| 单词 | ploughman |
| 例句 | ‘The strongest must seek a way, say you? But I say: let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf, or over snow — an Elf.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There were several massive shire-horses for pulling the ploughs and the hay-wagons, and there was a ploughman and a cowman and a couple of gardeners and all manner of servants in the house itself. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Andrew, the Financial Times enthusiast, makes for a mellow, astringent counterpoint to Tony—red wine after a ploughman’s lunch—but, like Tony, he has followed a clearly mapped life plan. “63 Up” and the Child in All of Us 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z It was part of a massive hoard of Roman silver found by a ploughman in 1942, but only declared a "treasure trove" when the war ended. British Museum sends priceless treasures around the country 2012-06-12T13:58:08Z Since the 1950s, ping-pong tables have dotted China's landscape, planted proudly in railway stations, city parks and flaxen fields so that workers and ploughmen could perfect their backhands. Next Time You're in ... Hong Kong 2010-04-29T14:25:00Z But the Leaky Cauldron offered a hearty ploughman’s lunch that included salad, cheeses, tomatoes and pickled beets. At the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, conjuring a memorable family vacation 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z I've just pulled a beer out of the fridge to accompany my ploughman's lunch. Beer Outdoors and Around the Clock 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z A reluctant pupil, he gives up school at 13 "to work at the hay", with ambitions to elevate himself from lowly farmhand to ploughman, a position of some status in the Scottish community of Wigtownshire. Wigtown Ploughman: Part of His Life by John McNeillie - review 2012-11-13T16:55:01Z If Margaret Catchpole had never set eyes on smuggler Will Laud, she would have probably married a ploughman, conceived a brood of children and died in her bed on her beloved Suffolk soil. Margaret Catchpole – review 2012-07-01T16:05:01Z Meanwhile Liam Smith's brutish ploughman homeward plods his weary way to a loveless marriage. Lake District 'hate triangle' absorbs playgoers in icy Cumbria 2012-02-09T15:21:02Z Think of British pub fare, the ploughman’s lunch, where onion pickle is a must, or a French country pâté served with a briny pickled onion nestled next to the cornichon. Pickle the onions of spring while you still can "We have high hopes for both these competitors because they are dedicated ploughmen. They put a lot into it," he said. County Laois: Irish ploughing championships return after Covid break 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland team member Dai Kennedy, from Listooder in County Down, is one of the most experienced ploughmen in the competition. European Ploughing Championships arrive in Ballykelly 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z To any students seeking a less painful, less temperature-raising midday meal, try a ploughman’s lunch: bread, cheese, spring onion. Fires, fights and exploding sausages: Dorm kitchen disasters and how to avoid them 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Two years after the plague hit England, this Lincolnshire ploughman was in court for “refusing to work at the daily rate”. What history can teach us about building a fairer society after coronavirus | Richard Power Sayeed 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z The 34-piece Roman silver collection was discovered by ploughman Gordon Butcher and has been on display in the British Museum since 1946, earning a place in its top 10 list of British treasures. British Museum steps in to row over treasure hoard 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The ploughmen at their plows doffed their soft caps and threw them to the ground and trampled upon them. Opinion | Lock her up? 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, far from Broadway, Jefferson’s ploughmen are lining up at Trump rallies. Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z I must have shaken five or six hands en route, strangers with ploughman’s grip and a poet’s heart. I'm an American Leicester City fan. My Midlands honeymoon converted me | Sean Keeler 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z On Tuesday morning the opening ceremony was launched as a vision of rural Britain, a land of fields and ploughmen, cottages, cows, sheep and horses, of Glastonbury, cricket and the Proms. The 'Isles of Wonder' Olympic opening ceremony: I smell a rat 2012-06-14T18:19:00Z The sound of their singing went up to heaven mingled with the shout of the ploughmen in the field and the clatter of churns in the dairy. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z A few miserable mud huts are built against the walls of mighty temples, and the ploughman drives his team over the dust of the city of a hundred gates. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z “State a moral case to a ploughman and a professor,” Jefferson once wrote. Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Go back, my boy, go back and turn ploughman. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z An English ploughman, it has been said, might squeeze two of his fingers in the hole of an Australian shield, but he could do no more. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z They saw a weakly race, slaves to the factory bell, overrun the land where the ploughman still whistled at his work and his wife suckled healthy babes. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He wrote well of a ploughman, but better of the field in which the ploughman worked. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The ploughman leaves his buffalo standing in the furrow while he learns the progress of time from this simple dial—and we recall the words of Job, "As a servant earnestly desireth a shadow." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Jonathan Catchpole had a team of these horses to look after, and was the head ploughman on the estate. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z It was possible that in his love of the soil he was a throwback; he would have made, and indeed he was, a good ploughman. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Mr. Noah, I remember, was equally competent and convincing as ploughman or carter. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Rude as this process is, the operation is rapidly performed, and I have seen a field, ploughed in this way, that would not do much discredit to an expert ploughman with a European plough. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Go, ploughman, plough The mearing lands, The meadow lands, The mountain lands: All life is bare Beneath your share, All love is in your lusty hands. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z On a muggy morning a sudden clearness in the south “drowns the ploughman.” Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z Appear like one of the base-born beggarly ploughmen with mud in their veins, with whom you love to mix? The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I have heard many a ploughman at his ploughing sing with gladness, but seldom, seldom, a king's son. Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z He trod the earth as firmly and sometimes as heavily as did the ploughman. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The scholar’s satchel, the beggar’s staff, The ploughman’s whistle, the tinker’s laugh. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z The negligent ploughman is not taken to task directly by the bailiff or any other overseer, but is presented as an offender by his fellow-peasants, and according to strict legal formality. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z It is only ploughmen who are wanted here. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z The merchant bows unto the seaman's star, The ploughman from the sun his season takes; But still the lover wonders what they are, Who look for day before his mistress wakes. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z With the appetite of a ploughman, and "a fist rather less than the knuckle of an ox," he represents the true church militant. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Evidences of material prosperity meet the eye everywhere, a prosperity which needs to be guarded, however, for every shepherd, cowherd, ploughman, and buffalo-driver goes about his work armed. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Robert Burns was a peasant—a ploughman—a poet. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z You say, “I require the labour of a ploughman, a smith, a book-maker, a carpenter, masons, and others, in order that I may prepare the spiritual food I have to offer.” What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z He is by choice and by force of circumstances ploughman, woodman, shepherd, market-gardener, or carter, and is become heavy as his soil, and curiously old-world in habit. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z I bought that gold Wulfric from a ploughman at Lichfield, and it is not absolutely identical with the Museum specimen which I dropped upon the floor. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z It is during the sultry hours that the ploughman lies in wait at the watering-place, to restore his rebel oxen to the yoke from which they have escaped. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Love changed this peasant to a king; the plaid became a robe of purple; the ploughman became a poet; the poor laborer an inspired lover. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z A good ploughman will set up a pole a quarter of a mile distant, and trace a furrow so true up to that goal that no eye can detect any divergence from absolute straightness. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z They generally, too, work a good deal with their own hands, as ploughmen, harrowers, &c. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z The ploughman had clearly the dread of perjury for ever before his eyes, and wouldn't go back for any consideration upon his first sworn statement. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Well may the ploughman seek, by chanting old-time ditties, to avoid utter vacuity of mind. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Was the author possibly of the ploughman's kindred, like Chaucer's parish priest in The Canterbury Tales? Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Next to watery places, it delights in newly-ploughed fields, and hunts for insects on the ground, utterly fearless of the ploughman and his implements. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z What makes it more likely that the creature with the down-curving tusks stirred the soil with them is that his cousins, the elephants of to-day, are themselves great ploughmen. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z He gasped as he saw the ploughman drop The stilts and swear at the team to stop. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z A gentleman who was overlooking his ploughman, saw a partridge run from her nest, almost crushed by the horses' hoofs. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The ploughman came up from the plain and the shepherd came down from the mountain; the old monk led the way to the altar, and all kneeled down and prostrated themselves on the rocky floor. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Is not a ploughman often the father of a soldier, and a soldier of a ploughman? Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Another early ploughman was a bird, the Moa. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z A horn blew faint, then he heard the sounds Of a cantering huntsman, lifting hounds, The ploughman had raised his hat for sign, And the hounds were lifted and on his line. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z We have seen verily that Fishers and choppers and ploughmen Shall constitute a state. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z It is the last time I shall recur to this feeling; but it was music to my heart to hear a ploughman on immortal Marathon sound in my ears the praises of my country. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z But, according to the proverb, "It is easier to make a hawk of a kite, than a scholar of a ploughman;" all learning to him is but as a pearl thrown before swine. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Even around the castle some life appeared; the ploughmen went freely to the fields--she alone could not move. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z That all from Adam first begun, None but ungodly Woolston doubts, And that his son, and his son's sons Were all but ploughmen, clowns and louts. Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-12T02:00:27.427Z She appeared to brighten up as she saw it skinned and cooked by the ploughman’s wife, and partaken of by her sick master. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z "See how poor ploughmen stand up in defence of this country and the holy faith." The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z I specially mention the ox and the ‘orra’ beast, by way of showing that Geordie was by no means even a first-class ploughman. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Snug in an English garden’s shadiest spot A structure stands, and welcomes many a breeze; Lonely and simple as a ploughman’s cot! A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Presently he was called to breakfast in the kitchen, and sat down among the ploughmen and carters. The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People 2011-08-10T02:00:18.760Z The human scent left at gaps and gateways by ploughmen, shepherds, and mouchers, the wary poacher will obliterate by driving sheep over the spot before he begins operations. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z In the forges gypsies were pounding whole nights and days with their hammers, turning the innocent tools of the ploughman into weapons. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The ploughman eagerly tears away the earth, and moves the stone to find a thin jar, as he thinks—in fact, a funeral urn. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The ploughmen, the carters, shepherds, and foggers have so many opportunities as they go about the fields, and they never miss the chance of a good dinner or half-a-crown when presented to them. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z And in his Persians he says— But what need, I pray you now, Have we of all you ploughmen, Or carters, mowers, reapers too, Or coopers, or brass-founders? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Idyllic ploughmen are jocund when they drive their team afield; idyllic shepherds make bashful love under hawthorn bushes; idyllic villagers dance in the chequered shade and refresh themselves not immoderately with spicy nut-brown ale. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z ‘Sure ’nough he’s dead as a stone,’ said the ploughman, who had first noticed him. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z At a proper age he went to ploughing, and a ploughman he has been ever since. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The whole of the food could only be taken by a ploughman's appetite, and only be digested by a navigator's stomach. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z The blackbirds appeared first, and might be seen flying about from tree to tree, and fence to fence, near by the upturned furrows that the ploughman had left behind him. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z But no one who has seen much of actual ploughmen thinks them jocund, no one who is well acquainted with the English peasantry can pronounce them merry. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z A doctor of physic, a cook, a poor parson, a ploughman, a reeve, or estate agent, a manciple, and two disgraceful characters—a summoner and a pardoner—make up the total of the company. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Of the boys in the supposed school, one was a professed monk, others were ploughmen, shepherds, hunters, fishermen, hawkers, merchants, shoemakers, salters, and bakers. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z The crows were watching the ploughman in the field. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z Ah, little mother," said my father, "women are too tender-hearted for ploughmen's work. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Let Piers the ploughman dwell at home, and dyght us corn. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z No Tuscan ploughman, for instance, could seize the idea of the Greek folk-poet of possessing his living love in death. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Thus, after the ploughman has given an account of his day’s work, the dialogue continues:— M.—“O magnus labor est.” Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z There were seven contests—three for implement manufacturers and four for Norfolk ploughmen. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Everlasting Mercy": "The past was faded like a dream, There came the jingling of a team, A ploughman's voice, a clink of chain, Slow hoofs, and harness under strain. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z "Do let us go as far as that ploughman!" said the sharp-sighted Britoness. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z You might think this was very nice for him; he had no trouble to find food, because the ploughman turned it up; he had only to hop along after the plough and peck. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z When kind fortune so ordered it that a ploughman, who lived in the same village, and near his house, happened to pass by, as he came from the mill with a sack of wheat. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Your ploughman shall the alien be, the stranger Shall feed your flock, and I will make you fat With milk and honey. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z O wet red swathe of earth laid bare, O truth, O strength, O gleaming share, O patient eyes that watch the goal, O ploughman of the sinner's soul. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z But at last our hero observed, that this Pillar of Hercules of their journey was itself a moving column, and that the ploughman was only a wayfarer. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z For this reason Br�sig regarded him as a sort of wonder in natural history, for he eat as much as a ploughman without producing any visible effect. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z "Not unlikely," said the ploughman, "and so God speed you; for it will soon be daybreak." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Do you think I'm a coal porter, or a ploughman? Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z This life I live's a goodly thing— My soul keeps tune to one glad song The while I turn the furrows long— A ploughman happy as a king. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z In the merry days of good King Arthur, there lived in one of the counties of England a ploughman and his wife. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Hawermann had accompanied his old friend a little bit of the way towards Rexow, and then crossing the fields, he went to see how the ploughmen were getting on with their work. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z As they soared away from Crete, the ploughmen stopped their work and the shepherds forgot their flocks as they watched the strange sight. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The last cannibals in Scotland lived in a glen near Fotheringham, where carters and ploughmen were perpetually disappearing. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z I can only hope that if any notice this little venture they may not feel obliged to "crush" it "among the stoure," as the Ayrshire ploughman had to crush the "wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower." How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Now Merlin had a strange knack of taking people exactly at their words, and without waiting for any more explicit declaration of the ploughman's wishes, at once granted his request. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Why, she has even tackled an old ploughman, who was notoriously fond of his glass; and if he gives up gin and whisky, it will be all owing to the influence of the young lady. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z He was one of the strongest ploughmen in all Greece, and he knew Ceres who presided over the fields and her favorite Dryad of the oak tree very well. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z They will be the ploughmen, the vine-dressers, the gardeners, builders, etc. Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z "Or harrowed to death, like the children of Ammon," continued the ploughman. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z His growth was equally wonderful, for— In four minutes he grew so fast, That he became as tall As was the ploughman's thumb in length, And so she did him call. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z He was a French ploughman who upholds the tradition of war. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z With this terrible threat on his lips, the lawless ploughman seized an axe from one of his trembling servants and began chopping the trunk of the mighty tree. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z We have looked in vain among the ballots for a single hod-carrier, or ploughman, ditcher, cook, seamstress, washerman or washerwoman, stableman, scrubber, or cleaner. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z "He deserves to be torn at young horses' tails," said the ploughman. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z To meet all these wants he must have recourse to the village money-lender, who has always formed as indispensable a member of a Hindu agricultural community as the ploughman himself. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Why was Burns, though a ploughman, able to meet a galaxy of leaders in different spheres of learning, and culture, and philosophy, and outshine any of them in his own special department? The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z Here and there a ploughman followed his team in a distant field. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z On the farm and orchard we need ploughmen and harvesters for grain and hay, gardeners, stablemen, and ditchers. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z We were told by our cicerone that they were found in great numbers by the ploughmen, and disposed of to curious visiters. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Sam is an excellent groom, and Joe is a good ploughman. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The fields were green with early grass, the birds were beginning to twitter, and the ploughman had already broken up his fields for planting his corn. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I do not know why, for he was undoubtedly a good ploughman when he chose to put himself into his work. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z This the ploughman raised up, after a deal of difficulty, and under it he found a stone chest, in which was the jawbone of a man, and nought else except an earthen jug. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z He then drove to the Generous Briton pub in nearby Costock, where he ordered a pint of orange juice and lemonade and a ploughman's roll. 2010-01-25T13:15:00Z It was the ploughman working not far from the river. The Undying Past This was a large barn, which had been carefully swept and levelled for the "light fantastic toes" of some score of ploughmen and dairymaids, not formed exactly after the Chinese fashion. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 They heard the lark begin his song, the poultry leap from their roost, the cows low on the milk-maidens, and the ploughman prepare for the field; yet Willie made not his appearance. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Dancing masters, who habitually wear thin shoes, have the muscles of the leg well developed, while ploughmen, who wear shoes with soles an inch thick, have very little calf to their leg. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress A ploughman going to his work, along under the stone wall of Siddermorton Park, saw the Strange Bird flash over him for a moment and vanish among the hazy interstices of the beech trees. The Wonderful Visit Some were still eating like ploughmen, and as if they had been a week without food, while others were vomiting up what they had eaten that very day. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Was not he aware that Robert Burns had been a ploughman, and were not ploughmen in Hampton Bagot as common as hay-ricks and as poor as mice? The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life I do not know why Inula conyza is called ploughman’s spikenard, but it is a picturesque name. Springtime and Other Essays A big ploughman entered the room, shyly pulled his front hair, and looked with stolid inquiry into his master’s face. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story But the ploughman who had seen it on the confines of Siddermorton Park had a black eye. The Wonderful Visit There is a village not far away, where a corpulent ploughman set his mind on becoming mayor. The Progressionists, and Angela. Fishermen, hunters, ploughmen, and shepherds—do we really understand to-day the meaning of these words? Underground Man He has a giant in his company, a great ploughman by the name of Horse Shoe Robinson. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency They were, indeed, passing, as the plains and the wild spaces were passing; as the buffalo had passed; as every wild thing must pass before the ever-thickening flood of white ploughmen pressing upon the land. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop "I see," said the Angel, with his eyes still on the ploughman's heavy movements. The Wonderful Visit He was an Inverness-shire ploughman before he enlisted, and rose from the ranks to command the regiment, and died a major-general. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude Of the confounding of what is heavenly with what is earthly we have a remarkable instance in the ode of Iolo Goch to the ploughman, four lines of which, slightly modified, we have given above. The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition The side of every bank glowed in the sun with this bright vermillion tint, and the new-made furrow, wherever the early ploughman had scarred the soil, turned up to view the predominating color. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The ploughman, singing at his work, had prayed, 'God help them now.' The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation Of the two dogs, one is the collie Luath, here represented as the friend and comrade of a ploughman. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation But the Puritans were blacksmiths and ploughmen and wood-choppers—anything and everything; I knew how to bring this all out—make a picture of it. East Angels There no cheering sound of mirth was ever heard, the blithe whistle of the ploughman never swelled upon its echoes, nor often did the reaper's song disturb its gloomy silence. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 The legend tells of that child-giant who took the ploughman, with plough and horse, to be a plaything, gathered them up in his apron, and carried them off. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine True, he could split a log, or clear a woodland with the best; and as for a ploughman, his richly fertile corn bottom and regular eastern-sort-of-garden testified to his ability. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Childhood knows it better than does the ploughman following the new furrow. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure Before the Bishop could speak he turned to the children and went on: ‘Meon called all his fishers and ploughmen and herdsmen into the hall and he said: “Listen, men! Rewards and Fairies The huntsman and gamekeeper held higher rank than the ploughman and reaper; while all the prizes of ambition lay open to martial enterprise alone. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards Then the ploughman, taking off his hat, made a salutation; Manna remained standing with a fixed look as if she were under a spell. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine And in all vineyards, lamentation, and they shall call the ploughman to wailing, and to lamentation them that are skilful in dirges, for I shall pass through their midst, saith Jehovah. The Bible Story Safe in his monarch's care the ploughman reap'd, And proud oppression coward distance kept. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Then he ran out to Nat the ploughman, who was sitting under the walnut-tree at the door, and told him that he was going to be a gentleman. Black Forest Village Stories As a necessary corollary to this belief, Squire Brown held further that it didn't matter a straw whether his son associated with lords' sons, or ploughmen's sons, provided they were brave and honest. Tom Brown's School Day's Discussing in this fashion they saw their leader, the white horse, which had considerably the start of them, trot across a newly ploughed field, and, to their surprise, stop by a ploughman. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors There were some knights in armor who listened unconcernedly, for they knew that giants could do them no harm; but it was different with the tailors and fishermen and ploughmen. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party Compared with a daily climb of some hundreds of feet when the ploughman homeward takes his weary way, the toil of the harvest-field below looks like recreation. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Running up to the ploughman, he asked how Brindle worked, and rejoiced to hear him praised. Black Forest Village Stories No petty little ground-harnessed ploughman this, but a farmer in the big sense of the word—a cultivator of the soil, with an understanding of it—an American who loved his state and his country. The "Genius" I went daily to the ploughing fields, and although so young I was allowed to drive the horses for the ploughman. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind “Unmannerly varlet, how dare you come dashing through this throng like a drunken ploughman!” A Prince of Good Fellows At the last, it is to the countryman, to the ploughman, and 'the farmer's boy,' that a land in difficulty looks for help. The Hills and the Vale Could the old ploughman still carry in his heart the roots of so deep-seated a passion? Black Forest Village Stories On Thursday evening a ploughman, returning from work, stood upon this rail in order to mount his horse. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years I could hear the ploughmen shouting to their horses, the uninterrupted carol of larks innumerable overhead, and, from a field where the shepherd was marshalling his flock, a sweet tumultuous tinkle of sheep-bells. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The greatest heads of my realm are being cozened by a trickster; befooled in a way that any humble ploughman should be ashamed of. A Prince of Good Fellows The river at its broad mouth disdains the spring; the city in its immensity disdains the hamlet and the ploughman. The Hills and the Vale Ivo went to him and told him what had happened; but the ploughman was out of humor that day, and Ivo sat down at his father's feet. Black Forest Village Stories The ploughman saw me coming, and nothing loath, pulled up his team and desisted from scratching the furrow any further. The Recipe for Diamonds On the side of Jean, there was perhaps some fascination of curiosity as to this unknown male animal that approached her with the roughness of a ploughman and the aplomb of an advocate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston His nails, in spite of anxious supervision, were often in conspicuous mourning; his clothes hung about him in bags and wrinkles, like a ploughman’s Sunday coat; his accent was rude, broad, and dragging. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Yet if the spring ceased, the ships could not frequent the river; if the hamlet and the ploughman were wiped out by degrees, the city must run dry of life. The Hills and the Vale "Oh, never you mind: I'll look out for all that," said the ploughman, walking away heavily. Black Forest Village Stories He was wont to walk beside the ploughmen in the fields and teach them prayers. Legends & Romances of Brittany Catriona set her fingers to her lips and whistled once, with an exceeding clear, strong, mounting note, as full as a ploughman’s. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) She had married a clerk, a sort of gentleman,—not like the ploughman and country tradesman who had fallen to the lot of her sisters. A Country Gentleman and his Family When his shrill note is heard echoing against the walls of the outhouses as he rises from the ground, the carters and ploughmen know that there will not be much more frost. The Hills and the Vale My ploughman wanted to break him into double harness right-away, and I gave in to him; but it wouldn't do, nohow. Black Forest Village Stories Sir, they have added two cart-horses to the four old geldings, because my lady will have it said she p. 51came to town in a coach and six—heavy George the ploughman rides postilion. Old Roads and New Roads Between the workmen that pass sedentary lives within doors, such as weavers and tailors, and those who labour in the open air, such as masons and ploughmen, there exists a grand generic difference. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The town that winter was “agog with the ploughman poet.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) Even in the present day we hear too much of the inspired ploughman bursting into song as one that could not help himself, and warbling of life and love in a kind of lyrical frenzy. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Thus had come to pass what, a little while before, the teacher would never have dreamed of: his beloved was a peasant-girl, and his comrade a ploughman. Black Forest Village Stories They saw but a proud, thrawart ploughman, that stood uncow’ring under the glunsh o’ a hail session; and so they opened on him the artillery o’ the kirk, to bear down his pride. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative While they were laughing, the ploughman came up with an axe and began to chop at the bush. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales We have a sight of him at his first visit to Adamhill, in his ploughman’s shoes, coasting around the carpet as though that were sacred ground. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) A ploughman who actually dared to have formed a distinct conception of the doctrine of association was a miracle before which schools and scholars were dumb. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series He must cultivate the friendship of the ploughman as he "homeward wends his weary way." The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching “The person,” continues the essayist, “to whom I allude”—and he alludes to him as a genius of no ordinary class—“is Robert Burns, an Ayrshire ploughman.” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Idle, comfortless, bare, The broad bleak acres lie: The ploughman guides the sharp ploughshare Steadily nigh. Collected Poems Volume Two The dull, neglected peasant, sunk in matter, insolent, gross and servile, makes a startling contrast with our own long-legged, long-headed, thoughtful, Bible-quoting ploughman. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 He saw in this heaven-taught ploughman a genius of no ordinary rank, a man who possessed the spirit as well as the fancy of a great poet. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series The moth comes out of the grub, the gay Hussar out of the dull ploughman. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit We are all ready to laugh at the ploughman among lords; we should consider also the case of a lord among the ploughmen. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) It is my soul lies bare Between the hills and the sea: Come, ploughman Life, with thy sharp ploughshare, And plough the field for me. Collected Poems Volume Two And ploughmen and carpenters meet with their deaths, too. The Making of Mona He knew that the critic-folk, deep read in books, might scoff at the very suggestion of a ploughman turning poet, but he recognised also that they might be wrong. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series By degrees he had raised himself to the position of ploughman, and never ploughman drove a straighter or leveller furrow. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit The curfew tolls the knell of parting day; The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France My soul, my soul lies bare, Between the hills and the sea; Come, ploughman Death, with thy sharp ploughshare, And plough the field for me. Collected Poems Volume Two Compare with Gray's "Elegy," line 3: "The ploughman homeward plods his weary way." Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Of the ploughmen, farmers, lairds, or factors, he saw round about him there was none to compare with him in natural ability, few his equal in field-work. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series The ploughman is deeply in debt, poor fellow, but he can, and does, follow the plough, and finds, perhaps, some solace in the dull monotony of his labour. Amaryllis at the Fair But mind ye, Lady Jean, it will not be always through the moss-hags––chasing shepherds, ploughmen and sic-like; by and by it will be on the battle-field, when this great quarrel is settled in Scotland. Graham of Claverhouse All the old ploughmen, there, have happy smiling faces, Christmas roses in their cheeks, and crowns of silver hair. Collected Poems Volume Two Change a nobleman's child at birth with a ploughman's, and each will grow up quite naturally in his new circumstances. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle A month or two previous to the composition of his first satire he had written what Gilbert calls his first poem, The Epistle to Davie, 'a brother poet, lover, ploughman, and fiddler.' Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Without the help of a plough, land cannot be ploughed; but we do not therefore credit the ploughmaker with the achievements of the ploughman. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications Piers, the ploughman, makes frequent allusions to “Lepers under the hedges.” The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses Already the wish was 'strongly heaving the breast' of that young Ayrshire ploughman, 'That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake Some usefu' plan or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.' The Balladists Famous Scots Series George West was then head ploughman to a neighboring farmer, one of the cleanest, best behaved, and most respected laborers in the parish. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. We hear too much of the ploughman poet. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Here, the ploughman comes, carrying his long plough and goad on his shoulder, and with him his wife lugging the yoke and his boy leading the oxen. The Book of Khalid The ploughman in the loamy furrow sings, The sailor whistles as he reefs the sail, Blithe is the smith as the blows fall like hail From his huge hammer, and the stithy rings. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The ploughmen, when they came to the cabin in answer to Sandy’s whoop from the roof, had made a considerable beginning in the field. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas They work either as ploughmen or as labourers, or fullers and workers in wool. Les Parsis A crow took it up and dropped it in the ploughman's field. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Come, let us to the heath, where the hiss of the scythe and the ‘ho-back’ and ‘oho’ of the ploughman are not heard. The Book of Khalid In Percy's collection of ancient ballads, and in the modern poems of the Ayreshire ploughman, we may see many instances of the effect of simplicity. Practical Education, Volume II But the ploughmen were already out of earshot. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas “The hapless ploughman, wondering, at his work “Sees his strong oxen in the furrow sink. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II It reminded one of the old school exercise in transposing the famous line in Gray's Elegy, "The ploughman homeward plods his weary way," which has been found to be capable of over twenty different transpositions. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III See the ploughman strutting home, his goad in his hand, his plough on his shoulder, as if he had done his duty. The Book of Khalid Now they met lines of cattle, driven by some bare-footed boy or sun-bonneted girl, and ploughmen trudged along the road behind their teams. Say and Seal, Volume I It was thoughtful of them to have turned out in such numbers to rescue a mere visitor, but still one ploughman with a ladder would have been ample. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homewards plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.—Gray. A Handbook of the English Language The voice of the ploughman in the adjoining field came no more to my ears; a respite from labor had come to both man and beast. The Love Story of Abner Stone To talk about 'the respective claims of capital and labour' is as inaccurate as to talk about the 'respective claims' of coals and colliers, or of ploughs and ploughmen. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals There was ample room beneath for the ploughman and his bullocks. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge But no one who has seen much of actual ploughmen thinks them jocund; no one who is well acquainted with the English peasantry can pronounce them merry. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete We often, however, find ten instead of eight; one being for the parson's tithe, the other tenth going to the ploughman. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Ten years ago, a travelling peddler broke into our garden in the fruit season, and I sent out our old ploughman, who is now in Ireland, to drive him away. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland What is the value produced by a day's labour of a ploughman, a railway porter, a postman, a book-keeper, a policeman, a machine-minder? British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals Phœbus remarked one day, that if the ploughman became the plough the cessation of harvests would be inevitable. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Idyllic ploughmen are jocund when they drive their team afield; idyllic shepherds make bashful love under hawthorn bushes; idyllic villagers dance in the checkered shade and refresh themselves, not immoderately, with spicy nut-brown ale. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete The ploughman and the mower for years traversed the ground. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study The ploughman wondered how a man still in middle life could have such a story to tell. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland As for the other, some ploughmen witnessing the adventure, shouted lustily after the wolf, and succeeded in liberating the poor victim from its jaws. Mediaeval Tales Our Arabic at that time was nil; there was no chance of a word with the ploughman unless through Mohammed. In the Tail of the Peacock The ploughman is now educated and raising his voice with no uncertain sound on behalf of his own country and his language, and to-day the greatest party in the Parliament are the Social-Democrats. Through Finland in Carts The ploughman revived, but Justin's syncope still lasted, and his eyeballs disappeared in their pale sclerotic like blue flowers in milk. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life No one can escape death, neither czar nor ploughman. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Now it happened that both the shepherds and ploughmen resided in the same village, and brought up the children amongst them. Mediaeval Tales I’m a landowner and ploughman; but if I hadn’t my hands full already I’d tackle anything, from making bricks to framing bridges, for the wages you’re getting. Lorimer of the Northwest Darting out of the thicket, in a few moments he had slashed off the oxen's horns and tails, and stuck them, half hid, in the ploughman's last furrow. Folk-lore and Legends: German To make way for these fleeces the ploughmen had been dispossessed. The Fifth Queen Crowned An English dairy-maid or chamber-maid, ploughman or groom, shopkeeper or mechanic, has each a dress consistent in its parts, and adapted to the situation and employment of the wearer. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. As dawn light came into the sky I saw an aeroplane pass flying low and stared at by an early morning ploughman, then I crept behind a hedge and stole a sleep. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia The tillers77 of the ground are dismayed, For no rain hath been78; And abashed are the ploughmen, They cover their heads. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 Through this sepultural blight A breath runs living, new; Unburdening light As when the flame-borne prophet on The Syrian ploughman threw A people's dawn. Path Flower and Other Verses 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 A ploughman or shepherd—for I hold that it is a man’s song—comes in “wat, wat” after a hard day’s work among the furrows, or on the hill. Spare Hours It seemed to her an almost supernatural gift, and yet an ignorant ploughman will often be able to do the same thing. Old Familiar Faces These bullocks are very cunning, and at daylight, when they well know the ploughman will be after them, invariably conceal themselves in some snug corner. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. A graphic picture of a poor ploughman and his family is given in the "Creed" of Piers Plowman, supposed to have been written by the author of the "Vision," but a few years later. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The sack of many-peopled towns Is all their dream: The way they take Leaves but a ruin in the brake, And, in the furrow that the ploughmen make, A stampless penny; a tale, a dream. Modern British Poetry You must continue your experiences and trust the poor ploughman and his family to me; I will take care of them till you are able to do something for them. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Thus, in a new sense the reaper overtook the ploughman, and the harvester, him that scattered the seed. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God As the farmer and one of his ploughmen were going about the grounds together one day, the latter espied at a distance something on a stile. Anecdotes of Dogs Old Piers, the ploughman, remained beside a barrel of running ale and drank his health all day. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale The law had demoralized industry by placing the idlest ditcher on a level of comfort with the best ploughman, and threatened to swallow up property in the support of poverty. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 "Oh, it is a clock that a gentleman made me a present of," said the ploughman. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Achilles contemplates that some of the rich fields of his friends may be exceedingly remote, so that it would be a great thing to spare the ploughman a journey to the nearest blacksmith. On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay The votaries of the muse cannot be set down as so happy and contented as many a ploughman, nor does the smoothness of the lines gratify the eye more than the smoothness of the furrow. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Old Gaffer Piers, the ploughman, stumped along, “pretty well for eighty, thanky,” as he somewhat snappishly answered to the neighbours who out-walked him on the road. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale Crows flapped lazily across the fields where the ploughmen were at work. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Among his companions were two men, tall, robust, red-haired, who belonged to a stock of Southern farmers, and who were possessed of the gigantic strength, the huge frame, and the sound digestion of Cork ploughmen. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Some of them sojourned for a few days, following the ploughman as he overturned the mellow earth. A Tar-Heel Baron The wealthy surfeit of their wealth, Grudging the ploughman's strength and health. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) It is a collar much affected by ploughmen, because a dip in the horse-trough once a month suffices for its washing. The House with the Green Shutters He was neither abashed nor embarrassed; no rustic presumption or vulgarity, but quite as little any timidity or awkwardness, was in the Ayrshire ploughman. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets Pet was kept awake all that night by the ploughman's sad thoughts, and very early in the morning she was hard at work again, carrying a heavy heart with her all about the fields. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 The tall elms were still bare of leaves, but the rooks had framed their crazy nests, and were now busy following the ploughman, and waxing fat on succulent worms. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The ploughman's wife with great civility immediately brought him some milk in a wooden bowl and some brown bread on a wooden platter. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) The ploughman was a pious man, and attended the Castle-Hill Meeting; and the young parish minister asked him, "What do you think the hardest thing in religion?" The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The ploughman got into debt through trying to procure a little wine to save his wife's life, and when rent-day came round he had not enough money to pay. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Six of them wanted to be ploughmen like their fathers. A Dominie in Doubt In a similar strain the ploughman encouraged his team with the words: A heifer am I, To the mule I am yoked. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Then came a ploughman with his plough; From early until late, Across the field and back again, He ploughed the furrows straight. Finger plays for nursery and kindergarten At the moment the minister thought his parishioner a strange fellow, or a fool; but he never forgot the answer, and was soon a convert to the ploughman's creed. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 And then Pet became quite occupied with the seamstress's thoughts as she had been once with the ploughman's. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Then a ploughman would smack his lips and say: "Man, aye!" A Dominie in Doubt “Pleasant,” remarked Jack; “I would rather be an English ploughman than a Chinese mandarin.” The Three Midshipmen In Kirkcudbrightshire, one night about Hallowe'en two young ploughmen, returning from an errand, passed by an old ruined mill and heard within music and dancing. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology A thin Prussian boy, whom I sometimes see, eats in one day as much as three English ploughmen. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) Farmers, ploughmen, and almost all labouring men, plead for it. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce There is no boy to drive; but the ploughman, as in Scotland, at once holds the stilts of the plough, and with his voice, and a long halter, guides the cattle. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II It is the same as Grieve, also originally official, but used in Scotland of a land steward— "He has got a ploughman from Scotland who acts as grieve." The Romance of Names One is what the sower provides, and the other is what the ploughman prepares. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion As many as from six to twelve, or more, ploughs will thus work together upon one plot, the ploughmen chatting with each other all the time. Chatterbox, 1906 Nor this alone: its destiny may doom it To outlive e'en its use and history— Some ploughman of the future may exhume it From soil now deep beneath the eastern sea. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce The ploughman answers, "I don't thank ye for your coulter, I hae ane already." Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk There are some directions given in the Old Book which it will pay our ploughmen to study. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet The first Christians were Jewish ploughmen and herdsmen; the Apostles mostly Judæan peasants and fishermen. Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil That part which corresponds to the leg is prolonged upwards into a long handle, with the help of which the ploughman guides the plough. Chatterbox, 1906 The thinker smokes in the intervals of work, impatient of ennui as well as of lassitude, and the ploughman, the digger, the blacksmith or the teamster, lights his cutty for the same reason. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Now the one on the left hand of the poor ploughman makes the first offer, by way of answer to what above was said: "I'll gie ye a coulter to help ye to your trade." Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Keep your eye on the mark, just as the ploughman looks at the staff he has fixed as his guide. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet It is just because the ploughman has toiled so hard, and done his work so well, that his weariness blends so perfectly with the restfulness of the dusk. Mushrooms on the Moor He caught the odour of crushed violets from the fence corner and the smell of the young grass broken beneath the hoof of a horse; the ploughman was turning at the end of the row. The Root of Evil Is not the day at hand when they shall be our ploughmen and vine-dressers?” Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Mr J., junior, referred me to this said servant, this ploughman, who, he said, must remember it best, as having been the principal actor in the business. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 There the tired ploughman loves to lie, The reaping girls approach and ply Within its wave the sounding pail, And by that shady rivulet A simple tombstone hath been set. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse The ploughman comes up from the country with a long ungainly stride. Mushrooms on the Moor Know you why the ploughman, fretting, Homeward plods his weary way Ere his time? The Book of Humorous Verse The older form of the name Pearce was borne by the most famous of ploughmen, as it still is by the most famous of soapmakers. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) "A strain inherited from my ploughman father, I suppose," said Wyvis, rather grimly. A True Friend A Novel But if we have shown cause for doubting whether agriculture declined, or only did not increase, then we are at liberty to infer that ploughmen did not decline, but only did not increase. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 The weary ploughman has no right to labour after the cows come home. Mushrooms on the Moor The ploughman is guiding the plough, so as to keep the furrows straight. A Horse Book As I look abroad upon the thrifty fields and the rich glebe of the ploughman, I wonder if the revolutions of peace are not as sweeping and sudden as those of war. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War She, who had been the petted favorite of a brilliant circle in town and country, to take rank as the wife of a ploughman's son! A True Friend A Novel There was little to show that any change had taken place; and yet every ploughman felt that all was changed. History of the English People, Volume IV Here are two pictures—the tired ploughman and the lowing herd both coming home; and the two together make up a perfect harmony. Mushrooms on the Moor All that is needed when a strap breaks, is that each ploughman should have an awl and a leather-cutter to stitch the leather. The Eyes of Asia Rough backwoodsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, and ploughmen have from the first been able to secure good wages in Australia. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler "She refused me because I was not rich, not 'in society,' and a ploughman's son." A True Friend A Novel From time to time an old marble is dug up in a field, where some ploughman has chanced upon the treasure. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon If it consists in antiquity, where are the ancient gentry?—a remnant of pauper ploughmen rotting on their driblets of land. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette It requires a skillful ploughman, a quick, active lad, and a good yoke of oxen, and the extent of the work will depend somewhat upon the state of the turf. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Yet he did not spare rich nor poor: he preached at the Squire, and that great fat farmer, Mr. Bullock the church-warden, as boldly as at Hodge the ploughman, and Scrub the hedger. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 The great speed but slight endurance of the race horse, the unwieldy strength of the ploughman’s team, would both be useless in a state of nature. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Every time the horses turned Instead of treading me down, the ploughman leaned Upon the handles to say or ask a word, About the weather, next about the war. Poems On it he also placed a soft fallow field, 610 rich glebe, wide, thrice-ploughed; and in it many ploughmen drove hither and thither, turning round their teams. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Are we not play-acting half our lives once we get a little beyond the stage of the ploughman and the herd? John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Until the faded yellow garments which have done service for many predecessors are wrapped about it, the baby might be anybody's child—a Duke's, or a ploughman's. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea There is rapture in the sound as it fills the sunshine round, Till the ploughman's careless whistle, and the shepherd's pipe are drown'd, And the mower sings unheeded 'mong the hay! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Blithe be the mind of the ploughman, Unruffled by passion or guile; And fair be the face of the woman Who blesses his love with a smile. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Then, bareheaded, he took his place on the right hand of his host at the long oaken table, to which in due order came son, daughter, house-maiden, out-lass, ploughman and herd. Patsy To keep a straight furrow this go Will strain the old ploughman's slack muscle; And yet my new measters, I know, Will expect I to keep on the bustle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 11, 1893 Housèn, in the open brightness, Now do sheen in spots o' whiteness; Here an' there, on upland ledges, In among the trees an' hedges, Where, along by vlocks o' sparrows, Chatt'rèn at the ploughman's harrows. Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect That worn-out old millionnaire would give tons of it for a mere tithe of the health that yonder ploughman enjoys. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West And long may the heart of the ploughman In virtue and vigour beat high; His calling, though simple and common, Our wants and our comforts supply. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century If quarrels arose, the senior ploughman kept a stick of grievous crab-tree handy, and was not loath to use it. Patsy A fight immediately ensued, but Jim made such play with his crutch that the ploughmen were driven back. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn "The merchant bows unto the seaman's star, The ploughman from the sun his season takes." The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) No one was within sight, but in case there should be a ploughman over a rise within hearing, I coo-eed long and well. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn But Shakespeare says, "'When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When ring the woods with rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks,'" objected Prissie. The Princess of the School "They do tell me as 'is understanding's no worse than it always were," was a ploughman's way of saying that an uncle of mine was in full possession of his faculties. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography Among his auditors were the three ploughmen who had been so roughly handled by Jim and Bill. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn On one side of the valley, high up on the chalky summit of the hill, a ploughman with his team appeared and disappeared at regular intervals. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) This object the same poet has noticed:— Mark how that rooted mandrake wears His human feet, his human hands; Oft, as his shapely form he rears, Aghast the frighted ploughman stands. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 A ploughman or fisherman, for example, may thrive on diet which will inevitably produce disease in the system of one whose work confines him to the house for the most of his time. Papers on Health After an hour's journey he ventured to ask the direction of an embryo ploughman, and wheedled out of him a small, a very small, portion of his breakfast. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant He made the poorest ploughman proud of his station and his toil, since Robbie Burns had shared and had sung them. Robert Burns It is assumed as a common and proper thing to employ a shepherd or a ploughman in serving his master at table—a practice entirely unknown among us. The Parables of Our Lord When well-tossed mattocks did the ground prepare, Being fit-broken with the crooked share, And seeds were equally in large fields cast, The ploughman's hopes were frustrate at the last. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) He says there will soon be no ploughmen, and my mother says there will be no more cooks or housemaids. The Carbonels After him come the axmen, the ploughmen and the artisans, and orchards and mills and oatfields creep on a little farther into the wilderness. The Gold Trail His person, though strong and well-knit, and much superior to what might be expected in a ploughman, appeared to be only of the middle size, but was rather above it. Robert Burns You like a ploughman's rugged face, Or painted eyes in Piccadilly; But bowler hats are commonplace, And thread-bare tradesmen simply silly. The New Morning Poems Insistence on the use of Latin is almost universal; the scholars of the College de Foix at Toulouse are warned that only ploughmen, swineherds and other rustics, use their mother tongues. Life in the Medieval University They were a quarrelsome set, the ploughmen and others; and it was generally admitted in the town that their overbearing behaviour was responsible for the fights. Auld Licht Idylls Neither had spoken; yet in the country they would have roared their predictions about to-morrow to a ploughman half a field away. A Window in Thrums He remembered the poet too, as he showed among them, "his very swarthy face, his ploughman stoop, his large dark eyes, and his awkwardness in handling his arms." Robert Burns And unquestionably thousands of ploughmen, carpenters, cooks, and yeomen, as in the motley crowd of Chaucer, knew a great deal about St. Thomas when they had never even heard of Becket. A Short History of England The great speed but slight endurance of the race horse, the unwieldy strength of the ploughman's team, would both be useless in a state of nature. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Your ploughman, I suppose, becoming one degree poorer than he was born to be, would only go without his dinner, or without his usual potation of ale. St. Ronan's Well The ploughmen are gone to the field; my clever writer is gone to the court-house. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala ‘The second o’ them is a ploughman good, He ploughs the land for his livelihood. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Burns, still only in his twenty-seventh year, is no longer even a ploughman; he is flying to the West Indies to escape 421disgrace and a jail. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History The serving-woman looked at me with distrust, and the ploughman avoided talking to me. Marie Claire The carters and ploughmen have an old-world vocabulary of their own, saying 'toward' for anything near or leaning towards you, and 'vrammards' for the reverse. Round About a Great Estate Joseph Hunter was a carpenter, Robert Burns a ploughman, Keats a druggist, Thomas Carlyle a mason, Hugh Miller a stone mason. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune With a curious naïveté they sometimes say that a ploughman or a cobbler could summarily answer the problems which have puzzled generations of critics. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The ploughman, Gray Meal, who took a large part in the ceremonies, was an old man. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology I remained alone, with one of the ploughmen, to look after the farm. Marie Claire What a pleasure it is to watch a good expert workman, be he carpenter, bricklayer, ploughman, blacksmith, or only an Irish navvy. Ranching, Sport and Travel I hired ploughmen and oxen, and they ploughed it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Probably Walpole's belief in the ploughman lasted till he saw the next smock-frock; but the bitterness clothed in the old-fashioned cant is serious and is justifiable enough. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) I thought of ploughman Burns as I listened to blacksmith Burritt. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money After luncheon the ploughman went to sleep on a heap of straw in front of the door, and I went to my shrubbery to spend the afternoon. Marie Claire Half an hour later he met a ploughman, riding one of his team to the fields. A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia The simple axiom of republicanism, that a ploughman is as good as a president, or a quarryman as an emperor, is taken firm hold of in any other sense than the right one. Canada and the Canadians Volume I The Ayrshire ploughman and the Bedford tinker were made of other stuff. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 In young masters and misses we can pardon any childishness; but we cannot pardon the antipathy to the owl entertained by the manly minds of grown-up English clodhoppers, ploughmen, and threshers. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 That evening I took advantage of the unusually good humour of Ad�le to ask her if she knew any of the ploughmen at the Lost Ford. Marie Claire Amos prophesied that in the day of restoration "the ploughman would overtake the reaper." Modern American Prose Selections Through a path that wound amongst a medley of agricultural instruments, ploughs harrows and grubbers, the farmer's daughter came striding like a ploughman, two children hanging on to her apron strings. The Red Horizon There sings the shepherd on the hill, The ploughman on the lea; There lives my blithesome mountain maid, O Scotland's hills for me! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The good soul had none of Mr. Tull's petulance and audacity with his servants; if the ploughman broke his gear, I suspect the kind ballad-master allowed him a holiday for the mending. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Next day, while Madame Alphonse was working at her lace, I sewed and thought about the ploughman in the white smock. Marie Claire I drove their oxen to the plow, and often fell behind alongside the ploughman and picked up the scattered seeds of old, traditional wisdom in his furrows. Confessions of Boyhood I always thought ploughmen were coarse, vulgar creatures, but he seems handsome and diffident. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden For, ah! she loves another lad— The ploughman wi' his cogie; Yet happy, happy may she be, The bonnie lass of Logie! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Strangely enough, Shenstone had the physique of a ploughman or a prize-fighter, and with it the fine, sensitive brain of a woman; a Greek in his refinements, and a Greek in indolence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Madame Alphonse's mother was called Madame Deslois, but when the ploughmen talked about her they always said "the good woman of the castle." Marie Claire He sees not the wearied ploughman, caring for nought but to forget his toils in the sweet oblivion of sleep. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Meanwhile the ploughman, whistling, returns Unto his humble nest, And thinks with pleasure of his day of rest. The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi Through the agency of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant I, as the ploughman, have been called upon since the beginning of my ministry to turn up and break its ground. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh That was what the ploughman's faith saw from the beginning. Making the Most of Life Now that spring was beginning I used to go and sit there when the ploughmen were smoking their pipes at the stable doors. Marie Claire This is held to be cleverness in these parts, and undoubtedly gives its possessor a greater "faculty of expansion" than the career of an Essex or Wessex ploughman or carter. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. She was only interrupted by a gun being fired in the ploughed field, and saw the pertinacious buzzards there fall dead from the air as they exasperated the ploughman. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Here are heroes, with the heroism only skin deep; and peers, like their Graces of Bolton and Wharton, with less of the lofty, self-denying graces and the ancient chivalry, than the most grovelling of ploughmen. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Let us have the ploughman's faith, and we shall not faint when the share is driven through our heart. Making the Most of Life A Jew replied to me in German: "Is it not written: The sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and vinedressers?" Secret Societies And Subversive Movements But he knew, scientifically, no more of what lay behind it all than a ploughman may know of what lies beneath the furrows he turns. Modern Religious Cults and Movements They say Mrs. Hollingford makes butter and sells it; and Frederick says the son is a mere ploughman. The Late Miss Hollingford We feel the affection for it which the ploughman has for the field to which he entrusted his seed. How Women Love (Soul Analysis) About ten or eleven o'clock in the morning, perhaps, the first faint shadowy vision of a future pint of beer dawns on the fancy of the ploughman. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 The ploughman is not more punctually afield than his unbidden but welcome feathered attendants. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Then they came up, and took their own forms again, and sang,— "Sister, sister, here you are now, Till the ploughman come with the Galloping Plough!" The Field of Clover Miss Leonard may, like yourself, have a taste for agriculture; or may have known young Mr. Hollingford before he turned ploughman. The Late Miss Hollingford Scores of sturdy ploughmen and cavalcades of stock-raisers had ridden from their Blue Grass farms to the State capital, on horses of a breed and beauty unsurpassed in the world. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett "Stop a moment, Mr Beauchamp," said the chairman-�the pale-faced son of a burly ploughman�-rising. Alec Forbes of Howglen They are landowners, let us put it; and then they are supported by the labour of their farmers and ploughmen. Post-Prandial Philosophy His occupation is that of a common ploughman; and his life has hitherto been spent in struggling with poverty. Early Reviews of English Poets By a few careful glances I had easily assured myself that there was nothing of the ploughman in the appearance of Mrs. Hollingford's son. The Late Miss Hollingford The stooping ploughman walking in the new furrow, with one foot often on the level and the other in the hollow, sways a little with the lurch of his implement, but barely drifts ahead. Nature Near London The ploughman poet was wiser in thought than in deed, and his life was not a happy one. Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists The ploughman and his trusty team More happy and contented seem, From golden rays the furrow'd field A golden harvest yet may yield. The Black-Sealed Letter Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cockney. He is said to be a common ploughman; and when we consider him in this light, we cannot help regretting that wayward fate had not placed him in a more favoured situation. Early Reviews of English Poets Whereas the trade of ploughman was friendly to health, liberty, and pleasure. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 How many times the horses stayed in this sheltered corner while the ploughmen and their lads ate their crusts! Nature Near London I. The ploughman he’s a bonnie lad, His mind is ever true, jo, His garters knit below his knee, His bonnet it is blue, jo. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Far away They scour the fields; the shepherd and the swain 1 Rush to the war, and bare of ploughmen lies the plain. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor His insight into external nature blended the weather wisdom of the ploughman with the poet's sensitiveness to the harmony or discord of wind and sky with the moods of humanity. Robert Burns How To Know Him As good ploughmen and agriculturists in the various departments may now be had in Ballyvourney as in most places. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 They have added two cart-horses to the four old mares, because my lady will have it said she came to town in her coach-and-six; and ha! ha! heavy George, the ploughman, rides postilion! History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Of a’ the trades that I do ken, Commend me to the ploughman. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Then we have the swarthy ploughman from Ayrshire sitting at Lord Monboddo's with Dr. Blair, Dugald Stewart, Henry Mackenzie, and the rest. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country In ploughman phrase, God send you speed Still daily to grow wiser; And may ye better reck the rede heed the advice Than ever did th' adviser! Robert Burns How To Know Him At this the ploughman could contain himself no longer, but heaving up one shoulder and looking round to see that there was no one to hear, he blurted out—''Ave you seen 'er shadder, sir?' A Dozen Ways Of Love Then up the gray benches of the furrowed cliffs, starred with silver lichens and stone-crop, to where ploughmen were leaving glistening furrows in the big parsnip fields. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Of a’ the trades that I do ken, Commend me to the ploughman. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Nobody was yet astir save a ploughman driving a team of slow-moving oxen to the fields. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs On the one I did a ploughman wending his weary thingumbob home—you know. The Parts Men Play He thought of the ghostly thing he had seen by this girl, of the wild tale the ploughman had told. A Dozen Ways Of Love But where our grandsires' faith still holds firm sway, She plays a part in life that never stops: On freezing morn she melts the frost away, And saves from harm the ploughman's tender crops. Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse I will wash my ploughman’s hose, And I will dress his o’erlay; I will mak my ploughman’s bed, And cheer him late and early. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham All very well for a fellow like Burns, who was only a ploughman. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow The ploughman was toddling along to the left, and St George was hoofing it to the right, but the effect one got was that a milk-wagon was going straight up the centre. The Parts Men Play It was evident that the ploughman had much more to say, and that he wished to say it, but his words did not come easily. A Dozen Ways Of Love Let the mowers and the ploughmen leave the scythes and the ploughs! Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence It is remarkable that the most naturally elegant and truly impassioned songs in our literature were written by a ploughman in honour of the rustic lasses around him. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham A ploughman who had learned something of the Bible, heard a Greek priest cursing the father of a little child. The Women of the Arabs The young ploughman went to London as a carter or ostler; the milkmaid as a servant. The Quest of the Simple Life He stood and watched her, feeling checkmated, until he saw her exchange greetings with the ploughman, who reached the end of his furrow as she passed the side of the field. A Dozen Ways Of Love "Yes, sir," said the ploughman, "but in Sicily they had a different method," and he quoted Theocritus, to Roebuck's great astonishment. Life of Adam Smith Then up wi’ him my ploughman lad, And hey my merry ploughman! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham He manages the farm, sells the crops, tasks the ploughmen, overlooks the shepherd, scolds the dairymaid, bullies the servants, and regulates all that come near him. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters And many a poor ploughman may sit still by the fire while they must arise and walk. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Seeing this, he took up his specimens and walked slowly in the same direction, waiting for the ploughman's next return. A Dozen Ways Of Love The men gathered under the King's standard were the farmers and ploughmen of their fields. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 Up wi’ him my ploughman lad, And hey my merry ploughman! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The author often labors harder than the ploughman; and when a man is made happy, he becomes lazy. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters A common sort of case was that of the young farmer whose widowed mother had set her heart on marriage with ‘a bonny labouring boy,’ a ploughman. The Disentanglers A long flock of birds fluttered over the autumn fields; beneath them a slow ploughman trudged with his horses, breaking the yellow stubble. A Dozen Ways Of Love The building of the great abbey-church drew its craftsmen and masons to mingle with the ploughmen and reapers of the Abbot's domain. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 In ploughman phrase, ‘God send you speed,’ Still daily to grow wiser: And may you better reck the rede Than ever did th’ adviser! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The ploughman ploughed the fields, others sowed and the miners went to their daily tasks as usual. The Story of the "9th King's" in France He was too weak for a groom too small for a coachman, too ugly for a postillion, too stunted for a footman, too light for a ploughman, too useless-looking for almost anything. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour But there went the oxen, and the ploughmen. Hills of the Shatemuc And below the images of the cities he made a picture of a ploughed field, with ploughmen driving their yokes of oxen along the furrows, and with men bringing them cups of wine. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The same written sentiment, spoken by a Lord Rosebery and by a man from White chapel or an uneducated ploughman, is not the same to the listener. Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling She did not want to come face to face with the ploughman, neither did she want to beat a retreat before the five-barred gate that opposed her progress. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories His breeches were of a still broader furrow than the waistcoat, looking as if the ploughman had laid two ridges into one. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour The two ploughmen set forth with their teams. Hills of the Shatemuc That means about 160 acres,—80 odd days of steady work for the ploughmen and horses. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Gray has The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The plough had two handles, which the ploughman guided with his two hands. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Mrs. Bonar, the ploughman's wife who lives in the cottage up yonder on Bell's Hill—do you see it?—told me she'd often seen the ghosts rising up through the water at night. The Judge It was Rufus who suddenly joined the group, whip in hand, and looking like a young Achilles in ploughman's coat and trousers. Hills of the Shatemuc The ploughmen were now directed to commence deep ploughing on No. 14,—the forty acres set apart for the commercial orchard. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm "You vaunt, then," retorted the prince, "that which a ploughman or cart-driver can do better than you." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 His ears thrilled to the song of the earth and the whistle of the ploughman turning up the fresh brown earth. Kenny When Rachael Wing and I were stopping up in the ploughman's cottage at Kirktown over by Glencorse Pond we got up one day at sunrise and came over here before the stroke of four. The Judge Little communication was held between the ploughmen nevertheless; the day wore on, and each kept steadily to his work and seemingly to his own thoughts. Hills of the Shatemuc By that time the ploughmen had finished 6 and 7, and were ready to begin on No. 1. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm But the happiness of the ploughman and the trader may be as satisfactory as that of the astronomer and the poet. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions There is no such leveler as the ploughman. Humanly Speaking The ploughmen then come and break up the ground, hoers carefully pulverize every clod, and the seed is sown, a mere handful being sufficient for a great extent of soil. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 And because God is, and directs all such affairs, it is wonderful to see how short is the June which in His world covers all such furrows as His ploughmen make with new beauty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 I'll give you a prime character as a drover or a ploughman or a carter or a dairyman or a housemaid or a curate or anything you like except a looker. Joanna Godden He could not rival, he said, the intense energy of an Englishman, who would work all day with his gun harder than ploughmen with their ploughs. The Claverings And he knew that at noon William's horses would have their nose-bags and the ploughman would be sitting in the hedge eating his dinner. The Torch and Other Tales Long ago, in the merry days of good King Arthur, there lived a ploughman and his wife. The Golden Goose Book So desolate the prospect, that we of the Northern States have certainly a right to thank God that it was not we who called out the ploughmen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 What we see under such circumstances is only the dust in the wake of the ploughman. Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children Great is the sword and mighty is the pen, But greater far the labouring ploughman's blade, For on its oxen and its husbandmen An Empire's strength is laid. Songs from Books If the slops were in fashion amongst ploughmen and carters, we must all be starved; for the food could never be raised. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. These simple lines convey what Gray's ploughman is achieving for one evening, but not what the rude forefathers have achieved for eternity. An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript The morning larks commenced to chirp and sing merrily—pretty soon I heard the whip crack, and the voice of the ploughman driving in the corn field. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself Archie hired with a farmer and in time rose to be ploughman; Mirren after learning to be a dressmaker, found to be in service was preferable. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 To punish the refractory, a pair of stone hand-stocks was commonly used, having digit-holes for every size, from the paws of the ploughman to the taper fingers of my lady's maiden. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 A ploughman may be very learned in his line, though he does not know what the letters p. l. o. u. g. h mean when he sees them combined upon paper. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. The ploughman, in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, is full upon this point. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 To keep one ploughman going, a person requires— 20 Oxen at £3 £60 0 0 1 Plough 7 10 0 1 set Harrows 7 10 0 Yokes, Trektows, Reins, &c. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. I hear the clanking of the ploughman's chains in the fields; I hear the tramping of the feet of the hoe-hands. My Life In The South About 20 yards from them, westward, and bordering on the road, were slop-sellers, dealers in haubergs, wagoners' frocks, and other habiliments for ploughmen; and next, the Hatters'-row. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 Go in at night when there are drunk ploughmen to fling pennies. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Merlin could not help observing, that, although every thing within the cottage was particularly neat and clean, and in good order, the ploughman and his wife had the most sorrowful air imaginable. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know Its destiny may doom it To outlive e'en its use and history; Some ploughman of the future may exhume it From soil now deep beneath the Eastern sea. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry Across the upland above the cliff a ploughman drove leisurably forth and back, and always close behind his heels the earth was white with these birds inspecting the fresh-turned furrow. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales And the minstrel sang to them, but Ulysses kept looking at the sun impatiently, like a hungry ploughman tired out at the close of day. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) When they were nine years of age they were ploughboys, and had a rough time with a cantankerous ploughman who often used to ply his whip on his lad or on his horses quite indiscriminately. Vanishing England "You have as much there, child, as would kill a ploughman; and I suppose you would not have had the sense to leave it." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 |
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