| 单词 | milkmaid |
| 例句 | “I fled in a hay wagon, disguised as a milkmaid. They never thought to look for me there, and I crossed the border with papers I forged myself in a woodcutter’s hut.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She must know about the times I went at myself on top of Carrigogunnell, milkmaids gawking, little boys looking up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Fifi—who used to wear her hair in her trademark, two Indian braids that she pinned up in the heat like an Austrian milkmaid. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Every night he invites the milkmaids to dance with him in the forest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If Brahman is to have only one son, He must be as abundant as Krishna with the milkmaids, no? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And then there was her figure, the milkmaid breasts, the swim champ stomach, the legs of a sprinter or a Martha Graham dancer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lacy lamps, pottery milkmaids, and paintings of African grasslands you buy on the stairs at Littlewoods, if you really want to. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the market square, we found ragged companies forming, several led by men habited as milkmaids. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “With the little monster, like as not. He’s taken a liking to one o’ them milkmaids, I hear.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She made two plaits on either side, milkmaid braids is what she calls them. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a lot harder than it looked but after a while I got pretty good thanks to all the expert marksmen hanging around disguised as milkmaids. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s a brainy brunette wallflower, a fraying nerve barely held together by tightly plaited milkmaid braids. Review: At ‘Camp Siegfried,’ a Nazi Summer of Love on Long Island 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The scourge didn’t abate until 1796, when an English doctor named Edward Jenner realized that milkmaids seemed immune to the disease. Lawrence Wright’s New Pandemic Novel Wasn’t Supposed to Be Prophetic 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The folk belief was that if a milkmaid milked a cow blistered with cowpox, she would not contract smallpox. Roddy Doyle Scored 8 Out of 10 on a Quiz About Roddy Doyle 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Reading Eula Biss’s “On Immunity,” I learned that milkmaids in 18th-century England bore none of the scars of smallpox on their faces, unlike so many other people at the time — because they worked with cows. Roddy Doyle Scored 8 Out of 10 on a Quiz About Roddy Doyle 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The basic premise here has been a staple of satire since Marie Antoinette got in touch with her inner milkmaid: Spoiled, insulated royalty develops a yen for so-called real life. Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Hold On to Me Darling,’ a Study of Bad Faith (and Behavior) 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Often described as dreamlike, his paintings featured recurring themes including his wife, memories from his childhood such as cows, donkeys and milkmaids, and scenes of Jewish life. Chagall's famed 'Fiddler' painted on a tablecloth - researchers 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z A chorus of milkmaids and a marching band lead the ill-fated bovine to her untimely death. How 'Arrested Development' and a Santa Ana residency led composer Lisa Bielawa to make an online opera 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z A wide square top, soft pants caught at the ankle and a cotton sleeveless jacket with raw edges and patches of florals all gave a sporty feel to what might have been milkmaid clothes. Special Report: No Operatic Shout From the Heart 2010-09-24T18:06:00Z Years later, she would bring back her minstrel in 1937’s “Martin Pippin in the Daisy-Field,” when he would again relate marvels, this time to the small daughters of the former milkmaids. Review | From the author of ‘Morning Has Broken,’ magical tales perfect for Valentine’s Day 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The room was clean and modest, with four beds and a milkmaid fresco on the ceiling. Journeys: A New Way to See Sicily 2011-05-06T20:15:00Z We tried making her the blacksmith's daughter and the milkmaid in various things … There's no stakes in the story for us that way. From Snow White to Brave: the evolution of the Action Princess 2012-06-26T16:21:04Z “Experts are expected to be full-time milkmaids at times,” said Mike Bruhn, a consultant who worked at Guardian for two years as an adviser on international business. Art Power’s Rise in China Poses Issue for Reform 2013-12-15T23:23:57Z That milkmaid — not just in “Winter” but also in biographical fact — was Gertie’s mother. ‘Winter’: a passionate reimagining of Thomas Hardy’s troubled love life 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Another shows Krishna with four milkmaids, three of whom engage with him: One resists his seduction, another flirts back, and one is happy to go at it by the riverside. ‘Divine Pleasures’ Celebrates the Colors of Desire in Indian Paintings 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z And far more than peers elsewhere they turned out genre pictures, scenes of notaries at their desks, bakers in their shops, milkmaids with their livestock, paintings in which ordinary people are vividly real. Review: Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Poland, they of the erstwhile milkmaids, went the other way and featured a lovely girl, Monika, in a wheelchair. Sweden defeats Russia to grasp Eurovision song contest victory 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z She smiled and reminded me of Aesop’s fable of the milkmaid who vainly counted her chickens before they hatched. Katharine Graham at 100: Inside the making of one of the greatest Washington memoirs ever 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Part milkmaid, part modern woman, the designer’s style is still piquant after all these years. Special Report: Red Carpet Fading Away 2010-03-08T18:30:00Z This idea was blown up later into full-on milkmaid gowns, festooned with aprons of fabric and embroidered quilting on skirts. Fashion Review: Phoebe Philo at Celine and Haider Ackermann on Paris Catwalks 2011-10-02T18:48:42Z It was also a working farm, a place where she could pretend to be an ordinary milkmaid. Essay: In Europe, Sharing Moments With History 2012-10-10T20:43:02Z The en masse blossom will include golden poppies — the California state flower — as well as desert dandelions, lupins, whispering bells and milkmaids. Californians Share Why They Love Where They Live 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Webster imagines her ancestor’s work as a milkmaid, the trial and her ultimate indenture on a plantation in Maryland where Molly met Bana’ka, the enslaved man who became the father of her children. Review | A White woman re-creates the lives of her Black ancestors 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z But Delft tiles were also meant to be fanciful, and the cartoonish, sometimes irreverent painted embellishments on even the earliest ones — featuring milkmaids, windmills and begging dogs — became as recognizable as the blue-and-white glaze. Delft Tiles Get a Playful, and Sometimes Raunchy, Update 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The controls are fiddly, the platforming can get very confusing, and the game churns like an arthritic milkmaid whenever there’s more than two moving things on the screen. Nintendo brings Sonic Spinball and other Genesis classics to Switch Online 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It is not known who the woman was, but her dress and the butter churn, suggest she was a servant, possibly a milkmaid. Gallery acquires early image of black woman by Scottish artist 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Like Jesty, he had heard stories of milkmaids avoiding smallpox, but he was a physician learning the ropes of the scientific method. From cows to COVID: The spooky origins of vaccines 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Coming from a destitute family in Devon, England, she had to work as a milkmaid to help make ends meet. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “And that’s not to mention the unhappy cows and other animals that don’t understand the clocks changing and don’t understand why the milkmaids come to them at a different time.” Why we need to set clocks back Sunday, even though Washington voted to ‘ditch the switch’ in 2019 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z To feed her family, Natalya worked as a milkmaid on a collective farm. 'My brothers on Europe's last death row' 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z It was inspired in the 1800s by the observation that milkmaids did not develop tuberculosis. Can an Old Vaccine Stop the New Coronavirus? 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Jenner discovered that milkmaids were seemingly immune to smallpox, which is an infectious disease that regularly ravaged populations in The United Kingdom and around the world. Accidental origin of vaccines explained: Why humans may have cows to thank 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “If you let the milk sit for two weeks it becomes shubat all by itself,” Ms. Uteniyazova, the milkmaid, said cheerily. How Many Humps on a Camel? In Kazakhstan, It’s Complicated 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Eight centuries later, British doctor Edward Jenner noticed how milkmaids caught mild cowpox, but rarely went on to contract the deadly smallpox. A brief history of vaccines 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z In the 1700s, there was one demographic, however, that seemed to be immune: milkmaids. The endless hunt for the perfect flu vaccine 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z No one aspires to receive eight milkmaids, let alone 40. Santa baby’s billion-dollar Christmas 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Almost immediately, she was lost in the labyrinth of works for sale: Takashi Murakami’s lurid blond plastic milkmaids with long legs and erect nipples; the words “any messages?” spelled out in neon tubing. Ottessa Moshfegh’s Otherworldly Fiction 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z That Milton had a difficult marriage is useful information, but the sketch with the imaginary milkmaids is only silly, particularly when there is so much that could be said about Milton’s poem. The story of Adam and Eve: From myth to fact and back to myth again 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Most songs were written not by ploughboys or milkmaids but by professionals, and many were first heard from the stage, or in the pub or music-hall. English folk song, a great tradition 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z In 1796, Dr. Edward Jenner, an English physician, infected a young boy with cowpox taken from a blister on a milkmaid’s hand. D.A. Henderson, Doctor Who Helped End Smallpox Scourge, Dies at 87 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z In the sports hall, the mayor and the local MP were treated to singing and dancing from children dressed in lovingly sewn 19th century costumes – milkmaids, peasants, soldiers and a priest, but no rabbi. Bernie Sanders' ancestral home in Poland takes pride in presidential run 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z And not just as domestic servants or milkmaids on family farms, as before: they also started to work in industry. Asia’s new family values 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Is there any evidence to suggest that Milton lusted for milkmaids, and if he did, that they were pliant? The story of Adam and Eve: From myth to fact and back to myth again 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But from there they made their way to the ploughboys and milkmaids, and through them into the nation’s bloodstream. English folk song, a great tradition 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Then Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, noticed that milkmaids never got smallpox. Measles Outbreak Shows Vaccines Getting Taken for Granted 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s just not as special if it’s not made by a Danish milkmaid. Will fall of the ruble mean cheap ‘Russian’ goods? Nyet! 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The physician Edward Jenner tested this connection by transferring fluid from a milkmaid’s pustule to the skin of a young boy, who then developed immunity to smallpox. Eula Biss Wants Us to Rethink Vaccines 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Maybe he longed for steely milkmaids or no milkmaids at all. The story of Adam and Eve: From myth to fact and back to myth again 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z A milkmaid costume, a faux military uniform and a carrot-covered hat decorated to match the Dutch squad's uniforms were all on display as the Netherlands routed defending champion Spain 5-1 on Friday. AP PHOTOS: Colorful fans stand out at World Cup 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He realized that milkmaids were immune from smallpox, because they contracted cowpox – a mild disease of cows that resembles smallpox – when they were children. Measles Outbreak Shows Vaccines Getting Taken for Granted 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z This balmorality is equivalent to Marie Antoinette dressing up as a milkmaid while the people of France starved; but such is Britain's culture of deference that we fail to see it. I'd vote yes to rid Scotland of its feudal landowners 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The Polish duo were even asked about the rather suggestive milkmaids they have on stage to perform We Are Slavic, who have been raising a few eyebrows. Eurovision 2014: Reporter's diary 2014-05-09T14:20:18Z "The other milkmaids at the farm got angry with me, they were a bit jealous," Lidiya says. Russia seeks new generation of 'heroes' 2013-05-01T08:47:01Z Her tutorials, which started in 2009, might include tips on how to apply false eyelashes, four different ways of wearing skinny jeans or advice on styling "cute milkmaid braids for spring". YouTube UK: 20 of Britain's most popular online video bloggers 2013-04-06T23:01:00Z The show’s logo depicts her as a perky village milkmaid; several episodes have focused on her ample figure and advice on exploiting it from stars of Russia’s kitsch-laden pop and personality scenes. Sveta, Pussy Riot’s Perky Antithesis 2012-11-27T03:55:45Z I remember when daylight saving time was introduced in the Soviet times, there were protests by milkmaids in Novosibirsk and Omsk. Russian traders say time change is hampering business 2012-11-15T18:53:15Z The daughter of a cuckoo clock maker and a Nestle chocolate factory worker, she recently moved to Searchlight, Nevada, joining a Swiss expat community of retired yodelers and milkmaids. Switzerland Is Not Amused by Miss Swiss Bank Account 2012-08-30T23:05:32Z A short drive from milkmaid Lidiya's house, I ask people on the street who their heroes are. Russia seeks new generation of 'heroes' 2013-05-01T08:47:01Z "I don't at all approve of your calling me a milkmaid, uncle," said Zara, shaking her small delicate finger at Mr. Croyland, across the table. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z So I turn this picture to the wall, only wishing that the kicking milkmaid and St. Helena had been a thousand miles apart. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Lady Jane tells them that he loves Patience, the village milkmaid, who is seen regarding them with pity. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Where others beheld the glorious virgin, Dulcinea del Toboso, radiant in beauty and bedight with queenly apparel, I saw only the homely milkmaid, with her red elbows and her russet gown. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z For the alarm clock, in spite of its numerous excellences, is as inappropriate in the country as rouge on a milkmaid. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z They saw that churns and milkmaids, freighted to lands where the cattle ran wild on the pampas and oil was preferred to butter, were no certain basis on which to build a fortune. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Various other names have been applied to these flowers, such as "lady's smocks" and "milkmaids." The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Mute is the voice of rural labor, hush'd The ploughboy's whistle and the milkmaid's song. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Do you suppose that in our class of society it is usual to fall in love, as the ploughboys and milkmaids do? The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z As every one knows the business of a milkmaid, I shall say no more about it; but advise those to remember her example, who wish to make themselves happy or useful. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z There the milkmaid sits down to the left of the cow, In harvest they sow, and in haytime they plough; While mowers, in attitudes gladsome and blythe, Impossible antics perform with the scythe. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z Everything appeals to him, "the heavy lowing cattle stretching their huge and dripping mouths across the farmyard gate," the mower whetting his scythe, the milkmaid carolling blithely as she trips along. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Lovely objected to milkmaids on the score of a taste sharpened to an exquisite point of refinement by an ideal passion. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The milkmaid calling her cows or the huckster vending his wares will most often be found singing the perfect fifth. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z I like so much about the milkmaid, dontcherknow, is that your husband hasn't fallen into the usual mistake of painting a lady dressed up in milkmaid's clothes! English Society 2011-11-25T03:00:15.587Z In these smiling valleys and quiet rural scenes, "while the earth keeps up her terrible composure," the farmers and milkmaids hold us spellbound as they struggle in awful passion. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Of the madhur mood of bhakti, the examples are chiefly the milkmaids of Brind�ban, Krishna's queens, Lakshmi and countless others. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z “Oh, say!” continued Jess, in a whisper, “you’ve got altogether too much red on your cheeks for a milkmaid, young lady.” The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z There is poor Annie, the lame milkmaid, she has scarcely danced at all; it is a sin that she is to sit all the evening, because one leg is a little shorter than the other. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z Hushed is the voice of rural labour, The ploughboy’s whistle and the milkmaid’s song.” The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z I wished a good wish for Budhany, our little milkmaid, and forgot all in the sound, dreamless sleep which comes each night at Kalacoon. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z It meant in effect that as the milkmaids at Kurukshetra were delighted to see Krishna, so was the Master gratified at the sight of Jagann�th. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z At last, I reluctantly consented, recollecting to have heard of sudden fits of inspiration, and of miraculous gifts of poetical genius, with which even milkmaids and cobblers have been unexpectedly visited. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z There were Priscillas in ample skirts, farmerettes in baggy overalls, milkmaids in Mother Hubbards, Pilgrim fathers, sailors, and Chinese in voluminous kimonos. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z "The protection of God and Columba Encompass your going and coming, And about you be the milkmaid of the smooth white palms, Briget of the clustering hair, golden brown." The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z There are no milkmaids courtesying to its periods, nor any songs, except those of the birds. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z The careless notice of the squire tells more upon the heart of the pretty milkmaid, than years of honest Dobbin's manly devotion, and so on and up. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z She is eighteen; short, square-built, solid as a Dutch cheese, fresh and rosy as an English milkmaid; moon-faced, mild-eyed as an Alderney heifer, and as strong as a three-year-old. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z This, by-the-by, may have been a pleasant fable invented to get milkmaids up early of a morning. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z And Sappho jests upon Andromeda:— Sure by some milkmaid you've been taught To dress, whose gown is all too short To reach her sturdy ancles. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Sylvia would look well in a cotton frock; she would look well as a milkmaid, as a cottage girl; but she also had that indescribable grace which would enable her to fill a loftier station. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z He learnt of Vishnu and Siva, of Krishna and the milkmaids. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z She started at the sudden entrance of her son, and her delicately pale face became as red as a milkmaid's as she hastily placed the note she was reading between the leaves of her book. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z V Come where the cattle browse within the brake, As red as oak and strong; Where far-off bells the echoes faintly wake, And milkmaids sing their song. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z At the head of the ridiculously dressed-up milkmaids, who were intended to represent fine ladies, Dorothy felt as dignified as a queen. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Suppose you had brought home some milkmaid romance, a wife to stumble over the rugs and defer to the servants? A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z “I never was cut out for even a milkmaid, myself,” added Heavy. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z But you must know it was far on towards autumn, and so the milkmaids had all gone home from the shielings, and they could neither get shelter nor food. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Whether painted by Holbein's brush, or by that of any humble artist of the Italian valleys, the moral is the same: grand lady and milkmaid, monarch and herdsman, all have to go. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Here a milkmaid in her snowy cap passes along the road. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Her general air breathing the simplicity of a milkmaid amid this scene. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z These pleasing changes on a farm Doth give to rural life a charm, Let occupation none upbraid, But honor plowman and milkmaid. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z And she had been softly rocking herself in the day-dreams recorded above, when they were interrupted as suddenly, if not as fatally, as those of La Fontaine's milkmaid. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Born in the village of Klushino, outside Moscow, Gagarin's father was a carpenter, while his mother worked as a milkmaid. First in space 2011-04-04T22:57:55Z The milkmaid passes from door to door, rapping on each with the ancient brass knocker, and serving her customer with the milk as it is served with us. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z —An amplification of the above, the milkmaid of course sitting on a three-legged stool. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z The sweet milkmaid of early days Her own household she ably sways, And her daughters now milk the cows, And her sons they now guide the plows. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z The physical shock was felt far and near, and the moral shock travelled with the morning milkmaid into all the suburbs. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The brilliant young leader of the new moral world led the procession of milkmaids back to the house as the shadows of evening fell, a sadder but wiser man for the day's experience. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Dryden married Lady Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of the Earl of Berkshire: but not "all the blood of all the Howards" could make her either wise or amiable: he had better have married a milkmaid. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z An English country doctor named Edward Jenner made this discovery in 1796 after noting that local milkmaids who contracted the annoying but harmless cowpox infection on their hands remained healthy during lethal smallpox epidemics. Essay: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Vaccines 2011-02-28T20:14:20Z The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o’er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z So,—under the circumstances,—through force of habit, would he have patted the Queen of England or a lowly milkmaid alike,—with perhaps an additional pat to the milkmaid, should she chance to be pretty. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z I call for a dozen volunteer milkmaids until this adjustment can be made. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Always cheerful, frequently singing, not in a noisy, milkmaid mood, but at those moments when she might fancy herself unheard, and in sweet, plaintive songs that seemed to recall the scenes of other days. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z "What have you been doing since I saw you last?" she asked, looking as rosy as a milkmaid, as she stopped rowing and tied up her wind-tossed hair. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Originally a companion piece was at the other end, representing a milkmaid with her pail. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Teachers and pupils seemed animals of different species, useful and well-disposed towards each other, like a cow and a milkmaid; periodic contributions could pass between them, but not conversation. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z We need, and we must have, waitresses and milkmaids. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z It was also known that milkmaids were more likely to catch a similar, but milder, infection called cowpox. 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z "The milkmaid says she saw them running toward the park crying, when you promised to give them a whipping." Magnhild Dust "But the—the dew, 'tis very——" "Excellent for the complexion!" and she trilled the line of a song: 'O 'tis dabbling in the dew that makes the milkmaids fair.' Our Admirable Betty A Romance You are to come and be the princess, and I am to go and be the milkmaid at home. Ayala's Angel Then came an etherealised milkmaid step that might have been termed an arm akimbo gallop had not the two wrists been pressed abnormally forward against the waist, with their pink palms glowing outwards. Love's Usuries Jenner theorized that cowpox protected milkmaids from the more serious disease. 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z They have no energy to eat, but munch, sleepily, the all-satisfying cud, and, with gentle if expressionless eyes, look out afar for evening and the milkmaid. Faith and Unfaith "Nay," she murmured as he opened the door—— "'Tis dabbling in the dew that makes the milkmaids fair." Our Admirable Betty A Romance Bill commissioned me to get him a cook, dishwasher, milkmaid and wood chopper,"— "Hold on, Mr. Jack, I draw the line on milking. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter On the other hand, his young wife, accustomed to the refinements of the court of Peking, could not bear the idea of spending the rest of her days in the desert, amongst milkmaids and shepherds. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] By all ranks and classes, by titled ladies in their boudoirs, as well as by milkmaids tripping it to the bughts with leglins and pails, the poem was admiringly read, and its songs sung. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Switching off the flies with their tails, the cows jogged slowly homeward, the tinkle of their bells gradually becoming more and more distinct to the milkmaid who was awaiting them. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks His progress is, however, soon arrested; an opposing branch knocks off the tall conical machine curiously balanced, like a milkmaid’s pail, on the top of his head. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Nobody was to be seen outside the hut, and we nearly frightened the life out of Augusta, the milkmaid, when we stormed in upon her. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself Requests for milk must be made to her, reminding us of the Aryan wood-daughter, who was once the milkmaid. Oriental Women In case of sickness in rural families, some member of the household may serve in the dual capacity of nurse and milkmaid, thus establishing the necessary connection. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying “Rynt thee” is used by milkmaids in Cheshire to a cow, when she has been milked, to bid her get out of the way. Folk-lore of Shakespeare There is my Fan, now, they tell me she can dance as well as a posture mistress, but she slouches in her walk like a milkmaid. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Gold and purple milkmaids are milking purple and golden cows. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 The milkmaid,—she of the bare feet and blue calico. Stories of the Foot-hills Hogarth's milkmaid is a prototype of all these creatures. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Good gracious me! suppose every lady who caught her lord with a little milkmaid were to carry on with the first clown that fell in her way! Eyes Like the Sea A classical example is that of the milkmaid who was carrying on her head a pail of milk she had been given. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life They saw the huge-limbed milkmaids come along with their little stools and their pails, deftly tying the cow's hind legs that it might not kick. Orientations After two or three times, you'll hop over like a milkmaid. Lady Anna As soon as we entered a village, the blacksmith left his anvil, the carpenter his bench, the storekeeper his counter, and the milkmaid her task. Across Asia on a Bicycle But confess that the milkmaid has found favour in your eyes, or resign all claim to be a man of taste.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston One of these shows the milkmaids going home from their work arrayed in striped petticoats, and carrying their milk pails on their heads. Memoirs of Life and Literature When milkmaids milk her morn and night She gives them milk so fresh and white, And this we, little children, think Is very nice for us to drink. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 A milkmaid would have been good enough for him. Absolution She was to the last what Godwin described her, a mixture of lady and milkmaid. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations “Mighty attractive milkmaid,” he observed, on the way home. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston I even decline to hear the story of the soldier who shot from Kronborg Castle a cow with a cannon in Sweden, and that although he did not hurt the milkmaid. A Danish Parsonage Mooly cow, mooly cow, Whisking your tail The milkmaid is waiting, I say, with her pail; She tucks up her petticoats, Tidy and neat, And places the three-legged Stool for her seat. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Under the hawthorn-bough The milkmaid goes: Her eyes are violets blue Washed with the morning dew, Her mouth a rose. Collected Poems Volume One The heart of a Bohemian milkmaid beats as wildly, aches as sorely and breaks as surely as does the heart of the proudest princess. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike Do you see yourself explaining to the Four Black Brothers? or do you see yourself presenting the milkmaid to papa as the future lady of Hermiston? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Is this not the very thing for my milkmaid's costume on Thursday? The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly She was obliged to stay where she was and bear it as best she might, humiliated in the eyes of the whole neighbourhood, an object of derision to her very milkmaids. The Benefactress Is she the first young woman that was ever married without being as strong as a milkmaid? Marion Fay When waiting maids were needed not, and morning brought along The music of the spinning wheel, the milkmaid's careless song. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. I'm sure the good Lord meant me for a milkmaid or farm girl of some kind. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays Sing that pretty song about the little milkmaid. Funny Little Socks Being the Fourth Book The black milkmaid is attired in a single garment of cotton or coarse canvas; her feet and ankles are exposed, and her head is bound with a coloured handkerchief like a turban. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba "She was never alone," as Sir Thomas Overbury said of that happy milkmaid, "but still accompanied with old songs, honest thoughts, and prayers, but short ones." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 While our small adventurer was peacefully sleeping, the milkmaid came to give the cattle their morning fodder. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales She, who used to be as humble as a milkmaid, is as proud as a princess,” says my lord. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Who could bear to live with a thoroughly uneducated woman?—a country milkmaid, for instance, or an uneducated milliner's girl. Three Addresses to Girls at School Great charm hath tea—some fragrant blend; Sipped with a fair and festive friend; And even milk hath flavour, too, When sun-kissed milkmaids hand it you. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 Looking back past the bridge, Gilbert caught a glimpse of the valley, with its fairy windings, where he had met his first patient and the princess in the milkmaid costume. Treasure Valley The milkmaid screamed, and ran to the house, telling everyone that the cow had been talking to her just like a man. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Mute is the voice of —— labor, hush'd The plowboy's whistle and the milkmaid's song. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions If Lucy's beauty was that of a milkmaid, Dorothy's was decidedly of a different character. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney These milkmaids have some strange superstitions still lurking in their breasts, and the juice of the big birch tree is sometimes given to cows to make them yield better butter. Through Finland in Carts When she went in, she carried her pretty pats in one hand, the cream-pot in the other, and entered the breakfast room looking as brisk and rosy as a little milkmaid. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. The Hindus interpret in a religious spirit this legendary sport of Krishna with the milkmaids. Appearances Being Notes of Travel The cottage-curs at early pilgrim bark; Crowned with her pail the tripping milkmaid sings; The whistling ploughman stalks afield; and, hark! The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems But neither Kjersti nor the milkmaid would consent to the removal; they thought a goat ought not to be humored in such unreasonable fancies. Lisbeth Longfrock ‘I don’t like such a pair of milkmaid’s cheeks, looking so ridiculously delighted, too,’ said Lady Bannerman, crossly. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Shortly afterwards the cows were driven out to the milking place, and the milkmaid commenced to milk the cow which had swallowed Thumbkin. Europa's Fairy Book The rest were the milkmaids of the legend. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Fine ladies and gentlemen cannot marry at a moment's notice, as do ploughboys and milkmaids. The Bertrams At last the head milkmaid came to the front and gave a call. Lisbeth Longfrock “And here’s the milkmaid’s dress he shed in here after he trussed you up.” Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub The farmer came and looked at the cow, and when he heard Thumbkin speaking out of her tummy he thought the milkmaid was quite right, and gave orders for the cow to be slaughtered. Europa's Fairy Book Chronicles of Queen Elizabeth's reign tell of the Earl of Leicester and his train setting forth to play the game, though it is supposed to have originated with the milkmaids and their milking stools. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium The milkmaid had placed them there for the time being, and had gone over to have a little morning chat with her neighbour. The Goose Man At the head of the procession rode the milkmaid on the military horse,9 which for this occasion had a woman's saddle upon its back. Lisbeth Longfrock In one example a farm labourer works a flail, in another a milkmaid goes a-milking with her pail. Chats on Household Curios It was a milkmaid sitting among her cows, singing as she worked, and her song was the expression of a light heart free from guilt. Roger Trewinion The milkmaid seizes a goat, straddles her, with face towards the goat’s tail, and, stooping down, proceeds to milk. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway It presents to us a pretty milkmaid milking her cow. The Green Carnation They forged ahead, passed the mounted milkmaid, and soon disappeared over a distant ridge. Lisbeth Longfrock As they crossed the bridge, Mary observed to her sister, “No more gentlemen to attend us lady milkmaids, Emma.” The Settlers in Canada Happy are all they who sing in their souls the milkmaid's song, and never, never doubt that, when the twilight gathers round them, the cows will all come home! Mushrooms on the Moor "Shure Moses was the Christian name Of good King Pharaoh's daughter; She was a milkmaid, and she took A profit from the water." The Book of Humorous Verse He was obliged to declare on the playground the next day, that he would “thrash” any boy that said anything about milkmaids. The Hoosier School-boy The milkmaid was inside the cow house, milking the cows. Lisbeth Longfrock Champney, nothing loath to prolong the pleasure of looking at the improvised milkmaid, waited before making his presence known until she should have finished. Flamsted quarries The happiest people in the world, and the best, are the people who go through life as the milkmaid goes through the day, believing that before night the cows will all come home. Mushrooms on the Moor Bert.As is the hedgehog's,20 Which sucks at midnight from the wholesome dam Of the young bull, until the milkmaid finds The nipple, next day, sore, and udder dry. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry It was a revival of the old May-day ceremonies in London, when the milkmaids wreathed their buckets with flowers, and passed from door to door, singing and asking presents. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 In the afternoon the milkmaids from the other sæters came to inquire after the boys, for their goats had also come home of themselves long before the usual time. Lisbeth Longfrock I warrant it is: and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] The heat of the day may bring waywardness, and even shame; but, like the milkmaid watching the cows through the lattice, she is sure they will all come home. Mushrooms on the Moor "Ugly devil," he called himself, and then wondered how Mary would look as Phyllida the ideal milkmaid. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Now there's only one girl in this town that strikes me as something outside the milkmaid class. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale The milkmaids, as well as the boys, could do nothing but stand and gape when they saw her join the horses. Lisbeth Longfrock Your udders are full, and the milkmaid is there, And the children are waiting their supper to share. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children The fact is that the milkmaid has a kind of understanding with Providence. Mushrooms on the Moor Yet he stayed till the very last dance watching Phyllida, the milkmaid, with intense disapproval, as, her sun-bonnet hanging round her neck, she tore through the Post Horn Gallop with that detestable barrister. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Popular Rhyme.—The following lines very forcibly express the condition of many a "country milkmaid," when influence or other considerations render her incapable of giving a final decision upon the claims of two opposing suitors. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc When the milkmaid had dismounted from her horse Kjersti took her hand and said, "Welcome home!" Lisbeth Longfrock Grandmother gave a reluctant consent, and forth went the little milkmaid, her bucket on her arm, and her dog Gypsy jumping about and inviting her to have a race with him. Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks The milkmaid's may be an inexplicable confidence; but this is an inexplicable confusion. Mushrooms on the Moor Is it the sheep-bell among the ling, Or the early milkmaid carolling? The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The upbringing of Krishna among the cowherds and his flirtations with the milkmaids are again and again mentioned in these works, but the word Abhīra does not occur even once in this connection. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II In the cow house there was nothing for her to do, for a milkmaid and an under-milkmaid did the work there. Lisbeth Longfrock As she slowly wended her way back to the cottage, she felt not only angry with naughty, idle Tom, but grieved at her own lack of justice to the willing little milkmaid. Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks But could a chorus of milkmaids to satisfy New York or Paris be recruited outside New York or Paris? Riviera Towns The old custom of variolation had not been discarded, and the experience of the Gloucestershire milkmaids had not crystalized into the form of vaccination to be handed down by Jenner. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King This is supposed to be clay taken from a tank at Dwārka, in which the Gopis or milkmaids who had been Krishna’s companions drowned themselves when they heard of his death. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The head milkmaid kept on calling, and the cows, one after another, hearing her voice, started toward her. Lisbeth Longfrock "But Daisy likes me, Granny," pleaded the would-be milkmaid. Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks Your love in a cottage is hungry, Your vine is a nest for flies—— Your milkmaid shocks the Graces, And simplicity talks of pies! Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Except a few yokels trudging to their work, and now and then a blithe milkmaid calling to her cows, I met no one. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess "I think she must have been a pretty silly sort of milkmaid," said Corona. Brother Copas After this the farm people began to go home,—all except the head milkmaid and Lisbeth, who were to remain a while longer so as to be on hand in case anything happened. Lisbeth Longfrock Here she and her ladies-in-waiting used to play at being shepherdesses and milkmaids. Short Stories of Various Types Again, it is stated, they were created by Krishna to make bangles for the Gopis or milkmaids. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The guru calls the disciple by a female name of one of the milkmaids of Brindāban to indicate that the disciple regards Krishna with the same devotion as they did. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) She was then serving as milkmaid to Bishop Mathias. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Sometime she herself would be big and grown up, like the head milkmaid, whom she could now see sitting on the high saddle far ahead. Lisbeth Longfrock I mean it's not like when Sir Courtenay Travers fell in love with the milkmaid and was dependent on his mother, the Countess, for everything. Jill the Reckless Five minutes at the crystal brook was worth all the ministrations of Dutch milkmaids. On the Heels of De Wet Walton, in slouch-hat, bound about with "leaders," sat upon the green turf to listen to a milkmaid's song. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Tell the story about Dr. Jenner and the milkmaids. A Handbook of Health Lisbeth had the honor of sitting up in the saddle and riding awhile, the milkmaid feeling that she would gladly walk a little. Lisbeth Longfrock In later years her milkmaid freshness owed, perhaps, something to this upbringing. Mary Gray In grateful 36 commemoration of the incident Flambard erected this monument of a milkmaid and her cow. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See And all the milk flowed out, and with it vanished butter and eggs and chicks and new dress and all the milkmaid's pride. The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter There was nothing of the milkmaid style about her, for she lacked the vivid coloring and tendency to embonpoint of the typical rustic beauty. The Statesmen Snowbound The milkmaid had told her that while tending her animals this first day she should not wander too far, lest she might not be able to find her way back. Lisbeth Longfrock Nelly had to be much out-of-doors, as the dogs were clamorous for walks, and she kept her roses in London with the old milkmaid sweetness. Mary Gray In the quiet of nature, matchless seems the music of the milkmaid's song—and of the hearty laugh of the haymakers, crossing the meadow in rows, how sweet the cheerful echo from Helm-crag! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 There were pails upset, and even some milkmaids went head over heels. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know But you are not a milkmaid, my dear. Can You Forgive Her? The milkmaid did not know whether the other herders were boys or girls this year. Lisbeth Longfrock You almost expect to see a chorus of comic-opera brigands or a bevy of stage milkmaids come trooping out of the wings any minute. Roughing it De Luxe No cursory inspection would suffice her: the pragmatical housekeeper and the rosy milkmaids had time to give up their hearts to Lady Betty like the rest. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The milkmaids were busy from morning till night in milking the cows. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Ploughboys and milkmaids are robust, and the accusation was a heavy one. Can You Forgive Her? The milkmaid must have laughed when she saw Lisbeth coming home that second day wearing the birch-bark hat and shoes, and carrying her ordinary shoes in her hand. Lisbeth Longfrock Morva alone held him back; how could he hope to rise in his career, while his heart was fettered by the memory of a milkmaid, a cowherd, a shepherdess? Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Bell: It hasn’t served Its owner so much better: yet it’s my fortune, Though I’m no peachy milkmaid. Krindlesyke The Luineag, or favourite carol of the Highland milkmaid, is a class of songs entirely lyrical, and which seldom fails to please the taste of the Lowlander. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century It seems I was the son of an honest farmer in that quarter, who married a tidy girl of a milkmaid that lived with him. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 "Yes; I am just ready to," answered the milkmaid. Lisbeth Longfrock There are singing milkers in Switzerland; a milkmaid or man gets better wages if gifted with a good voice, for a cow will yield one-fifth more milk when soothed by a pleasing melody. Cheerfulness as a Life Power The milkmaid kept straight ahead, and Bob's honeyed words soured suddenly. Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War Gaelic music is regulated by no positive rules; it varies from the wild chant of the battle-song to the simple melody of the milkmaid. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The milkmaid's second assistant then puts a halter on the neck of a mare and holds her, or ties up one leg if she be restive. Russian Rambles Lisbeth and the milkmaid and the boys waited a while expectantly; but the billy goat rather enjoyed being looked at, and would not budge so long as they and the flocks were near by. Lisbeth Longfrock We have delighted to plan a fete for your pleasure wherein you shall behold Versailles and Trianon, court ladies, milkmaids, shepherdesses! Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People What would Piscator have thought of it, had the milkmaid sung him this song? Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances The queens and heroines are so painted that they appear as ruddy and cherry-cheeked as milkmaids. Great Italian and French Composers We will have Farmer Nicholas up again, and the singers, and—" "The fashionable milkmaids. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor Lisbeth and the boys shrieked with laughter, and even the milkmaid found it impossible not to join in. Lisbeth Longfrock Young maids of the court dressed as milkmaids. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People The young ploughman went to London as a carter or ostler; the milkmaid as a servant. The Quest of the Simple Life I know a milkmaid quite as fresh and rather more original. Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches She understood him perfectly, and replied that she was as healthy as a milkmaid. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax The horses that had given Lisbeth such a fright were there also, walking about and licking up the salt which the milkmaid had strewn for them. Lisbeth Longfrock The dairy is neat, and the milkmaid not ugly, who has her little villa, as well as the miller. A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 I had jumbled my speech without wit or address, like a peasant dragging his milkmaid before the village curé. Montlivet Pg 51In the corner of a field is seen a milkmaid milking a cow, and on the other side of the field is the dairy where the extract has to be deposited. Amusements in Mathematics "There are no cows here, so you can't be a milkmaid." Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad When the milkmaids laughed at them the boys could not help feeling a little chagrined. Lisbeth Longfrock But no milkmaid came; no herdsman drove her back; and Cadmus followed the stray brindle till he was almost ready to drop down with fatigue. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People The farmer's daughter, who was a milkmaid, used to tend the gold-horned cow. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Draw a line from the milking-stool down to the river and thence to the door of the dairy, which shall indicate the shortest possible route for the milkmaid. Amusements in Mathematics The cheerful milkmaid takes her stool, And sits and milks in the twilight cool, Saying, "So! so, boss! so! so!" Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library They were all ready, and were only waiting for the milkmaid, who was inside the hut making the last batch of cheese from the morning's milk, which she could not allow to be wasted. Lisbeth Longfrock Dancer superintended the labours of the men and the milkmaids. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned So the page assisted the milkmaid to the saddle, kneeling gracefully, and presenting his hand for her to place her foot in, and they galloped off toward the farmer's cottage. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories The milkmaids' place has been completely usurped by the sweeps, who clatter a shovel and broom instead of the old plate and bells, and who seem to have added the popular Jack-in-the-green to the entertainment. Miscellanea And oft the milkmaid, in her dreams, Drums in the pail with the flashing streams, Murmuring, "So, boss! so!" Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library The milkmaid appeared in the doorway, clad in her Sunday best, as on the day she came. Lisbeth Longfrock I suspect innocent milkmaids were not in the habit of singing Kit Marlowe's songs to the worshipful Mr. Cotton. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Wise men as well as milkmaids; sages and fools, all have waking dreams and find them sweet! The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The milkmaids who supplied London and other places used to dress themselves gaily on May-day and go round from house to house performing a dance, and receiving gratuities from their customers. Miscellanea But at last he reached home, just at milking time; and when the milkmaid saw him standing at the gate, she gave a scream that brought the household out. Mother Stories And when they had gone into the house they were invited into Kjersti's own sitting room, both Lisbeth and the milkmaid. Lisbeth Longfrock And the milkmaids were pretty as blossoms in May As they sat on the stile all together. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk But the milkmaid's horse drew to the hedge for a bite, the birds on the hillside settled about the halted plow, and the cat slept on. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary In various parts, Krishna is represented at his sports with the milkmaids. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official For a week she would, like Walton's milkmaid, cast away care and refuse to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be. Lady Good-for-Nothing The animals looked up in surprise at the unusual volume of sound, and the milkmaid came to the cow-house door with a smiling face. Lisbeth Longfrock The Director of Women's Service has issued an appeal for several thousand milkmaids. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 The trickling rain doth fall Upon us one and all; The south wind kisses The saucy milkmaid's cheek, The nun's demure and meek, Nor any misses. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Then let them keep her and make a milkmaid of her. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 The milkmaid coming to milk saw all under the hedges Page 32soldiers lying; seemed to take no notice, but went singing to her cows; and having milked, went as merrily away. A Wanderer in Holland But I will gladly come, and the milkmaid says I may be away over night, because it is too far. Lisbeth Longfrock Here she built a number of little rustic cottages, where she and the ladies of her court, dressed in calicoes, played at being milkmaids. The House in Good Taste Once seated in the cars, I looked with pleasure on each pastoral scene as it came into view, and gazed at the milkmaids while thinking romantically of my love. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 At the sight of this pretty milkmaid, with her little straw hat coquettishly disposed on one side of her head, her white corset and blue petticoat, the king was charmed. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 One day a fine young porker made his escape, and the whole family, with the gardener, cook, and milkmaid, turned out in quest of the fugitive. Thrift The milkmaid had given her leave to go to the farm and to stay away until Monday evening. Lisbeth Longfrock They were ladies, every one, these Sheraton girls; and as Miss Grace presently advised me, no milkmaids wandering and waiting in lanes for lovers. The Way of a Man The girl was in high spirits, and laughed as she talked to the king, who smiled on her in a manner that caused my Lady Castlemain to remark:— "The young milkmaid's affectations are disgusting." The Touchstone of Fortune They are the oracles of milkmaids and simple serving girls; and sometimes have even the honour of perusing the white hands of gentlemen's daughters, when rambling about their father's grounds. Bracebridge Hall For my own part I think it is a shame that a lady should ever have to stand in the labour market for hire like a milkmaid at a statute fair. As We Are and As We May Be I was to greet you from the milkmaid and say that you must not be frightened at seeing me, for everything is going very well with both man and beast. Lisbeth Longfrock And at lunch, too, Marguerite stained her milkmaid's dress all over with jam. A Love Episode Buckets and vats of the brightest copper shone all about, and never had he seen such shapely and nicely dressed milkmaids. Weird Tales from Northern Seas They came in a group, the women costumed as milkmaids and the men as cavaliers. Fables For The Times In Europe we have now no leisured class; we have only a number of rich men, mere wealth-producers, who perform for high wages the useful functions that miners and milkmaids perform for low ones. Since Cézanne She gave Lisbeth something good to eat, and treated her with as much ceremony as if she had been the milkmaid herself. Lisbeth Longfrock To look at her made me think of what I had read of Queen Marie Antoinette and her court ladies playing the part of milkmaids. Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden At the end of Bishopgate-Street-Without a considerable crowd was collected round a party of comely young milkmaids, who were executing a lively and characteristic dance to the accompaniment of a bagpipe and fiddle. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance A celestial milkmaid, such as those who danced with Krishna; not a Santal creation. Folklore of the Santal Parganas In what ways did he love the milkmaids and why has this aspect of his story assumed such big proportions in Indian religion? The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry She scarcely believed that such a thing had ever happened to the milkmaid herself. Lisbeth Longfrock Sturdy milkmaids may still be seen in London, sweeping the crowded pavement clear before them as they walk with swinging tread, a yoke on their shoulders, from door to door. Hodge and His Masters The merry milkmaids set up a joyous shout as the youth rode by; and many a bright eye followed his gallant figure till it disappeared. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance The milkmaid's mother," he adds, "sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger days. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author And the same Krishna, flute player and lover of milkmaids, is familiar to British audiences from the dancing of Ram Gopal. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry Lisbeth did not say anything about her ambition to become a milkmaid. Lisbeth Longfrock He could hear the milkmaids calling in the meadows; and when he trundled slowly home the smoke was creeping up in pale-blue threads from the draught-holes in the wall. Master Skylark And so I get to know them all, and make friends with them all, especially with the children, and with the shepherd lad Berthold and the poor milkmaid Aga. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Comfortable circumstances required at least a cook and a housemaid, to which might be added as means permitted a laundress, a children's nurse, a seamstress, a milkmaid, a butler, a gardener and a coachman. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime This Krishna of the Gita is clearly quite different in character from the Krishna of the milkmaids and, without some effort at reconciliation, the two must obviously present a baffling enigma. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry The former milkmaid was gone and another had taken her place. Lisbeth Longfrock The shepherds whistled on the hills, and the milkmaids sang in the winding lanes among the white-thorn hedges, the smell of which was everywhere. Master Skylark Perhaps because she was young, perhaps because she was fair or because she had shapely ankles as she came one day through the marshes among the milkmaid flowers shoeless in spring. Tales of Three Hemispheres Nor indeed should the powers which have made havock in the theatres, or borne down rivalry in courts, be degraded to a mean attack upon the untravelled heir, or ignoble contest with the ruddy milkmaid. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II In 1788 Jenner had a careful drawing made of the hand of a milkmaid suffering from cowpox to demonstrate to Sir Everard Home how exceedingly similar were vaccinia and variola. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 And starting bravely to the field He tells the milkmaid by the door: "We're going to make these acres yield More than they've ever done before." Just Folks Many, before him, had witnessed the cow-pox, and had heard of the report current among the milkmaids in Gloucestershire, that whoever had taken that disease was secure against small-pox. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance We will have Farmer Nicholas up again, and the singers, and—' 'The fashionable milkmaids. Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor He listens to the purling of the brook, the bleating of the lamb, the song of the milkmaid, and the joyous cry of the reaper. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist His weird fancy has lighted, for the nonce, on Patience, the village milkmaid! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan The gingerbread figures are all gone, and so are those Dutch wooden milkmaids, and most of our other playthings. House of the Seven Gables This she uses to wrap around the neck of the milkmaid to prevent her getting away before she has a chance to kick her health corset off and upset the milk. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Dorothy was shocked to see that the cow had broken her leg off, and that the pail was lying in several small pieces, while the poor milkmaid had a nick in her left elbow. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The offer was tempting, for the pretty little milkmaid might have become one of one's wives on the spot. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Yet, for all that, one could not be insensible to the exotic race and distinction of that frivolous town petticoat, daintily disporting itself there among its country cousins, like a queen among milkmaids. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Didn't I see him haul you about like a milkmaid? She Stoops to Conquer The physical shock was felt far and near; and the moral shock travelled with the morning milkmaid into all the suburbs. Edinburgh Picturesque Notes But the pretty milkmaid was much too vexed to make any answer. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz "Mighty attractive milkmaid," he observed, on the way home. Weir of Hermiston "You look like a milkmaid in a fairy story," said Philip, as he shook hands with her. Of Human Bondage Suffice it to say that at the end of the second month, she succeeded in obtaining service as milkmaid with a family in the neighborhood of New York. Tales from Two Hemispheres "And—why, hang it, Alexander! to grow enamored of a milkmaid is well enough for the hero of a poem, but in a poet it hints at injudicious composition." The Certain Hour They began walking through the country of the china people, and the first thing they came to was a china milkmaid milking a china cow. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Do you see yourself explaining to the four Black Brothers? or do you see yourself presenting the milkmaid to papa as the future lady of Hermiston? Weir of Hermiston "What a fresh and virginal daughter of Nature that milkmaid is!" he said to himself. Tess of the d'Urbervilles But, when the milkmaids passed by, she would suddenly forget what she had been saying, and then they sat gazing at each other in silence. Tales from Two Hemispheres How could Lady Castlewood peep through a keyhole, listen at a door, and be jealous of a boy and a milkmaid! De Libris: Prose and Verse As they drew near, the cow suddenly gave a kick and kicked over the stool, the pail, and even the milkmaid herself, and all fell on the china ground with a great clatter. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz I would I were a milkmaid, To sing, love, marry, churn, brew, bake, and die, Then have my simple headstone by the church, And all things lived and ended honestly. Queen Mary and Harold But the circumstance was sufficient to lead him to select Tess in preference to the other pretty milkmaids when he wished to contemplate contiguous womankind. Tess of the d'Urbervilles She wore the costume of the stage milkmaid. The Gem Collector I passed the pretty milkmaid with her red and rosy face; I knew not where I met her, I was strange to the place. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript As she left them the milkmaid cast many reproachful glances over her shoulder at the clumsy strangers, holding her nicked elbow close to her side. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Yet, a moment since, I wish'd myself the milkmaid singing here, To kiss and cuff among the birds and flowers— A right rough life and healthful. Queen Mary and Harold "I don't!" interposed the milkmaid, "Why do they?" Tess of the d'Urbervilles The rude chant of the boatman floats upon the water, the shepherd sings upon the hill, the milkmaid in the dairy, the ploughman at the plough. The Pleasures of Life How should a high born lady be known from a sunburnt milkmaid, save that spears are broken for the one, and only hazel poles shattered for the other? Quentin Durward His first book was bought farmers, plowboys, milkmaids,—by every Lowlander who could scrape together three shillings to buy a treasure. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Yet here was this wonder-woman, trustful as a child and meeker than a milkmaid. The Yeoman Adventurer It was a large room over the milk-house, some thirty feet long; the sleeping-cots of the other three indoor milkmaids being in the same apartment. Tess of the d'Urbervilles How oft, in this sequester'd spot, when youth Gave to each tale the holy force of truth, Have I long linger'd, while the milkmaid sung The tragic legend, till the woodland rung! The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas Then he gave a yell and started to sing a ridiculous song about the milkmaid and the summer boarder. The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island Princess Metternich was costumed as a milkmaid; she had real silver pails hung over her shoulders. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The May garlands and dances are all but gone: the borrowed plate, and the milkmaids who borrowed it, gone utterly. Prose Idylls, New and Old She went out towards the mead, joining the other milkmaids with a bound, as if trying to make the open air drive away her sad constraint. Tess of the d'Urbervilles I envy now the milkmaids there below: anything to escape and be in earnest, anything for some one to teach me to be of use! Two Years Ago, Volume II. To thus belabour a horse on its hinder-parts would seem to be equivalent among the horse-breeding fraternity to chucking a buxom milkmaid under the chin. Young Lives I feel plain and dowdy as a milkmaid alongside of a Court-beauty when I am in the room with her. Dawn At the present day we still find the Highland milkmaid carrying with her a rowan-cross against unforeseen danger, just as in many a German village twigs are put over stables to keep out witches. The Folk-lore of Plants The flies in the kitchen were lazy, teasing, and familiar, crawling about in the unwonted places, on the floors, into drawers, and over the backs of the milkmaids' hands. Tess of the d'Urbervilles A favourite trick of the Gruagach was to untie the cattle in the byre, so as to bring out the milkmaid, especially if she had forgotten to leave the offering of milk. Elves and Heroes There are times when I simply long to be a milkmaid. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way We had queens and milkmaids and flower girls galore, and black starry nights and silvery days, and all sorts of things, many of them very elegant. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Four love in a cottage is hungry, Your vine is a nest for flies— Your milkmaid shocks the Graces, And simplicity talks of pies! The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe The indoor milkmaids, Marian and the rest, seemed to guess that something definite was afoot, for they did not force any remarks upon her in the bedchamber. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Sweet-scented be the cowslips which approach his nostrils! lovely and rosy the milkmaids that greet his eyes, and animating as they are noisy the marrow-bones and cleavers that salute his ears! The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 This amusing little poem may be made to seem even funnier if we stop to think what an absurd little milkmaid she really was! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 I am glad the new Lady Belamour will not be that little termagant milkmaid Belle, whom circumstances compelled me to inflict upon my poor boy! Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume "My lord, you do not know me," she laughed, and her laughter was as fresh and merry as a milkmaid's in the meadows. If I Were King "But if it should reach the ears of your friends at Emminster that you are walking about like this with me, a milkmaid—" "The most bewitching milkmaid ever seen." Tess of the d'Urbervilles At evening the cows are summoned home with a long horn, called the loor, in the hands of the milkmaid. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers "As you please—but, I pray you, fair sir, am I not a good milkmaid?" The Motor Girls If she was a milkmaid, they'd turn to look at her with such a face and figure as that, much more a young lady with every grace and every charm. Love Me Little, Love Me Long The rude chant of the boatman floats upon the water, the shepherd sings upon the hill, the milkmaid in the dairy, the plowman in the field. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life Before discussion of the question had proceeded further there walked round the corner of the settle into the full firelight of the apartment Mr Dairyman Crick, Mrs Crick, and two of the milkmaids. Tess of the d'Urbervilles But I am not an admirer of the milkmaid type of beauty. A Romance of Two Worlds For his partner he walked up to the saucy milkmaid, and claiming her by right, proudly marched with her on his arm back to the center of the platform. The Motor Girls Maud Murray with the milkmaid cheeks and curly black hair, the typical country girl of bounding life aid spirits, the type so often seen upon the stage and so seldom elsewhere. Sowing Seeds in Danny Who'd not rather kiss A duchess than a milkmaid, prank The two in equal grace, which is Precedent Nature's obvious rank? Angel in the House The small dairies to the west, beyond Port-Bredy, in which she had served as supernumerary milkmaid during the spring and summer required no further aid. Tess of the d'Urbervilles That day, for example, when she wore her white sun-bonnet, and came along swinging her arms like an imperial milkmaid, a "very queen of curds and cream." Herb of Grace Slipping his hand into the bare arm of the milkmaid, Adonis drew the figure down a pith toward the small lake that was on one edge of the Kimball property. The Motor Girls The girl is well got up, but has no style, and blushes like a milkmaid. A Modern Cinderella Or, the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories And the milkmaid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger days. Huntingtower He was surprised to find this young woman—who though but a milkmaid had just that touch of rarity about her which might make her the envied of her housemates—shaping such sad imaginings. Tess of the d'Urbervilles He is afterwards brought up as a herdsman, and spends his childhood among the milkmaids of Braj, upon whom he plays all sorts of tricks. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet Why don't you join in with that milkmaid and Pocahontas? The Motor Girls The dairyman, who rented the cows of Lodge, and knew perfectly the tall milkmaid’s history, with manly kindliness always kept the gossip in the cow-barton from annoying Rhoda. Wessex Tales A hush followed, the atmosphere being so stagnant that the milk could be heard buzzing into the pails, together with occasional words of the milkmaids and men. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid She was no longer the milkmaid, but a visionary essence of woman—a whole sex condensed into one typical form. Tess of the d'Urbervilles "If you have made a milkmaid of the boy," he burst out at last, "I thank the dear heaven that there is yet time to undo your work and to make a man of him." Otto of the Silver Hand Such a phrase might suit a pretty little red-cheeked milkmaid of a girl. Framley Parsonage By watching the house from a distance the milkmaid was presently able to discern the farmer’s wife in a ride she was taking alone—probably to join her husband in some distant field. Wessex Tales "Videlicet, some fourscore waiting damsels and milkmaids, warranted honest by my Lord Warwick," I muttered. To Have and to Hold Near home she took a short cut across a meadow, through which flowed two thin bright streams, forming a delta full of lingering 'milkmaids,' mauve marsh orchis, and yellow flags. The Patrician Ang�lique was not, however, a milkmaid to say yes before she was asked. The Golden Dog How we shared with the milkmaids their pottage, And drank of the stream from the brook; How fondly our loving lips faltered, "What further can grandeur bestow?" The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 This speaker was the dairyman himself; by whom the milkmaids and men were employed. Wessex Tales Your love in a cottage is hungry, Your vine is a nest for flies,— Your milkmaid shocks the Graces, And simplicity talks of pies! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Latimer was at an age when being an object of general ridicule even to clowns and milkmaids was not a matter of indifference, and he longed heartily to have laid his horse-whip across Jan's shoulders. Redgauntlet Her short linsey petticoat was not chary of showing her substantial ankles, while her rolled-up sleeves displayed a pair of arms so red and robust that a Swiss milkmaid might well have envied them. The Golden Dog And as suddenly as bubbles sucked into the heart of a little whirlpool, the milkmaids ran to get a look at the letter. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Nothing more was said publicly about Farmer Lodge’s wedding, but the first woman murmured under her cow to her next neighbour, ‘’Tis hard for she,’ signifying the thin worn milkmaid aforesaid. Wessex Tales Pomona, who knew all about such things, having been on a farm in her first youth, was to be the milkmaid. Rudder Grange The ploughman whistled over Nutford Place; down the green solitudes of Sovereign Street the merry milkmaid led the lowing kine. Catherine: a Story Columbine sat facing them, her back to the horses, falsely demure, in milkmaid bonnet of white muslin, and a striped gown of green and blue. Scaramouche He hadn't seen a milkmaid for an hour. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Hundreds of milkmaids by field and fold; Thousands of buttercups licked with gold; Budding hedges and woods and trees - Spring brings freedom and life to these. Many Voices Accordingly, I got my father's dinner, laughing at the notion of my taking refuge under the protection of a milkmaid at Moor Farm. The Queen of Hearts She had the freshness of a milkmaid; and when she smiled and laughed, she seemed to show an hundred agreeable dimples. The Governess; or, Little Female Academy Or is it just possible that when you dive to the depths of your own consciousness, you sometimes find the pretty milkmaid standing on her head? The Diary of a Goose Girl When a breeze blew, this world of milkmaids swayed and curtsied above the kings' daughters in their glory. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard She will not ask, The milkmaid, singing softly at her task, Nor will she care To know if I were brave or you were fair. Songs, Merry and Sad I warrant it is: and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. Measure for Measure The army of rosy milkmaids has passed away for ever, to give place to the cream-separator and the, largely, male-and-machinery manipulated butter pat. Woman and Labour No. Tis the mere chance that might have happened to any milkmaid, the caprice of Nature that made you the most wondrous piece of beauty the age hath seen. Dark Lady of the Sonnets And every now and then those cuckooing milkmaids called him, sometimes at a distance, sometimes at his very ear. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The milkmaids turned their faces away, and little Joan murmured, "It is a secret." Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The milkmaids, who were eating apples, came clustering about her instantly. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard "Man!" cried Joscelyn, who was the tallest and the sternest of the milkmaids, "go away at once!" Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The milkmaids looked primly at one another, and little Joan said, "It is a secret." Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard You milkmaids in the hedgerows, You lazy lovely crew, Get up and churn the buttercups And skim the milkweed, do! Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard At this the milkmaids clapped their hands, and little Joan, running to the Well-House, with a touch like thistledown drew from the weeper's yellow hair a yellow primrose. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Like pebbles from a catapult the milkmaids shot to the gate. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The milkmaids sprang quickly into other branches around him, shaking a hail of sweet apples about his head. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard At all events, the milkmaids knew instantly to whom she referred, although nearly a month had passed since his coming. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard There were a good many other things, but these were what the milkmaids took in at a glance. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Martin sang, and the milkmaids danced, and Gillian in her prison only heard the dropping of her tears, and only saw the rainbow prisms on her lashes. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard "Go away!" cried all the milkmaids in a breath. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Now as Martin sang and the milkmaids danced, it seemed that Gillian in her prison heard and saw nothing except the music and the movement of her sorrows. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The milkmaids cast down their eyes, and little Joan said, "It is a secret." Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard And he fetched the milkpails and went into the stalls, and did the milkmaids' business for them. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard "Man!" cried the milkmaids in a breath, "play and sing to us!" Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Then he looked up and saw the six milkmaids standing quite close to him, full of hesitation and longing. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard One by one the milkmaids settled in the grass and covered their faces with their hands, and went to sleep. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Come fetch your portion," said Old Gillman to the milkmaids, "since there's no help for it. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard And five of the milkmaids cried, "oh, yes!" Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The milkmaids had not thought of their apples for the last hour, but now, remembering them, they fell to refreshing their tongues with the sweet flavors of fruit and talk. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard "What is it? what is it?" cried the milkmaids, crowding. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Like a flock of clouds at sundown, the milkmaids made a golden group upon the grass, and soon, by their breathing, had sunk into their slumbers. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard All the milkmaids came tumbling from their perches to run and comfort their weeping comrade. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard And on the topmost rung each took his milkmaid by the hand and vanished over the hedge. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard So the milkmaids ran off to smooth their hair and their kerchiefs and do up ribbons and buttons or whatever else was necessary. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Which he hurriedly did, while the milkmaids ran here and there like yellow chickens frightened by a hawk. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard And the other milkmaids climbed into their perches, rustling the fruit down from the shaken boughs; and he made of Joyce's lap a basket for the harvest. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The milkmaids put their forgotten apples to their mouths, and the chatter began to run out of them like juice from bitten fruit. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Yes," said Martin, "milkmaids must always turn their cows in before the dew's dry. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard "Good morrow, master!" cried the milkmaids loudly; and they fluttered their petticoats like sunshine between the man at the hedge and the man in the grass. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard And he and the ducks squabbled over it during the next hour, while Martin and the milkmaids breakfasted on bread and apples with no squabbling and great good spirits. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Like contented mice, the milkmaids began once more to nibble at their half-finished apples, and simultaneously nibbled at the just-finished story. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard And when she was settled, with her skirts in order and her little feet tucked back, he rocked the swing so gently that not an apple fell nor a milkmaid slipped, clambering to her place. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard At the sound of his voice the six milkmaids rose up in the grass like golden fountains. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard "What a wise little milkmaid you are," said Martin, looking about for the skipping-ropes. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Like shooting-stars in August the milkmaids slid from their leafy heaven and dropped to the grass. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Up sprang the milkmaids, rubbing their eyes and stretching their arms; and up sprang Martin likewise. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard |
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