was discovered by a cottager, whose wife was ill in bed. Chatterbox, 1906 He took delight in going out among the fishermen and cottagers in the neighbourhood, with his Bible in hand, or with some book on religion, and in reading and explaining the Scriptures. Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay If he tried to reach the coast the chances were that he would encounter one of the gang, or at all events some cottager who would most probably be in their pay. In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" So the once self-supporting cottager turned into a spender of money at the baker's, the coal-merchant's, the provision-dealer's; and, of course, needing to spend money, he needed first to get it. Change in the Village They saw the cottagers’ children trying to collect snow enough from the small remains of the drifts to make snow-balls, and obliged to throw away the dirty snow that would melt, and would not bind. The Crofton Boys And so the unlearned has the same ultimate advantage as the learned, and the cottager has equal privilege with the monarch. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year She was as fair as snow, and it was impossible to detect any admixture of blood from her appearance, which was that of a pretty English cottager’s child. Diary in America, Series One Ah, a mother is a mother, let her be a cottager or a queen. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago And yet, subdued though they may be, the cottagers usually manage to keep in tolerable spirits. Change in the Village Poor Mr——," said the cottager, with the kindliest naïveté, "he never do give away anything. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work I used to teach some of the cottagers’ little children in our neighbourhood, till I had entirely to devote myself to my dying father.” Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times But at early sunrise, some cottager’s were going to their day’s labour, and saw, to their astonishment, that several acres of ground were strewn with black ashes. My First Cruise and Other stories Away at the southern end of the lake were other lights, indicating the location of the little settlement of cottagers. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win It is corroborated by what other cottagers have told me. Change in the Village No, Monsieur Populus, I am only a poor little bit of a cottager, I have never broken the laws in my life. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette They saw the cottagers' children trying to collect snow enough from the small remains of the drifts to make snow-balls, and obliged to throw away the dirty snow that would melt, and would not bind. The Crofton Boys That mountain rose So high, that, on its top, the winter snow Was never melted, and the cottagers Among the summer blossoms, far below, Saw its white peaks in August from their door. The Little People of the Snow Before returning to the city the cottagers had planned a last grand time in the form of a masquerade dance. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win All that can be said with certainty is that most of the cottages in the valley have gardens, and that most of the cottagers are diligent to cultivate them. Change in the Village No doubt she would attend service at Trinity; many of the cottagers did. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport The country is cheerful and rich; and if the Irish cabins continue like what I have hitherto seen, I shall not hesitate to pronounce their inhabitants as well off as most English cottagers. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Long, narrow black lines stretched off in every direction as over the well-trodden paths the cottagers plodded away to their homes after this the periodical great event, recreation, and social gathering of their hard-working lives. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories The poor, ignorant cottager, who cannot even read, may be there. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles The next morning she stood in the doorway, grimly watching the cottagers' boats, loaded with household goods, one by one as they passed. Tess of the Storm Country He had never ceased to wonder at the multifarious qualities which enabled the man to remain indispensable to native and cottager alike. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Her Royal Highness is so constantly a visitor to the cottagers and to the school that she has many an inquiry to make of the little ones as they come forward to receive their gifts. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Professor Bell had a badger which followed him like a dog, and which had been tamed when quite young by some cottager's children, with whom he played like a puppy. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals One of the cottagers shot him in his house, but he got away—crawled down on the shore and died. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Also at all villages where we stay, I make friends with some of the cottagers, and get lots of coffee and salads and washing done for me. Shelled by an Unseen Foe My brother 's a grocer clerk here and he says the city would be better off without the cottagers. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport It is very generally cultivated, almost to the exclusion of the other species, in the north of Germany, Russia, and Sweden, where almost every cottager grows his own Tobacco for smoking. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The cottagers whose commons were lost to them by enclosures frequently failed to find a niche for themselves in their own part of the country, and became paupers or vagabonds. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England It was in the house of Mr. Waldo S. Cummings, a cottager, that the man had been shot, the mortal wound being inflicted by the householder's son, after an exciting battle. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Architecturally these are very much inferior to the English cottager's home, and they occasionally waken thoughts of incendiarism. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches But even a few months’ work would not suit him, and subsequently he gained his sustenance by carrying on his head a large basket of crockery, and disposing of his wares among the cottagers. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook The cottagers would only wonder what had come over us—perhaps would think us gone mad; at all events it would be very cowardly to attack them.” Ernest Bracebridge School Days A man that came from “his parts” remembered that the old man had been known to run once, at some cottagers’ festival, but that was ages before, and ever since he had walked very deliberately. A Life's Eclipse She explained that the inn was much affected by cottagers in neighboring summer settlements and that many of the diners had motored in for the dance. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Some of the younger women, though sun-burnt, were handsome; and many of them, from their fanciful dresses, resembled the cottagers as exhibited on the stage. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 We entered into one of the sitting-rooms, and the servant came to tell us that her mistress had just been sent for to see a poor sick cottager, who wanted her immediately. Nearly Lost but Dearly Won It so happened that this man lighted on Juniper one day near his master’s house, and a very few minutes’ conversation made the groom acquainted with the former connection between this cottager and Frank Oldfield. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found Why might not Amos have just been doing a kind act to some poor cottager and her children, whom he had learned to take an interest in? Amos Huntingdon Yesterday father went in to see some cottagers, and Mr Dudley and I sat outside on a log of wood, and talked while we waited for him like this. The Heart of Una Sackville The fronts are masonry: the small gardens which you see above, belong to these cottagers; many of them have moreover a cow, which they feed in the lanes and woods. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 "I have not a moment to myself, I ought to have been the wife of a humble cottager," Josephine wrote in a fit of impatience at the restraints imposed upon an Empress. Heroes of Modern Europe All the dogs in the neighbourhood rejoiced in him, and every cottager’s wife blessed him when he flung his bright smiles around him as he passed along. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found However, be that as it may, Dufrèsne used to plunder away amongst the cottagers, until their anger at losing their stock led to his recapture and remission to durance vile. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel The cottager was crippled by rheumatism, and the kindly clergyman taught him his letters, and put him through the primer and into the Bible. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Death, the great grim leveller, does that office both for cottagers and kings. The Angels' Song The cottager whose pearl Colin had come down to inspect, slapped the farmer on the back, and without a trace of enviousness—for he himself had been lucky—joined in his delight. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries The fire is said to have occurred accidentally, and such was the violence of the flames, that they reached the village and consumed most of the cottagers' houses. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents When the alternatives revealed themselves as possible and actual, then we all turned republican, even to the cottagers in Pomerania. The New Society On the death of the wife of one of the cottagers, she called to condole with the bereaved widower. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers The cottagers dwelt near the rocks with similar patterns on the estate of Monreith, but are not likely to have copied them; the patterns, I presume, were mere survivals in tradition. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore For an experiment, he offered to present a thousand Dutch bulbs to every cottager who would give them soil and cultivation, and to-day the Islanders celebrate their first daffodil show. Major Vigoureux Once at an election three or four of the cottagers voted Liberal instead of Conservative. Lloyd George The Man and His Story Hardly a cottager but has some anecdote to tell you of the family: how the Princess visits the sick and afflicted, talking to them, reading to them, and helping them in their needs. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly On his return after a vacation, the clergyman met the cottager's wife. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Reason, will, and feeling are all involved even in the faith of a poor cottager; much more does reason enter into the faith of a thoughtful man. Letters to His Friends When in full bloom some of the cottagers gather the scarlet flowers in great quantities and from them make poppy wine. Round About a Great Estate "I don't think the Blue Dragon would suit me; but surely there is some cottager with a spare bed and sitting-room, who might be glad of a quiet, respectable lodger for a bit?" The Village by the River A cottager, who does not live five minutes' walk from my house, found his pig seized with a strange and unaccountable disorder. Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This often gives rise to disturbance, for the cottager, to whom the deceased was as the apple of her eye, may make complaint of the keeper to his master. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 The house of the peasant cottager was poorer still. The Necessity of Atheism There were cottagers in this lonely hill hamlet, not only old folk but young persons, who had never seen a train. Round About a Great Estate One of his pupils speaks of 'the simple, delicate, deep respect for the poor', which could be seen in his manner and his talk among the cottagers. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies They were not the only ones, for many of the neighboring cottagers and bungalow residents took advantage of the water to cool off. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove It will even manage to live in a London back-garden, or area, and many cottagers have it amongst the flowers of their small garden plots. Chatterbox, 1905. In Llanerfyl parish there is a story of a cottager who had only one cow, but she took to Llanfair market more butter than the biggest farmer in the parish. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales The cottager is no longer ignorant, and his child is well grounded in rudimentary education, reads and writes with facility, and is not without knowledge of the higher sort. Round About a Great Estate The bitter proofs of mis-government shown by the breakdown of their land system brought home to every cottager the need of a Home Rule Government. Home Rule Second Edition They denote expense, which the laboring cottager cannot afford; and besides that, they detract from the simplicity of the life and purpose which not only the cottage itself, but everything around it, should express. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings These young men went out into the villages, borrowed a chair of a cottager, and spoke from it at open-air meetings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" These words are often uttered by cottagers when a swarm takes place in the respective months named in the lines. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales It was my stated custom, when I met to converse with these cottagers, to begin with prayer and reading a portion of the Scriptures. The Annals of the Poor The village inns were small, and could not afford accommodation for so large a retinue, and the various cottagers were asked to take in one or more of the servants. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Here there is a word to be added in the interest of home-lovers, whose tastes we properly expect to find more highly trained than those of the average tenant cottager. The Amateur Garden She was not dressed as one who had just risen from the dining table, but was somewhat grimly and commonly attired, looking more like a cottager's daughter than a member of the great country family. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont It is considered very lucky indeed to find that a strange swarm of bees has arrived in the garden, or tree, belonging to a cottager. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales But the cottager obeyed the injunction, and at the end of the twelve days had become a sound man. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Most of the cottagers take dinner and supper at the hotel, being, like ourselves, in a servantless condition. The Making of Mary It is largely his greenhouses which make the public gardener and the commercial florist so misleading an example for the cottager to follow in his private gardening. The Amateur Garden Shawn Keogh, indeed, is a cut above cottagers, being almost a strong farmer, and Michael James himself was, no doubt, of a similar cottager respectability before he took to shebeen-keeping. Irish Plays and Playwrights This the cottagers in the village could easily do, for the parish church was in their midst. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales It bears small flowers of sepals only, and is grown by cottagers as a pot herb. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure They forded the stream, and trotted up the little village street, the cottagers gazing admiringly after them till they disappeared within the great arched gate-way. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers No, be the garden a prince's or a cottager's, the climaxes to be got by superiority of stature, by darkness and breadth of foliage and by splendor of bloom belong at its far end. The Amateur Garden Beneath the branches winds the long white road; Here peeps the rustic cottager's abode; There in the morning sun, the children play, Or the crone creeps along the dusty way. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan He puts a cottager's earnings, working part-time for a farmer, at about 10 sh. a week. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Now they passed a farm wagon going home, laden with sheaves; next came a cottage, well known, but not seen for a long time, with its wonted half-door open and the cottager's children playing about. Melbourne House I suppose it’s because you are an Australian, for in England even the cottagers know a little about how to make picnics look pretty. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl The stable-boy, or the man-of-all-work, or the cook, or the cottager himself, pushes the lawn-mower, and except for green grass, or changeable brown and green, their bit of Eden is naked and is not ashamed. The Amateur Garden The best of this company was naturally not the humble homekeeping publican or cottager, but the man or woman of the roads, Gypsy or Irish. George Borrow The Man and His Books In every village of England had been small freeholders, copyholders and cottagers, all of whom had varying degrees of possession in the common lands which were administered by a manorial court of the village. Gilbert Keith Chesterton I have not painted her in the rank which she holds in life, but in the dress and character of a cottager. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Maggie was an ignorant little cottager, and there were many folk-lore tales abroad with regard to the moor which might have frightened a stouter heart than hers. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl A nervous fever was the consequence; during which he was nursed by the daughter of a poor cottager, under whose roof he lodged. The Last Man Flea knew that it was not a summer cottager; for many days before the last of them had taken his family to Ithaca. From the Valley of the Missing Claims had to be made in writing—and few cottagers could write. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Sometimes, during the cold winter nights, the lonely cottager will be awoke by a plaintive demand for "Water, good Christian! water for the love of God!" The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural How the British cottagers would ‘thank ye for nothing’—and how I wish my neighbours here could afford to do the same. Letters from Egypt The farmers and cottagers, on the contrary, struck with the fear of solitude, and madly desirous of medical assistance, flocked into the towns. The Last Man I had been used to going about among the cottagers at home, and I liked the work. Milly Darrell and Other Tales A kind cottager soon made his appearance, and conducted the unfortunate father and son to his humble cabin. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales The sound of his hoofs as he galloped madly through the village awoke the cottagers, many of whom had been some hours in their beds. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural They are the cottager's treasure; and in the crowded town mark, as with a little fragment of rainbow, the windows of the workers in whose heart rests the covenant of peace. Arbor Day Leaves A Complete Programme For Arbor Day Observance, Including Readings, Recitations, Music, and General Information We must stop until morning, and then I will go on alone and make inquiries of shepherds and cottagers; but, you see, I thought that we should find them tonight. The Queen's Cup She had never neglected her visit amongst the poor, even in favour of those pleasant engagements with Angus Egerton; and there is no doubt she had taken the fever from some of the cottagers. Milly Darrell and Other Tales Here Jane the young cottager lived when Rev. Legh Richmond was Vicar of Brading in the early part of last century. Pictures in Colour of the Isle of Wight Whether there was an efficient village institute, whether there were enough allotments conveniently situated, whether the cottagers were allowed to keep pigs and poultry, and what the health and housing were like. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 The children had flags in their little hands, and the cottagers had hung out their coloured bed-quilts, and the roadside crosses were decked out with flowers. Rome in 1860 And now, gentle reader, approve The ardour that glowed in each breast, As kindly our cottagers strove To cherish and welcome their guest. Cottage Poems She was telling fortunes as mechanically as a cottager knits stockings. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 Our good Queen Victoria was very fond of visiting cottagers in the Highlands and reading the Scriptures to them. The Discipline of War Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent After that the cottager's children had to be seen, and those young persons looked at the basket with interest. The Romance of the Coast It is the custom of some of our cottagers here to hang up embossed cards at the foot of their bed, with texts of Scripture written on them. Elster's Folly It darkens the way of the monarch and the cottager, of the maiden and the mother, of the master and the slave. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is It will thus be seen that the tenant farmers, labourers, and cottagers, the bulk of those who worked on the land, were very badly off; the tenant farmer saved considerably less than the artisan. A Short History of English Agriculture But, at early sunrise, some cottagers were going to their day's labour, and saw, to their astonishment, that several acres of ground were strewn with black ashes. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People The cottagers' children ceased their play and looked respectfully sheepish as he rode by; the farm girls dropped their elaborate curtseys, and the labourers at the roadside made efforts to appear at their ease. The Romance of the Coast And when one recollects the cottagers of Lombardy, that handsome hardy race; bright in their expression, and muscular in their strength; it is still stranger, what can have weakened these too delicate Tuscans so. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I He still lived at Tredennis; spending much of his time in visiting and talking to the people round about, the cottagers and farmers. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College It also recommended the allotment system, and Sinclair desired 3 acres and a cow for every industrious cottager. A Short History of English Agriculture They were simply starving, and householders did what they could to help, cottagers giving to their utmost out of their meagre larders, but still there was a cry for food. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 The village began somehow to look brisk; the ancient stagnation passed away, and grey cottagers spoke fondly of the old times. The Romance of the Coast Your cottagers are arrived; there is something very interesting in Miss Williams, and the little boy is an infant Adonis. The History of Emily Montague Radish finds a place on the tables of the opulent and of the humblest cottager. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition The rest of the tenants were villeins or cottagers, thirteen of the former and eight of the latter. A Short History of English Agriculture It was with a feeling of sadness that our friends went round on the afternoon of that day to call upon the cottagers and leave their little presents and say farewell. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated But now she stood humpishly in her great apron like any cottager's wife, and her hand, which she set akimbo, looked red and raw and stupid. The Judge I will, however, allow appearances were a little against your cottager; and I would forgive the good old virgins, if they had always as suspicious circumstances to determine from. The History of Emily Montague The culture from seed is of the simplest character, no appliances whatever beyond those at the command of the cottager being needed. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition But, dear Connor—what is there done by any cottager's wife that I don't do every day of my life? Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One This habit is often fatal to it in the gardens of cottagers, who entrap it by means of a lobster's claw suspended on an upright stick. Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850 Otherwise the cottagers were left pretty much to themselves. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel About three hours ago, Emily received the inclosed, from our fair cottager. The History of Emily Montague The fine specimens to be seen occasionally in cottagers' windows in the Isle of Wight attest the ease with which it can be grown in a congenial atmosphere. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition A stray child was rescued from the streets by a society which is extending its operations very rapidly, and the little creature was placed as a boarder with a cottager in the country. Side Lights After considerable talking I discovered that the cottagers didn't like the way my waitresses dressed. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Master Potts made ample notes of the strange relations, and took down the name of every cottager. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest One afternoon this statesman was proceeding along a country road when he saw a cottager eating his supper alone in the road before his dwelling. More Toasts We should like to add, that notwithstanding the high qualities of the Hyacinth, it is quite a cottager's flower. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sylvia stepped back, assuming it to be a cottager who had lost his way. A Hoosier Chronicle She penetrated the homes of the cottagers, she tasted of their foods, she rated them on uncleanliness, drunkenness, and thriftlessness; she lectured them on cooking. The Imaginary Marriage I never will be satisfied as long as the meanest cottager in Ireland has a link of the British chain clinging to his rags; he may be naked, but he shall not be in irons. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 And before the cottager could stay him the statesman proceeded to enter the cottage. More Toasts The rich man’s broad acres and the cottager’s small garden-patch were equally blighted. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Every cottager maintained his own light or combination of lights to facilitate identification by approaching visitors. A Hoosier Chronicle In the darkness of the night they were wrecked on the shore, and went up into the country, where they found a cottager, with whom they stayed through the winter. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson From afar the clanging of a high-swinging bell was heard, and the harsh reverberations, travelling over the rocky town-lands, summoned the cottagers to God. Muslin The cottager sat in the road shaking his head in sorrow and embarrassment. More Toasts Owen bade the cottagers good-night and climbed up the hillside again. Sister Teresa After that, as a cottager in Essex, I wrote—above a nom de guerre which is better known than I am—a dozen volumes on rural subjects. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People She belongs here;" looking in the faces of cottagers' children and asking himself: "Are you she? The Devil's Garden If I had my way, every cow in the land should be as cleanly lodged as a cottager. Hocken and Hunken He was dark of complexion, wore his hair long for a cottager, and kept both moustache and beard, though the latter was very scant and showed the outline of his small chin through it. Children of the Mist So his heart filled with a natural sadness and a great tenderness, and he stood watching the smoke rising from the cottagers' chimneys straight into the evening air. Sister Teresa Spring Hill takes its name from a spring now non-existent, but which was once a favourite with the cottagers who lived near to it. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically But this was more than Sir Roger could bear; he rushed forth with all his servants, keepers, and cottagers, overthrew the table, and routing the assembly, chased them to the boundary of his estate. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 A cottager's wife came running down, "Take care of the ladye," said the clown. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. The inhabitants of that parish were mostly poor cottagers, whose average wages did not amount to more than eight shillings a week. Thrift She must give up that daily attendance on cottagers' children. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 It was the cottager who had given us shelter. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance All the cottagers will be there, or a goodly number of them. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories The cottager who had let the rooms came to me privately. Mr. Britling Sees It Through The moving picture actors and the cottagers hung on the outskirts of the throng of natives, wide-eyed and marveling. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper The great man bears the load of the stipend no more than the poorest cottager. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London They were in an unfrequented part of the mountains, which cottagers and hotel guests rarely explored. The Port of Missing Men As he made his way down the passage behind one of the rows of chairs reserved for the cottagers, he beheld a girl who had just entered. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories The poorer classes rarely tasted flesh meat, except bacon, which latter cottagers in the country were generally able to command, every cottage having its pig. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne Of course, as Mrs. Perriton says, the way the cottagers are situated here at The Beaches, the Tapps must be treated with a certain friendliness. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper As it is just within the limit of a borough, almost all the cottagers have votes, and are not to be trifled with. The Amateur Poacher It seemed to her that, among these cottagers, she had never lived till now—under the blaze of these eyes—within the vibration of this voice. Marcella The cottagers, Andrew understood, would alight at an outside door. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories On a Sunday each and every cottager was expected at church. The Parish Clerk It is sometimes cultivated by cottagers in England, and we have seen a very fine specimen in a cottager's window in Gunnersbury. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation Upon those northern and eastern slopes of the Hill a few venturesome cottagers had built their nests. In the Footprints of the Padres The cottager does not look upon his pig in that light; it is fed well and comfortably housed with a definite object, and very little love is lost between the pig and his master. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Chapman had whispered to him that the cottagers were coming. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories A cottager leaned whispering by her hives, Telling the bees some news, as they lit down, And entered one by one their waxen town. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Whether it be in a large house, fitted with the best arrangements, or in the window of the cottager, the conditions essential to the successful cultivation of Cactuses are practically the same. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation The cottagers sat outside their doors, singing in the sun. Weapons of Mystery The cottagers have their feuds, and the use of joint wash-houses or baking-ovens between two or more adjoining cottages is a frequent source. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor The treble row of seats was evidently reserved for strangers; no cottagers were at that end of the room. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories What would be said in England if a Tory landlord evicted a cottager for working for a Radical farmer? Is Ulster Right? And he brought his fist down on the table in a fashion very familiar to Mrs. Dawson and the Symford cottagers. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight A cottager's wife might have died as Princess Alice died, through breathing in the poison of diphtheria as she hung, a constant, loving nurse, over the pillows of her suffering husband and children. Great Britain and Her Queen The cottager was busy with it at the fire. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor We call them that to distinguish them from the cottagers. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories There's a little pub with one or two decent rooms, and several cottagers take lodgers. Helena Her father is a common cottager and laborer; I can easily understand that she is out of place there, with her grand airs and pink dresses. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle See you, my dear Miss Darnford, from the humble cottager, what a public person your favourite friend is grown! Pamela, Volume II |
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