| 单词 | countryfolk |
| 例句 | Benighted, contentious, passionate, ignorant souls, countryfolk of a poor land, their generosity gave a noble ending to that hard journey. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Capturing the country's soul and landscape was vital if it was going to be taken seriously by Al-Daradji's countryfolk. Son of Babylon: 'I made it for my family, for Iraq' 2011-02-03T23:30:00Z Photograph: Rex Features Nothing is more American – "whatever that means" – than running away to Europe, avoiding your countryfolk, pretending not to be American at all. Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner – review 2012-07-12T07:07:54Z By this he meant the vast resources of the English folk tradition, maintained as an unofficial oral tradition among the nation's countryfolk. Cloud of knowing 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z A longtime "Archers addict", she has agreed to play herself in a forthcoming episode as the everyday story of countryfolk celebrates its 60th year. Archers addict Camilla makes Ambridge cameo 2011-02-02T19:29:39Z Much of their effort is devoted to warning their countryfolk of the consequences of a potential nuclear strike from Belarusian territory. Belarus Is Fast Becoming a ‘Vassal State’ of Russia 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z From No. 1 in the World to crappest elite international team in Europe in 12 months is not good for his CV or the soul of his countryfolk. Wales v Scotland: Six Nations 2020 – live! 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Cody told the BBC that he wanted to break down any perceived stereotypes of "countryfolks as racist, homophobic and bigoted". 'Not all country boys are bigots' 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Well, there's the obvious moral decrepitude of roaming the earth in mink and stilettos while your countryfolk starve. Why we love to hate despots' wives 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Her countryfolk were less impressed, with one tweeting: "Miss Chile lives here? She does not seem Chilean giving away the sea." How beauty queens got political in 2017 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z I never saw flowers for sale in the big daily market, and the few clusters that in spring the countryfolk brought in to the Saturday market would scarcely have sufficed to trim one fashionable hat. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z In the plaza a crowd of countryfolk are collected, furiously discussing their affairs and pleading their cases in advance, after the manner of litigants all the world over. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Since that time he had stayed here at the castle with naught to do save to judge the suits of the countryfolk and now and again chase down and hang some forest-lurking robber. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The urban elites, in fact, see the regime itself as a dictatorship of countryfolk. Syria: Can the President's Concessions Pacify Protesters? 2011-03-25T09:50:00Z Honest countryfolk of European descent are earnestly counselled by their spiritual advisers to submit patiently to the plague of locusts on the ground that it comes as a punishment from Providence. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine “Young as she is, she may understand these things better than countryfolk like us.” The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 We countryfolk are very prudish about these things; and, as you are the lion of the party, I should get into a sad scrape were I to appear to monopolise you.' Jack Hinton The Guardsman I have not firmness," he wrote to a friend, "to resist the unanimous desire of my countryfolks; and I find myself harnessed again into their service another year. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 But the most noticeable change occurs in the dress of countryfolk and ordinary citizens. English Costume From the hall, crammed with frieze-coated countryfolk, to the little conservatory on the stairs, where a few ladies were grouped, every space was occupied. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Among countryfolk so gently submissive, as these legends show them, to the Church, you would readily suppose that very great innocence might be found. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages When countryfolk get gossiping, they go on, I do assure you, for the fun; they don’t as much as think of what they say. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Hall in his “Satires” says, “Russet clothes in the 16th century are indicative of countryfolk.” The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses You look at him pensively, and suddenly see one of the great everyday distances between your countryfolk and his. Home Life in Germany He fancied everyone of the countryfolks was superstitious. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story But he is safe from the immediate attack of the fiends, and he is out of the way of the countryfolk. The Cornwall Coast There the invaders would come against something more than villages peopled with frightened peasants and trustful countryfolk, and would realize in their turn something of the terribleness of war. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns It seemed now that the enemy's troops were gaining; and groans of despair broke forth from the villagers and countryfolk who watched with throbbing hearts the issue of the day. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Many of these small inns entertain summer visitors, not English and Americans who want luxuries, but their own countryfolk, whose purses and requirements are both small. Home Life in Germany These poor countryfolk protested against the injustices of the world by robing themselves in white, "like celestial angels." Modern Saints and Seers One of his pranks was to swim out to the crags at the mouth of Bude haven, and there pose as a mermaid; which he did to the prolonged bewilderment of the countryfolk. The Cornwall Coast Such were the words the townsmen spoke Heard by the gathering countryfolk, Who from the south, north, east, and west, Stirred by the joyful tidings, pressed. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse But they know that there are many thousands of their contented countryfolk in the neighbouring Kossovo and, what is more, they know that the towns of Kossovo are their markets. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Yet every page of it is a Jeremiad, an exhortation to his countryfolk to stop short on the road to ruin. Home Life in Germany Postmasters and landlords are all the same, and hardly to be propitiated even by English money, although they charge us about three times as much as they durst do to their countryfolks. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) Dissent has one great charm for all countryfolk—it gives them a large share in its activities, it allows them to preach and to pray. The Cornwall Coast Not so, said the Master: why not take it and give it to thy neighbours and countryfolk? The Sayings Of Confucius The Monday's market is filled with quaint countryfolk, bringing in baskets of fruit and wearing the upper garment of red cotton and the large white girdle and turban. Southern Arabia As he lived in Germany fifty years ago, he scolds his countryfolk for living in flats. Home Life in Germany They were only ordinary boyish freaks; but they seemed awful to the quiet, sleepy countryfolk who inhabited Endleigh. Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle Visitors must not expect to learn much about the saints or about the monuments from the countryfolk, either here or anywhere else in Cornwall. The Cornwall Coast The pair of weapons which Colwyn lifted from the case were horse pistols of a period when countryfolk feared to ride abroad without some such protection against highwaymen. The Hand in the Dark The attitude of the official Lutheran party towards the poor countryfolk continued as infamous after the war as it had been on the first sign that fortune was forsaking their cause. German Culture Past and Present I have affected perfect credulity in order to throw the Hickeys and countryfolk off their guard with me. The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 It has been long held famous among countryfolk as an excellent plant for coughs, asthma, and pulmonary consumption. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure With Candlemas we, like the older English countryfolk, may take our leave of Christmas. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan This is how the day of the Holy Blood procession is finished by many of the countryfolk. Bruges and West Flanders Mr. Ludlam was a delicate soul, smiling often, as has been said, and speaking little—"a mild man," said the countryfolk. Come Rack! Come Rope! The soldiers and countryfolk, who were unsympathetic, took a number of prisoners, preachers and laymen, on whom the Council, under the presidency of Sharp, exercised a cruelty bred of terror. A Short History of Scotland A decoction of the plant is held in esteem by countryfolk as checking pulmonary consumption in its early stages. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure On 13 April 1545 the Baron entered the Vaudois territory at the head of a body of troops, reinforced by the papal Vice-legate and a fanatical mob of countryfolk. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London I have often wondered where the countryfolk hide themselves, as I have walked hour after hour, past farm and croft and lonely door-yards, and never caught sight of a human face. Famous Modern Ghost Stories He avoided active service in this way and often showed his mutilated hand to the countryfolk who may or may not have admired the deed. The Evolution of an English Town He then betook himself to the dense tangles of evergreens which I have described, where he lived upon the charity of countryfolk and shepherds. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Amongst his own countryfolk Confucius wore a homely look, like one who has no word to say. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The countryfolk, many of whom had remained friendly, began bringing back spoil which they had wrested from wrongful possessors. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London He knew the countryside and the countryfolk inside out, and he was a living unwritten chronicle of the East Wessex hunt. When William Came The countryfolk wave us as westward we pour Down the jolly white highways that lead to the sea. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 They had much to do, both in governing the French townsfolk and countryfolk, in keeping the Indians friendly, and in furthering the peculiar commerce on which the settlements subsisted. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 Doubtless the countryfolk were watching in the hope that the great man would show himself at a window, or that, at the worst, they might see the crumbs shaken from a tablecloth he had used. The Castle Inn Ah, what a chance to avenge ourselves upon these barbarians, whose cruelty to our poor countryfolk was the talk at every camp fire. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard When countryfolk in France have made up their minds as to a person's calling, argument is fruitless. Across the Plains The countryfolk call it the 'Silent Land', and during the first phase of the Somme battle a man in Amiens could not hear the guns twenty miles off at Albert. Mr. Standfast With which they walked on again together while she answered, as they went, that the most "hopeless" of her countryfolk were in general precisely those she liked best. The Ambassadors By this time they were close alongside; and the man, with the countryfolk instinct, turned his cloudy vision first of all on his companion’s mount. Prince Otto, a Romance These people are ignorant countryfolk, led away by smooth tongues, and never counting the cost. The Brown Mask Well, she is certainly no prophetess among these countryfolk. The Coryston Family A Novel A large number of the countryfolk, however, more curious or less devout than the citizens, gathered round our regiment to see the men who had beaten off the dragoons. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 The countryfolk are said to be bad, and I wish you to be careful not have them do you. Botchan (Master Darling) When countryfolk get gossiping, they go on, I do assure you, for the fun; they don’t as much as think of what they say. Prince Otto, a Romance No wonder that he was eager to take his friends to the theatre, and we may be sure our young countryfolks were not unwilling. The Virginians He considered that the world hardly realized how much it owed to his countryfolk; according to his views, Achilles, Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Pyrrhus, Diocletian, Julian the Apostate—they were all Albanians. Old Calabria What he says of the countryfolk is not only polite but true, that their virtues are their own, while their vices have been fostered by the abuses of tyranny. Alone He and Mrs. Pendennis brought books of 'Hamlet' with them to follow the tragedy, as is the custom of honest countryfolks who go to a play in state. The History of Pendennis Then, one day when they were walking together they came upon some countryfolk dancing in the road, and amongst them Hardress recognised the hunchback. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction Was it actually true, as the countryfolk declared, that death overtook all those who overheard the counsels of the Evil One? The House of Whispers And the countryfolk, raising their bare arms, displayed the long bunches, which were as black as ink, in the sun; and when the grapes were pressed they seemed to burst with abundance and strength. International Short Stories: French The men were mostly countryfolk, culled, as I could tell by their speech, from the west country, whose only fault, no doubt, was that they had attended some field-preaching. Salute to Adventurers In some fields, countryfolk sold pigs, cows, oxen and sheep. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III I warrant your honour go back again if you like it," said the dame: "unless you think rather of taking a pretty well-dowered English lady, as some of your countryfolk have done. The Fortunes of Nigel No doubt they had an impressiveness for the young countryfolk that strolled up and down Main Street in their honest best, turning into Snow's for ice-cream when a youth was disposed to treat. The Imperialist He murmured then with blond delight for all: Between the acres of the rye These pretty countryfolk would lie. Ulysses On the third morning, when mass was due, the great churchyard by the minster was full of weeping countryfolk; for they served him in death as dear friends should. The Fall of the Niebelungs "Have I not ordered you to leave the countryfolk at peace?" Sir Nigel They had learned to play there like two well-brought-up children, in pantomime, so as not to scandalize pious countryfolk. Greyfriars Bobby The table had been spread for the mixed midday meal of dinner and tea, which was common among frugal countryfolk. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school On a hillside by a brook the countryfolk were winning their hay, and their voices reached me softly from far off. Angling Sketches In other fields, countryfolk sold pigs, cows, oxen and sheep. Our Legal Heritage |
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