| 单词 | country-bred |
| 例句 | When questioned he maintained a surly silence, only asking for water in a dialect that, country-bred though I am, I could not readily understand. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z It is the opinion of the author that the State Agricultural College, as now situated and organized, is the ideal institution of higher learning for the country-bred youth. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z In these trades the better positions go inevitably to the country-bred man, with his all-round training. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z The country-bred girl drew a long luxurious breath, and in the fulness of her heart grossly overpaid her charioteer on alighting. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Any old screw, country-bred pony or short-shouldered Arab may be brought out on these occasions. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z I was now fourteen years of age, and for a country-bred lad I flattered myself that I was no fool. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z She was country-bred herself; she had left her home in a little New England village by the sea to make her way in the world. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z When she was but plain, homely, and country-bred, as her father often told her? The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The bulk of the healthy open-air-looking young men and the pretty country-bred girls who footed it to the strains of a brisk and enlivening string band were not so particular as he. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "It isn't dull at all, Sam, and I've had the loveliest time with Evelyn," she told him, and added a spirited account of the opera seen with the unjaded eyes of the country-bred girl. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z Mr. Hallen, in the memorandum before referred to, says stallions of the country-bred class can be obtained at from about £6 10s. to £13, while suitable Arab pony stallions cost from £16 10s. to £33. Small Horses in Warfare 2011-10-26T02:00:30.897Z Annette was not country-bred, and she had not that vague confidence in her mother earth which those who have played on her surface from childhood never lose in later life. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z I was mounted on a country-bred pony which I had brought from Darjeeling and trained to troops. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The middle-aged man had a good, plain, country face, with a fringe of gray whisker; two of the youths were clearly country-bred, the third had the alert look and pallor of the city. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Elizabeth North, however, had always admired her almost reverently, in the shy, distant fashion of the young, country-bred girl. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z “Thou?” he spluttered, reining in his horse, a hardy country-bred, good for fifty miles without bait. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Before the service began, Mrs. Yellam noticed that one of the maids was a stranger and not country-bred. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z I don't suppose there ever was a country-bred boy who lived long enough to forget how, in his younger days, the Sabbath seemed, always, a day of stillness and quiet. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z I have noticed that town-bred persons as a rule walk much better than country-bred. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z It required a steady hand and eye to guide a pair of spirited horses round the sharp angles of the narrow winding alley, but the little country-bred browns knew their work. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z It is one ray of honest contempt from a country-bred girl's heaven-blue eye that kills his rest. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z A crowd collected round as Jim saddled him, and some curious remarks were passed about country-bred horses. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z Why should he not enjoy this innocent pleasure of a rustic ramble with simple country-bred people and children? The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z I don't think that town-bred young men ever care much for country-bred young ladies. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z The brilliant pictures now unrolled before her were seductive to the eyes of a young country-bred maiden. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z There was nothing modish in poor little, country-bred, Doris's dress when this fine gentleman saw her coming behind all the rest, after he had almost given her up. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Tatters, Warfare, Bung Bung, Baby, Walwa and Hova all figured prominently, but Grey Bird had dropped back to a hundred to three, as no one appeared inclined to support the country-bred one. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z A wonderful period, in which a quiet country-bred young woman had only to make her way up to Paris and assassinate a tyrant, and, lo, she became "a feature" throughout all time. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z In India opulent people did not call on rajahs afoot; also the carriage was a prosperous-looking vehicle, and the two country-bred horses were well fed. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z The country-bred Englishman is certainly the best working animal in the world, and I cannot conscientiously say that this man's bodily or mental powers have suffered for the life he has led.' The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Now and then there was a rare exception, and the respect which Philip Skelton showed for the religious convictions of a country-bred maidservant should be remembered. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z No one who has been up and down them, behind one of the surefooted country-bred ponies, can fear any ordinary descent. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z He was a candid, honest, country-bred young man, who did his duty well, and filled a small place in a very narrow circle with credit to himself and the father who loved him. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Very confining it seemed to his country-bred instincts, while beyond the last flickering lamp in some laborer’s cottage, the moist brown earth stretched for miles and miles in limitless freedom. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Brooke, never marry a country-bred girl as your pa did. The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts The Happy Heart was an ideal resting-place for a tired man, whether town or country-bred. The Gay Adventure A Romance I was country-born, if not country-bred, which served me in good stead now; for the night had not the terrors for me I had feared, and I marvelled at my courage as I went on. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec But the girl was country-bred, and her fortune was small, and in a measure dependent upon her brother’s management 43 of the estate. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story He was country-bred and had dog-lore; she listened with an interest almost reverential. The Great Miss Driver But an average country-bred is more sumptuously accommodated in an Englishman's stable. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Seen close at hand he looked older, more worn; there were lines about his mouth with which country-bred Katrine was unfamiliar, the irises of his eyes were faintly bloodshot. An Unknown Lover Dane as a world-traveller had found amusement in the country-bred girl’s primitive ideas of sightseeing, and had occupied occasional spare hours in sketching out programmes of imaginary tours. Lady Cassandra Most of the ekkas were drawn by ponies of the small 'country-bred' type brought from India, but the casualties among these were sometimes replaced by draught yaks. To Lhassa at Last Yet country-bred leaders have been wonderfully successful in the city under different social conditions. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity The natives reckon a Marwari the best country-bred you can lay hands on; and some of them are beauties! From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He certainly never knew much Latin; but he knew all about country things as only a country-bred boy can know about them. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks To Mary’s country-bred eyes there was something inhuman not only in the face, but also in the figure. Lady Cassandra It isn't reasonable to suppose that a simple, country-bred person from back Alberta-way could have such story-book luck on her first wager. Seeds of Pine Though country-bred perhaps, they have caught the city fever and it seems to be very contagious. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity It needs no little golden badge swinging from his watch-chain to mark the Native Son of the Golden West—the country-bred of California. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Colonial horses will stand like this for hours together; but they are very quiet, and behave in a different way to the Indian country-bred. Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies A party of about a dozen Guides, Ahmed among them, with Sherdil at their head, set off to ride down a body of armed villagers mounted on hardy country-bred ponies. Barclay of the Guides But I was young and spirited, and, like most lads that have been country-bred, I had a great opinion of my shrewdness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) Ah, well, I prefer country-bred young men; they are better trained," said Cheatum, "to industry, perseverance, honest frugality, and the duties of a Christian man. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes She was too thoroughly country-bred not to have taken note of running water instinctively, as animals do. Kildares of Storm They never seem to think of kicking or biting at each other like the Indian country-bred does. Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies Lettice was a kind and considerate mistress, but a careful one: she did not let the young country-bred girl go out after dark, and exercised an unusual amount of supervision over her doings. Name and Fame A Novel This shows that, on the average, the hereditary dispositions of the country-bred child are better than those of the town-bred child. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The innate spirit of independence, the intense passion of pride and equality inborn with 22 the true country-bred, surged warmly through his body until he fairly tingled. A Breath of Prairie and other stories In the last resort, these country-bred girls were so difficult to teach.… The Education of Eric Lane This stranger must be, like herself, a country-bred soul, longing for the new green and the upturned brown mold of the country fields. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Do not reserve all your favour for yonder young country-bred giant, whom my sister has chosen to patronise.' Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney At Trinity College a new world opened out before the country-bred lad. Pioneers of Science "And an ignorant, country-bred, untrained woman wouldn't help him, would she?" Nobody An English country-bred maiden's cosmic horizon was sadly limited in those days. The Belovéd Vagabond Our country-bred ancestors didn't need a will to leave us those. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America I would humbly say to you, my lady, that I am not the one to put up with sauce and impudence from a little country-bred maid you are pleased to take under your patronage.' Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney The boy had none of the 7 half-stupid stolidity of the country-bred, and yet lacked something of the garrulity of the cute street lad. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker He took her to drive, or to see various sights, which for the country-bred girl were full of enchantment; and he came to the house constantly on the empty evenings. Nobody Her answer was to take the pasture bars at a run as easily as any country-bred urchin. Seven Miles to Arden In the young girl of barely eighteen, country-bred and intellectually immature, whom M. Dudevant had chosen to marry, who could have discerned one of the greatest poetical geniuses and most powerful minds of the century? Famous Women: George Sand It was a far better home to which to bring country-bred children than any which could have been found within their means in the town. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened I had gone to Tuskegee country-bred, raw, ignorant. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements At sight of Honor she hurried her grey country-bred across the road, and held out a square, loosely-gloved hand. Captain Desmond, V.C. The country-bred girls and boys in our courses have equal opportunity with their city cousins, and both are thriving alike. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession For a country-bred youngster you have not done badly. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France The red-eyed vireo has almost as extensive a range, and at least in New England is possibly more numerous; but except among ornithologists it remains a stranger, even to country-bred people. The Foot-path Way The country-bred horse is undoubtedly a handsome-looking animal, but he exhibits a tendency to become weedy and razor-chested, and fails to carry a heavy weight from deficiency of bone. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore She was in no way striking; a typical, country-bred girl, with a fine digestion and an excellent conscience; if not very pretty, obviously good. The Hero The wonderful theory of atoms, on which the whole gigantic structure of modern chemistry rests, was the logical outgrowth of the original conception of this country-bred, self-taught Quaker. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The motion of the van, the rest after the long tramp, alike caused the country-bred boy to nod sleepily as he clung to his perch. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys There was a stile to climb, but this was no obstacle to the country-bred girl. The Children of Wilton Chase The stalls were occupied chiefly by country-bred ponies, the progeny of the native races of the neighbouring islands of Sandalwood and Timor. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore A writer in Ladies in the Field, while discussing this form of sport, says: “Any old screw, country-bred pony or short-shouldered Arab may be brought out on these occasions.” The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. No nose is so green and country-bred that it doesn't sniff the spices of India. Chimney-Pot Papers The country-bred Boer resembles not remotely our own Puritans and Covenanters. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back When I did read it I could not fail to recall the picture of the country-bred child, palpitating with awed delight in the belief that she had wrested Something from Nothing. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The flight to Bristol was to the country-bred village maiden of a hundred and twenty years ago a serious matter. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century Presently the stone-walls gave place to a most wonderful kind of fence,—a kind that even country-bred Rose had never seen before. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Measles was especially fatal to the country-bred, and for abject misery I have never seen anything like those cases of measles in which nostalgia had supervened. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Grandmamma thinks that rough and coarse and country-bred: but I am sure it makes me feel more as if people really were pleased to see me. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow The pavements were crowded with pedestrians hurrying here and there; restaurants had opened their doors, tobacco merchants and newspaper vendors were hard at work, and country-bred Pixie stared around in amazed disapproval. The Love Affairs of Pixie A strong, homely, humorous story of the everyday life of American country-bred boys, by one who is acknowledged to be the best living storyteller in his peculiar vein. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student She was country-bred to begin with, and though to Heydon Hay her appearance smacked somewhat of the town, a dweller in towns would have called her rustic. Aunt Rachel This was an appalling state of affairs to country-bred Mary Rose, who had been brought up in a friendly atmosphere. Mary Rose of Mifflin But Másha, like many country-bred women, was skilled in the decoction of those herbs and simples that seem, at times, more efficacious than more scientific medicines. The Genius You know I’m a country-bred man myself, and ain’t used to the town, or to such awful sights of squalor. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Being a country-bred boy, he was as bashful about it as if he had been only ten years old. Post Haste Robert M. Hartley was a strong-bodied, strong-minded, country-bred man, who started church work in New York City almost as soon as he arrived. Civics and Health Is it any wonder that the country-bred boy is nearly always the leader; that he heads the banks, the great mercantile houses? Pushing to the Front She was tall, and so graceful and elegantly dressed as to be quite dazzling to the eyes of the country-bred stranger. Pixie O'Shaughnessy With the strange jewels in her hair and about her throat, the beautiful blue robe around her shoulders, little country-bred Madge looked as though she might have been a beautiful princess of the long ago. Madge Morton's Secret But time has no terrors for the country-bred boy. The Romance of an Old Fool Though country-bred, he talks about country sights and sounds as if he had been brought up at Christ's Hospital, and read of them only in Virgil. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series There is a very appreciable difference between the physical stamina, the brain vigor, the solidity and the reliability of country-bred men and that of those in the city. Pushing to the Front He was a tall, strong-looking fellow, country-bred, of about twenty-five or six. Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent And between Burns and the bottle and the long low silences of good country-bred men listening back through the soft cadences of memory, the case was won that night. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison "Phyllis is country-bred," she said, "and knows nothing of the toils and snares that beset young girls in the city." The Romance of an Old Fool She is a country-bred maiden, with plump neck and round arms, and her chief charm is her buoyant vitality. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation The average country-bred youth has a better foundation for success-building, has greater courage, more moral stamina. Pushing to the Front As she flitted about the house the little country-bred girl with her fresh healthy beauty was a constant reminder to the painter of the woods and fields. Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation To his country-bred eyes they were full of marvels—which would soon be as common to those eyes as one of the furrowed fields on his father's farm. Alec Forbes of Howglen But a good deal had been said which, though not perhaps capable of convincing the unprejudiced American or Frenchman, had been regarded as cogent arguments to country-bred Englishmen. Phineas Redux For exercise, he belonged to a neighbouring gymnasium, but this was not sufficient for a country-bred, energetic young man, in his twenty-fourth year. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma They are the more baffling because they are not problems at all to his country-bred neighbors. If You're Going to Live in the Country Luminous paint was not such an unknown quantity to me as it would be to this country-bred lad and his family. Up in Ardmuirland Such were the revelations of Nature to the country-bred painter from the little town of Correggio. The Madonna in Art My share of the loot was a nice-looking, white, country-bred pony, which I found tied to a tree. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Four-fifths of the men and women who do great things are country-bred. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Which shows that the camel and needle's eye trick is easier to perform than to induce a country-bred man to enlist in the King's militia; though once in, every fellow loves it. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent "Yes," she said, with the open rudeness of the country-bred; "yes, you ain't very big." The Gay Cockade This comes of London Music Halls even to country-bred damsels! In Luck at Last "Pleased to meet you again," volunteered country-bred Jane, offering a plump hand. The Hawk of Egypt Whatever the reason, it certainly pays to be country-bred. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm What beauteous, high-spirited, country-bred creature of eighteen would not find its dazzle blind her eyes so that she could scarce see aright? His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality She knew his rigid morality, his country-bred horror of the thing she was. Love Stories She eyed him critically: black, fifteen, country-bred, strong, clear-eyed. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel I was a big, husky brute of a boy—thick-chested, broad-shouldered, country-bred and with an appetite that knew no bounds. The Fun of Getting Thin How to Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line And then had come the country-bred man's hunger for the soil. The Just and the Unjust Were the country-bred horse to be put at once to full city work, he would die in a week. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 They got in, Rivers reflecting how war, parent of good and evil, had made of this rough country-bred lad a dutiful, thoughtful man. Westways The great orators have always been country-bred, and their appeal has been made to rural people. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen The streets appeared to the country-bred youth to teem with life. Tom Tufton's Travels In the Gospels we find again the same faithfulness to living nature, another country-bred boy with the same love for bird and beast and the wild, open countryside. The Jesus of History The great city failed to please the country-bred youth, and, indeed, until the end of his life, Millet disliked Paris. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 We are too country-bred for such an impertinence. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland The clear, chaste, remote and distinguished wisdom of Emerson with its shrewd preacher's wit and country-bred humor, will always be of stirring and tonic value to certain kindred minds. One Hundred Best Books Besides, I knew that he was quick-witted and country-bred; and I had great hope that he would prove more of a help than a hindrance. Who Goes There? But the goddess of Fortune smiling benignly on this country-bred lad, had in a wayward mood apparently taken him under her special protection. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk The barns and “steddings,” or what we call cowhouses in America, are of a very ordinary cast, or such as any country-bred farmer would call economical and simple. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Unhappily, it is with few—only with a few millions of well-to-do people, a fraction of the whole English population—and with a few country-bred people and open-air workers, that we succeed. Essays in Rebellion It needs no little golden badge swinging from the watch-chain to mark the native son of the golden West, the country-bred of California. American Notes He was a youth of barely eighteen years, evidently country-bred, and now, as it should seem, upon his first visit to town. The Snow Image and other stories The servants were for the most part country-bred—daughters of farm servants or small farmers. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography But I was young and spirited, and like most lads that have been country-bred, I had a great opinion of my shrewdness. Kidnapped He was distrustful of Vanamee, having the country-bred suspicion of any person he could not understand. The Octopus : A story of California Throughout the winter they had enjoyed the city thoroughly, and the change of life it afforded, but signs of spring did wonderful things to the hearts of the country-bred women. A Girl of the Limberlost The cheeks are paler, the teeth more regular, the red lips thinner than is usual in a country-bred girl. Tess of the d'Urbervilles "I am a country-bred girl," she said, "and his manners are too courtlike for me." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier It was a photograph of her husband—a tall, smoothfaced man, with pleasant eyes, features of no particular emphasis, and the free carriage of the country-bred Englishman. Sir George Tressady — Volume I It was a weighty question for a country-bred lad to have to settle, and yet settled it must be, and that speedily. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 The maid was an honest country-bred young woman, selected for the office by Mrs. Oliver. The Lovels of Arden But poor country-bred Georgina Halliday would not believe in the duchesses, or the angelic singing boys, or the primitive simplicity of Welsh rarebits. Birds of Prey The spirit of the country-bred boy quailed before this coarse abuse, which he knew not how to resent. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Nine out of ten country-bred people would have indulged in a stare. The Slave of the Lamp There was a sweetness and simplicity in the manners of the two Misses Mordaunt which pleased him; but the country-bred girls lost much by contrast with the brilliant Lydia. Run to Earth A Novel These country-bred girls and children have not only statuesque features, but the stateliest carriage, holding themselves with the air of Nature's princesses. The Roof of France These traditions are softened by the influence of years into simply idealizing, in the mind of every country-bred New Englander, the peculiar refreshing scent of the southernwood as a typical Sabbath-day fragrance. Sabbath in Puritan New England I was an Oxford man, country-bred; my father is still alive, and has a small living in Essex. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches It is a kind of life that has a potent charm for all men, whether city or country-bred. Roughing It, Part 3. She loved the country as only country-bred people forced to live in a big town can love it. Miss Merivale's Mistake Men always talk in that way—that is,—that is, I have heard so," said the spinster, correcting herself; "for what should a country-bred woman know about you creatures? The Virginians In May the kangaroo-grass would be high and waving, full of seed, a wealth of luxuriant herbage, the value of which Flinders, a country-bred boy, would be quick to appreciate. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Presently Tamaddun, as the Arabs say, "urbanity," or, more literally, being "citified," asserts itself, as in the human cockney; and at last they become cleverer and more knowing than any country-bred. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 If the girl were country-bred," continued the lady, "we might give her house-room, and no harm done. Fanshawe However, his family managed to persuade him that his best interests demanded that he should not marry this country-bred girl, and he returned to his home, leaving Alice to watch and hope for his coming. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 They had not thought it proper to drive, save in a close carriage, since their brother's death; and on such a warm day of spring weather a close carriage was not inviting to country-bred people. Peter's Mother Ay—ay, the cow is sick, I think; and mind me, being country-bred, Of a cure for such: which is, to buy a comb And comb the sufferer's tail at feeding-time. The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" In the first place, the theory that the country-bred woman in America is stronger and healthier than the city-bred has long since been exploded. Mobilizing Woman-Power They were, for the most part, country-bred lawyers, belonging to the agricultural and borrowing class rather than the bank-founding, lending Federalists. The United States of America, Part 1 I am only sorry to think, that, young and country-bred as thou art, it can but little avail thee. The Monastery A country-bred girl like Miss Connolly would not lose her wits over the spectacle of a dozen fat oxen broken loose from their stalls. Stories by English Authors: Ireland If bad blood came in anywhere, it came in from himself, not from that simple-hearted, innocent little country-bred angel. What's Bred in the Bone It is a distinction indeed, for a country-bred girl like me to be so spoken of by people of brains and culture. The Gilded Age, Part 5. The capital of the Great Republic was a new world to country-bred Washington Hawkins. The Gilded Age, Part 3. The filth, the squalor, the hoarse voices which rose from that cellar-like place below the level of the street, repelled the country-bred lad. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel It was a wonderful sight to the country-bred boy, this gay thoroughfare, with its busy and bustling crowds, and its throngs of vehicles, never ceasing wholly, save at the dead hours of night. Try and Trust A cloud of dust obscured them momentarily; then the country-bred athlete vaulted lightly into the saddle and came trotting sharply toward them, riding like a centaur. Without a Home Like most country-bred boys of his age, he felt that he had grown too large for the parent nest and must try his wings elsewhere. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life I am country-bred; that's why I speak of such a trifle.' The Odd Women The dweller in towns must find it as difficult to be patient and calm, as the country-bred man must find it to be active, and equal to unwonted emergencies. North and South The restrictions and discipline of West Point bore much more harshly on country-bred boys in those years than they do to-day when so many schools prepare students for military duties. On the Trail of Grant and Lee He was country-bred and had always dwelt far from towns. The Garden of Allah I was a country-bred boy—that is if you call Putney country, and Wimbledon Common and that. The Wolves and the Lamb Powell mounted The Rabbit, a plain bay country-bred much like Corks, but with mulish ears. The Day's Work - Volume 1 A country-bred woman, with country-bred keenness of eye and a country- bred sense of the seasons' change, she saw so much that he had never known that she began to make him see also. T. Tembarom Even in my excitement, my country-bred senses rebelled against the sights, and smells, the noisome air and oppressive closeness of the streets. The House of the Wolf; a romance You should not be too much afraid of appearing country-bred; the magnificence of London has drawn exclamations of astonishment from travelled men, experienced in the world, its wonders and beauties. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 He was an old duffer and pedant, but behind these things he was a country-bred man and gentleman, and had showed courage and a sporting instinct in the hour of desperation. The Club of Queer Trades It looked bright, and warm, and lively in many of these places; but the country-bred boy was cautious. Hiram the Young Farmer She was a country-bred young creature, as the lacquey had said, being of the simple rose-and-white freshness of seventeen years perhaps, and having childish blue eyes and fair curling locks. A Lady of Quality This in itself disconcerted me, and routed all my plans; but I went in boldly, and in a moment found myself between a couple of dogs, barking as your true country-bred animal can bark. The Message But Hiram had that fear of debt in his breast which is almost always a characteristic of the frugal, country-bred person. Hiram the Young Farmer |
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