| 单词 | croft |
| 例句 | They kept a steady plodding pace, past a shepherd's croft and the abandoned workings of a mine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The croft is a former 231-acre farm, bought thanks to a crowd-funded campaign and now with over 50 local shareholders, making it something of a hybrid of community project and private enterprise. Mountain biking in Scotland: it’s going to be a bumpy ride … 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Decent hotel accommodation is available, but to properly get into the spirit, rent an old farming croft on the tiny isle of Carna on Loch Sunart. High Tail it to the Highlands 2010-11-19T14:20:00Z Seven thatched stone huts represent a croft, or typical farming community of Scotland. Exploring Scotland’s majestic Isle of Skye 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The regulars have been keeping this place quiet for half a century, a task made easier by the croft campsite’s determination to remain simple – don’t expect hot showers, shops or any facilities. The 50 best beaches in the world 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z I Google “abandoned croft, Hebrides” regularly and spent months researching noise-cancelling headphones. Please be quiet: my search for a noise-free life 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z For an intimate winter nook, consider a croft room, where you can sleep in a cabin bed enclosed with panels and curtains. 5 Cozy Hotels Where Winter Is a Treat 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z There have also been complaints about grazing on croft land and the damage the deer do to woodland, gardens and other property. Why are large numbers of red deer being killed? 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z As well as concerns around the disease, there have been complaints about grazing on croft land and the damage the deer do to woodland, gardens and other property. Vote to be held on eradicating all Uist estate's deer 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Michael Peterson was feeding his sheep on his croft in Shetland when he spotted the rare weather event following a hailstorm. Rare 'snow tornado' spotted by crofter in Shetland 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The lay-by where the burning car was found was set in a wide open landscape of moorland, hills, quarries, abandoned crofts, commercial forest plantations and lochs. The 46-year-old murder mystery that haunted the Highlands 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The winner was Alasdair Firth, who lives locally on a woodland croft. In pictures: First Scottish Tree Hugging Championships 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The commission's role is to regulate crofting and promote the interests of croft communities. Scotland's Crofting Commission is dysfunctional and weak, say MSPs 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z A Scottish Land Court judge approved a change of use of an area of croft land for the building of the facility. Moray rocket test launch pad 'first in 50 years' 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Tonks Brown lives on her own in a remote croft in the Scottish Highlands and says she is proud to be a real-life witch. 'I'm proud to be a real-life witch' 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The lamb will now spend the rest of his days on the croft at Aird in Benbecula keeping his father, the croft's ram, company. Crofter's 542-mile trip to find pet lamb 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “Apart from the fact that it is beautiful, I just liked being part of a small community,” she said as we drank tea in her croft. This island is not for sale: how Eigg fought back 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z "They had to cultivate the land. They were the first to work the crofts." Writer returns to the scene of his bloody project 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z After her marriage to Malcolm MacLeod, they were able to acquire the Smiths' original croft of 5 Tong and move there. Donald Trump's mother: From a Scottish island to New York's elite - BBC News 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z A former punk musician is exhibiting his photographs documenting abandoned Western Isles croft houses as part of a celebration of Scottish architecture. Photographs by Buzzcocks drummer exhibited in Glasgow - BBC News 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z A family bible, abandoned by its former owners, lies in tatters in an old croft house in North Ronaldsay, Scotland. 15 Spooky Houses for Halloween 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z After the election, he returned home to the croft house his grandfather had built near Fort William. Mourners gather to remember 'political giant' Charles Kennedy - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z At that time the men in the family would often be away at sea, and the women would sing as they went about their work on the croft. Flora MacNeil, the "Queen of Gaelic singers". dies at the age of 87 - BBC News 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z And as boys from crofts or fishing families in marginal parts of Scotland, they were providing for themselves in a way little else could have. The lost whaling station at the end of the world 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The name references a local croft, Mugeary, on the Isle of Skye, just off the Scottish mainland. Water surprise in Curiosity samples 2013-09-26T18:36:03Z A family bible, abandoned by its former owners, lies in tatters in an old croft house in North Ronaldsay, Scotland. 15 Spooky Houses for Halloween 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z It seems an appropriate resting place for a man who had revelled in being a boy from a croft. Mourners gather to remember 'political giant' Charles Kennedy - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z A number of private homes were awarded, including the reworking of a 1970s house in Lenzie, a former croft on the Isle of Lewis, and a converted church on the remote island of Berneray. 'Tent' wins Scots architecture award 2013-06-12T23:23:47Z The self-employed weavers, who have for generations worked at sheds on their crofts to supplement meagre earnings from agriculture, could see little future in that. Bobbin and weaving 2013-06-08T11:13:20Z It will be used to show how a croft in the 1950s looked. Historic crofthouse to be moved 2012-12-07T01:21:46Z A family bible, abandoned by its former owners, lies in tatters in an old croft house in North Ronaldsay, Scotland. 15 Spooky Houses for Halloween 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Following his death, a friend recalled how at primary school Mr Kennedy would proudly lead classmates on trips to feed lambs on his grandad's croft. Mourners gather to remember 'political giant' Charles Kennedy - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z For six weeks the well at the bottom of her garden has been completely dry, forcing her to use a back up from the mains for both house and croft. Skye stays dry as the rain reigns 2012-07-20T13:17:33Z The shop fronts face each other, running parallel to, but cold-shouldering, the bucolic view across the salty waters of Loch Linnhe and the small crofts on its far shore. Olympic torch relay, day 22: Fort William, the Lycra capital of the UK 2012-06-09T06:00:01Z A crofter, after working all day, often has to sit up all night to keep these beasts, which were supposed to be private property, out of his little croft. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The elderly ewe died on a croft in Lewis in the Western Isles A ewe thought to have been a contender for the title of world's oldest sheep has died after falling off a cliff. 'Oldest sheep' dies in cliff fall 2012-02-28T09:20:33Z 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 Linda's biggest concern is for her flock of almost 100 sheep and lambs, struggling to graze in a field which runs down from croft to loch. Skye stays dry as the rain reigns 2012-07-20T13:17:33Z CROFTER, a term used, more particularly in the Highlands and islands of Scotland, to designate a tenant who rents and cultivates a small holding of land or “croft.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The evicted squatted, we would call it, on the crofts of friends and relations in other parts of the estate. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Before us, filling a little croft, the Wakes was in full swing. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Not that the crofts in Glen Alva were very large or very wealthy, but, when well cultivated, the land was grateful and yielded up its fruits abundantly. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The trees their mournful branches lift aloft: The oak with knotty twigs is full of trust, With bud-thronged bough the cherry in the croft; The chestnut holds her gluey knops upthrust. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z She saw them in the leaping shadows in the little room; in the red glow that flickered along the fringes of the peats; in the darkness which, like a sea, drowned the lonely croft. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z They had brought it upon themselves, he reasoned; if crofts were overcrowded, the fault was theirs. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z There came raking up the croft that long, wire-springy racehorse of his, ears flat, and, clinging to its neck, the pale-faced lad, Wilfred. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z “Yes, indeed,” replied Archie; “and think, too, of his goodness to my dear father, of the comfortable house he dwells in, and the smiling little croft around it.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Go round by the croft and then we shan't meet her coming home. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z In every glen, on each hillside, are crofts such as this. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z They starve on tiny crofts, their only homes; their landlord holds broad acres as play-ground for a few short weeks. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Some crofts glow with the good red earth of Devon, and no growing things sprout as yet upon them; but they hold seed of roots and their hidden wealth will soon answer the rain. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z Each serf possessed, besides, a small croft attached to his house, and sometimes an orchard and rude garden. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z It was after the drowning of Anndra that my croft was taken from me. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z The echo swept from croft to croft, and wakened every dog upon the isle. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z In three cases at least crofters were turned from their crofts because they gave evidence to the Commissioners of 1883. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Save perhaps in the case of the crofts, or very small holdings of less than 10 acres, farm management is fully abreast of the times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z It had always been a custom with her to walk down the croft with Mildred, but now she apparently changed her mind, for she replaced it on the peg. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z When Alex Dodge isn't running the croft with her husband, she is a Watch Officer for the Shetland Coastguard and Chair of the Shetland Coastguard Public and Commercial Services Union. Coastguards and diesel 2011-04-13T03:06:14Z He called it “good man’s croft,” and told me that in order “to bring luck, we must always leave a bit of land unplanted for the fairies.” All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Macmillan cultivated the half of his father's croft, and had one cow. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Above it, under the steep roof, was a croft, where perhaps the saint slept. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The curfew bell was ringing as they walked through the dewy crofts among the tall, sleeping daisies; the cool breeze fanned Ethel's hot temples. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Standing in the farmyard on the Dodge family's croft in the hamlet of Cunningsburgh, we look out to sea. Coastguards and diesel 2011-04-13T03:06:14Z The house I came to see was a mere cottage of five rooms, but it stood in a pleasant croft, full of fruit trees, mingled with pines and a few maples. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z There are sixteen crofts, such as they are, in the township, and these are occupied by twenty-six families. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The landowners found thousands of the crofts on which their villeins had been wont to dwell vacant, and could not fill them with new tenants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z In the distance they could hear the faint pealing of the curfew bell, and the bleating of the flocks in the crofts. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Started a green linnet Out of the croft; Wake, little ladies, The sun is aloft! Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z I loved every foot of the pretty croft, in which it stood, and one morning when its fourteen cherry trees were all pink and white with blossom, I called it Cherry Croft. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Deer forests and large farms grow larger and larger; crofts shrink, until from the little patch of ground, long since over-worked, the crofter can no longer reap even that which he sows. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z The father, the son, the wife, the daughters, and the herd-lad, were all turned out, half naked, to the croft before the door. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 But Mildred went back a little sadly down the croft, and through the path with the great white daisies. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z She was the wife o' a devout and worthy man, one Alexander Cockburn, who was the proprietor o' a croft in the neighbourhood; and they had five sons, all men grown. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Some half-score of acres of inland croft had just been reaped, and there had been the promise of a hett supper and a dance, to conclude the comparatively insignificant grain harvest. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 On every side we heard the same story of hated landlords and exhausted crofts. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z But on the following night he armed himself and sat up to watch the third croft to see who was plundering him. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Ban�croft, Sir Squire, English actor, born in London in 1841. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis How we talked there; thrushes soft Sang our praises out, or oft Bleatings took them from the croft: XIII. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II The house of Earlstoun stands very near the water edge, with nothing about it save the green hawthorn-studded croft on the one hand, and the thick wood on the other. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway And down by the weaver's croft I stole, To see if the flax were high; But I saw the weaver at his gate, With the good news in his eye! Graded Poetry: Third Year This time, however, Manawyddan took back with him a load of wheat, and he sowed it, and he prepared three crofts for a wheat crop. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race It was here I came—the thistle Was trusting her seed to the wind; The quail in the croft gave whistle As now—and the fields lay thinned. Song-Surf They went together to the manse door, and then the minister followed him to the gate of the small croft. Prisoners of Conscience The Balfours, I take it, were plainly Celts; their name shows it—the “cold croft,” it means; so does their country. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) And some they brought the brown linseed, 5 And flung it down from the Low: 'And this,' said they, 'by the sunrise, In the weaver's croft shall grow! Graded Poetry: Third Year Next day it was the same with the second croft. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race In the parson's croft, behind the rectory, are the musicians of the three parish bands, with their instruments. Shirley I baptized you into the fold of Lerwick kirk, and I buried your sweet mother in its quiet croft. Prisoners of Conscience After the children had got their dinner, it being a very pleasant afternoon, Mrs. Howard gave them leave to play in the garden, and in the little croft, where she kept her old horse Crop. The Fairchild Family Started a green linnet Out of the croft; Wake, little ladies! Pinafore Palace And he looked at one of the crofts and said, “I will reap this to-morrow.” Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race He lives in one of those low thatch-roofed bothies that, with the accompanying croft, are rented at from £2 to £4 a year. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Somehow Michael was always the first to see them and to raise the friendly halloo, that generally sent the small black cattle scampering down the croft. Lover or Friend Whilst the children were all engaged with their sports in the croft, a poor old man, who had been gathering sticks, came by that way, bending under the weight of the load. The Fairchild Family The farms, like those in Ireland, are mere crofts. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge She came back furiously angry and disappointed, and continued her search till nightfall in the immediate neighbourhood of the croft, but without success. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young No sounds were heard except the low droning of a vagrant bee, the whizzing of a sea-mew's pinions, or a bark from this croft answered by a bark from that other a mile away. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland He has a small croft away up above Tor Beag, and Sholto and I were up there one day; but it’s months ago. The Mystery of the Green Ray They held their croft free of all cess, stipend, or public burden, as it still remains. Chronicles of Strathearn He was half landsman, tilling his own croft, half seaman, going out with the boats to the herrings. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 More than a hundred men had come from their crofts in the country, and were making their boats ready for the mackerel-fishing at Kinsale. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Young women, your mothers were in the fields, busy with the work of the crofts. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Where was this still, or, rather, where was the croft?” The Mystery of the Green Ray The croft at the back is still named the Chapel Croft. Chronicles of Strathearn A great proportion of the men of the humbler classes are half seamen, half landsmen, tilling their little crofts in the spring and autumn, and going out with the herring boats in summer. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Well, there's not to say a house—a croft or two an' a cottage. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Before the Reformation the island was thickly peopled, and sites of old churches and deserted crofts are numerous. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland He drove the dog away from his croft and was very rude to Miss McLeod about it. The Mystery of the Green Ray He dried his wings; like gauze they grew; Through crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses It was generally on Sundays that boys walked in the croft with those who were, and whom they wished to be considered as, their most intimate and confidential friends. St. Winifred's, or The World of School These amounting in all to about 1500 men, were drawn up on the crofts to the westward of the citadel. The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) You are lovely, your face is soft Like a flower in bud On a mountain croft. Look! We Have Come Through! It will be the rent o' the crofts and steadings, the smuggling money," said he, "and sair wrocht for, and if they will not be hindering me, I will be going there. The McBrides A Romance of Arran And some they brought the brown linseed, And flung it down from the Low: 'And this,' said they, 'by the sunrise, In the weaver's croft shall grow! The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children Her tender words came soft As dropping rose petals on garden croft Down from the wall's sheer height—"Come soon, come soon." Helen Redeemed and Other Poems They kept keen scrutiny on the road below, where sometimes they could see the invaders passing in bands in their search for scattered townships or crofts. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Besides this, a ditch traversed the marshlands above mentioned, another encompassed the croft lying by the north gate of the hospital, and there were several others of less importance. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London Is the croft at Tenby still green: and does Mary Allen take a turn on it in a riding habit as of old? Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 And down by the weaver's croft I stole, To see if the flax were high; But I saw the weaver at his gate With the good news in his eye! The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children This thy strife Hath ruined all my fields which are my life, Brought murrain on my beasts, cold ash to my hearth, Emptiness to my croft. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems And down by the weaver's croft I stole, To see if the flax were sprung; And I met the weaver at his gate, With the good news on his tongue. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 And he went to look at one of his crofts, and behold it was ripe. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 I mean as you go on past the croft. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 For the present, it is at that croft on the opposite hill. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower But lo! upon the hilly croft, and scarce Distinguished from the crags, the peasant hut Forth peeping; nor unwelcome is the sight. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan And some they brought the brown lint-seed, And flung it down from the Low; 'And this,' they said, 'by sunrise, In the weaver's croft shall grow. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 Then he went to look at another croft, and behold that also was ripe. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 Look in a garden croft, when a flower privily growing, &c. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Two others were tumbling about in the croft. Lore of Proserpine I think I shall start at that place in the hedge in the croft where we found the bumble-bee’s nest. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys He dried his wings: like gauze they grew, Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Then he went to look at the third croft, and when he came there, finer wheat had there never been seen, and this also was ripe. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 They possessed a cow and a few hens, and Robina, who was a sturdy woman of forty, did the work of their small croft with occasional help from one of the males of the community. Up in Ardmuirland They thought of their crofts and clachans, where if the land was stingy, the gift of the sea was at hand to supply abundant food. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba The neat crofts lay behind, in oblong strips, on the side of the hill. The Disentanglers What'll he do?' scoff'd The Blackbird, standing, in an ancient thorn, Then spread his sooty wings and flitted to the croft With cackling laugh; Whom I, being half Enraged, called after, giving back his scorn. Sixteen Poems So he took his arms, and began to watch the croft. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 The absence of a resident man in a small croft must be of necessity a difficulty; but they were upright, hard-working women, and managed to maintain themselves in a simple, frugal way. Up in Ardmuirland The mushrooms in the croft gathered themselves and down on a dish in the larder. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Sleep, crop and herd! sleep, darkling thorpe and croft, 30 Safe from the weather! Browning's Shorter Poems At once a messenger was dispatched to the croft to fetch him, only to find that Strong Ingmar was not at home. Jerusalem And the second night also they went, and they destroyed thy two crofts. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 It was customary for farmers to leave a portion of their fields uncropped, which was a dedication to the evil spirit, and called good man's croft. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century But busy bees forsake the Elm That bears no bloom aloft— The Finch was in the hawthorn-bush, The Blackbird in the croft; And among the firs the brooding Dove, That else might murmur soft. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood As she went to her little cold room Marcella heard the padding of feet outside in the croft, and grunts and squeals. Captivity Our course now lies along this footpath, with a croft on the left, and an old barn on the right. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest And that night he went back to Narberth, and on the morrow in the grey dawn he went to reap the croft, and when he came there he found nothing but the bare straw. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 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 The first thing he did on coming home was to buy up his mother's croft, re-thatch the old house, and put in a poor person to take care of it. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill She went over the croft, among the hungry cows that stared at her, one after one as she passed. Captivity There were, however, great numbers who were not supplied with new crofts, but turned away from their old homes and left to shift for themselves. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 And then he began to prepare some ground and he sowed a croft, and a second, and a third. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 When he comed to he crawled up the croft and I let un in.” Children of the Mist The little croft was hungry land, and to make a sufficient living she used to weed for her more prosperous neighbours. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill She had tried to bring about some arrangement whereby Jan and she could stay on at the croft. The Emperor of Portugalia My clothes were wet through and I was cold, and, wishing for shelter and a bite of food, I turned across the heath to Jack Paterson's croft. The Pilots of Pomona This croft is part of an estate under the care of Lench's Trust; and, at the time of the bequest, was probably worth no more than ten shillings per annum. An History of Birmingham (1783) She was walking alone, down in the croft by the river—all in a tremendously heavy dew too. Children of the Mist Then he looked into a croft under the minster, and there he saw a tomb which burnt full marvellously. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) In October, 1556, he became the owner of two copyhold estates, one of them consisting of a house with a garden and a croft attached to it, the other of a house and garden. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England These occupations, combined with the produce of his croft, made up, I am afraid, a very poor living. The Pilots of Pomona I gave my hand,— He led me out across the pasture land, And through the narrow croft, Down to the river's brink. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. She paused for a few moments, then proceeded: “Theer, to west of the yard, is a croft as had corn in it wan year, though ’tis permanent grass now, seemin’ly. Children of the Mist Steadying with one hand the wounded man in the saddle, the Khan began cautiously to descend the rugged croft. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 When Robert was born he had the lease of a seven-acre croft, and had intended to establish himself as a nurseryman. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters "Has either o' ye been across at Jack Paterson's croft?" The Pilots of Pomona The girls were all in their best; they generally loved to parade the crofts and gardens clad in brown holland and shaded by flapping hats. Fated to Be Free There in the corner of that croft they piled the noble dead like corn upon a threshing-floor. Master Skylark Who would grub out his life in the same croft, when he has free-warren of all fields between this and Rhine? The Saint's Tragedy Thus am I dead: yet cannot die: But still within my foolish brainThere hangs a pale blue evening sky; A furzy croft; a sandy lane. Andromeda and Other Poems The two returned to the farm, therefore, and I tramped through the storm to the croft of Clouston, past the ghostly standing stones of the Druids, and along the dreary, snow-covered road. The Pilots of Pomona "Have the bear's cub to the croft," said Clavers, "and shoot him on the spot." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII Then the chief, sore afraid, brought the lily-white maid To the edge of the blood-sprinkled field, And they bore her aloft o'er the sward of the croft On the vault of the glittering shield. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls Yesterday morning they were at Cowes, and we saw the smoke from the burning crofts. The White Company Then would they try Ever new modes of tilling their loved crofts, And mark they would how earth improved the taste Of the wild fruits by fond and fostering care. On the Nature of Things The Balfours, I take it, were plainly Celts; their name shows it - the 'cold croft,' it means; so does their country. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 There were three men of my own name had crofts on the machars beyond the point, and if you go there you will only find the marks of their bit gardens. Mr. Standfast There was a kind of croft on one hillside, and from a hut the smoke of breakfast was beginning to curl. Greenmantle And on they came with fear and flame, to burn and loot and slay, Until they reached the red-roofed croft, the home of Jean Desprez. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man Sleep, crop and herd! sleep, darkling thorpe and croft Safe from the weather! An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry What was that great strapping Scollay fellow doing at home on a small croft where he was quite superfluous, when his country needed every man? The Man from the Clouds While we enjoy a lingering ray, Ye still o'ertop the western day, Reposing yonder, on God's croft, Like solid stacks of hay. Excursions I still advanced through a pleasant scene of trees and cottages, of rich grassy crofts, with cattle lying luxuriously in them, and amid a hush of repose, indicative of a monastic scene. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Sleep, crop and herd! sleep, darkling thorpe and croft, Safe from the weather! Robert Browning: How to Know Him He counts on having eighty sheep down there at the long crofts, and a cow or two besides. Lord Kilgobbin So next day the fairy queen took six fairies and went to the croft, taking her blue pot of perfume. Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories One estate in the Hebrides, the nominal rent of which is only £5200 a year, is divided into 1108 crofts, and is supposed to have more than 8300 persons living upon it. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished In northern landscapes the eye travels through vistas of leafy boughs to still, secluded crofts and pastures, where slow-moving oxen graze. The Pleasures of Life He was in appearance and manners very different from the Andy Gowran familiarly known among the braes and crofts of Portray. The Eustace Diamonds The venerable warder was reaping his barley croft in all peace and tranquillity and when we asked admittance to repose ourselves, he told us we would find the key of the Fort under the door. Rob Roy — Volume 01 I soon hunted up Holger Nilsson's croft and after circling up and down over the place a couple of hours, I caught sight of the elf, skulking along between the sheds. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils For the more part that dale was all spread over with fields and meadow-lands, with here and there a plantation of trees in full blossom and here and there a farm croft. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table Can I forget our croft and plot of corn; Our garden, stored ... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 And down by the weaver's croft I stole, To see if the flax were sprung; And I met the weaver at his gate, With the good news on his tongue. Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study But when a stout active young fellow appeared as the labourer of the croft in question, Dumbiedikes began to think so broad a pair of shoulders might bear an additional burden. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 The family sitting-room was a long room with a window at each end; one looking toward the croft and along the Ripple to the banks of the Floss, the other into the mill-yard. The Mill on the Floss Behind most of the houses in the village might be seen a croft or paddock, an orchard or a small garden. The Coming of the Friars A little croft we owned—a plot of corn, A garden stored with peas, and mint, and thyme, And flowers for posies, oft on Sunday morn Plucked while the church bells rang their earliest chime. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 As far as I could learn there was no industry on Achill Island but tilling their miserable crofts. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Painters have noticed his skill in the use of his poetic canvas and his power to suggest subjects to them, such as:— "… croft and garden and orchard, That bask in the mellow light." History of American Literature "My father sent me," he said, "to inform your lordship that he is now at length in a position to treat with your lordship concerning the proposal to purchase James Gracie's croft." Warlock o' Glenwarlock Each of these houses had some outbuildings—cowsheds, barns, &c., and a small croft fenced round. The Coming of the Friars He began to prepare some ground, and he sowed a croft, and a second, and a third. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 He interviewed the chiefs in their fastnesses, the cottagers in their crofts. Without Prejudice "Under the rail of the miller's croft," added Stead. Under the Storm "Then you accept the two hundred for croft and all, father?" Warlock o' Glenwarlock And down by the weaver's croft I stole, To see if the flax were high; But I saw the weaver at his gate With the good news in his eye! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 The three crofts prospered with perfect growth, and no man ever saw fairer wheat. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 He never felt so happy as when he was on the sea; and if he couldn't go to sea, he sat alone at home in the croft mending his gear. Seven Icelandic Short Stories Then beyond, the whole land leaped skyward in great heathery sweeps, save only here and there, where about some hill farm the little emerald crofts and blue-green springing oatlands clustered closest. The Lilac Sunbonnet Such wrestling as there was was carried on in a little croft behind the principal of the public-houses, for some trifling prize, given by the publicans. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn And some they brought the brown linseed, And flung it down from the Low; 'And this,' said they, 'by the sunrise, In the weaver's croft shall grow! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Elsewhere also fishermen have crofts, are poor, and in debt; require advances for boats, fishing implements, and provisions; and obtain them from or through the curers to whom they sell their fish. Second Shetland Truck System Report The croft which he lived in was just opposite the weir in the river which flowed through the village, and was named after it. Seven Icelandic Short Stories Jock Forrest was leading and they were cutting down the croft very steadily. The Lilac Sunbonnet Half a dozen pair of lovers a night perhaps—no, meet me up in the croft of a night. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn I was fierce and not afraid; yet O were the wood-sides fair, And the crofts and the sunny gardens, though death they harboured there! The Pilgrims of Hope In some places there are plenty of stones to hedge in a small croft of land where grass might be sown, but nothing is done. Second Shetland Truck System Report Humming away and talking to himself he fiddled about in his shed, around his boat-house or his croft, his hands all grubby with tar and grease. Seven Icelandic Short Stories The hills are barren here, and life is hard, and each year there is more and more demand for crofts, and sooner or later our people must thin out. The Lady of the Shroud Then perhaps I may find a cottar's croft somewhere and settle down and marry a dairymaid. The Great Hunger When all the world shall be aloft, Then Hallamshire shall be God's croft. Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems And down the weaver's croft I stole, To see if the flax were sprung; And I met the weaver at his gate With the good news on his tongue! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 This tremendous innovation, for never had that novelty in manure whitened the crofts and pightles of Court Farm, decided her at once. Our Village The moonlight steeps In silver silence towered castle-keeps And cottage crofts, where apples bend the bough. Songs, Merry and Sad Shrill underfoot the grassblade shrews, At gallop, clumped, and down the croft Bestrid by shadows, beaten, tossed; It seems a scythe, it seems a rod. Poems — Volume 2 Every roadside and every croft is adorned with vines; which here, as in Italy, they train to grow about dwarf elm trees, whose leaves are stripped off to feed the cattle. The Country Doctor And some they brought the brown linseed And flung it down the Low: 'And this,' said they, 'by the sunrise In the weaver's croft shall grow! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 Then he looked into a croft under the minster, and there he saw a tomb which brent full marvellously. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 Started a green linnet out of the croft; Wake, little ladies! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 |
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