| 单词 | rood |
| 例句 | Then they broke out into the sunlight and for a while they were busy finding and devouring rood as they moved down the scar toward the platform and the meeting. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The team also recovered well-preserved painted sculptures and many pieces of the medieval rood screen, which once divided congregants from clergy until it was demolished under Louis XIV. News at a glance: A nyet to Russia, oyster restoration, and harassment at field sites 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z There’s another reference that says a clock was installed above the rood screen of a church. How Measuring Time Shaped History 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The last plot for Holy Rood — “rood” means “cross” in Scottish — was sold in 1915. Perspective | In Glover Park, an old Catholic cemetery gets new life 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Beyond the house, the road meandered upward past more villas, then dustily through a cluster of old cottages around the medieval parish church, which had a distinguished rood screen. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z This panel hung for many years behind the rood screen of a small church in rural Belgium, but its current whereabouts are unknown. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z "There was no rood screen, or choir, or organ," says Gulliver. UK's only deaf church to close 2014-04-27T00:38:53Z As the first day of spring approaches a scientific mystery will soon return with a roar— the 2013 return of the east coast b rood of cicadas, or Brood II. Deus ex Cicada: Are Predatory Bird Populations Influenced by Cicadas Odd Life Cycles? 2013-03-19T12:45:00.213Z It was a symbol of futurist sophistication, waved like a holy rood in the face of crabby, narrow-minded Eurosceptics. The euro gets off scot-free in this debacle – just like the black rat 2012-06-07T19:40:01Z By the holy rood, he has cleared the way. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z We had not subjugated a rood of territory on which our troops were not actually encamped. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z With these favorites of the cross, let me ever, blessed Saviour, remain in meditation and prayer, and loving affection for thy holy rood. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The same person asked how many acres the said field measured; and in eleven minutes, he replied, 33 acres, 1 rood, 35 perches, 20 yards and a quarter. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z It must not be forgotten that at that time, with the exception of this little colony, England had not a rood of land in the New World. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z You would have died for your lord and friend, and therefore I give you a rood of land in the common graveyard of Santon to hold of me, and I name you Von Santonkirch. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z And in the night lay down together, And hung above our heads the rood, Or watched night-long in the dewy weather, The while the moon did watch the wood. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Midway the form hung high upon the rood Of Him who gave His life to be our good; Beyond, priests flitted, bowed, and murmured meet Among the candles shining still and sweet. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z These Locusts have spread over every rood of Long Island earth, and seem as much at home as Birch or Willow. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Hyacinths and other bulbs derive benefit from slight doses, while to asparagus as much as 20 ℔ to the rood has been used with beneficial effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z As my fathers have worshiped, so will I, though it cost me every rood of land! The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Wild she clung, as one, withstood, clasps a Christ upon the rood, In a spasm of deathly pain. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Dovercourt bulks large in the history of superstition, its church having possessed a peculiarly holy rood, to which pilgrimages used to be made. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z And by the rood, he looks fierce enough to eat babes! For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z But not an acre, not a rood, would be his child's. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z There is, too, a massive rood screen, and a curious "palimpsest" Table of Commandments, the original sixteenth century lettering showing beneath repainted characters of the seventeenth century. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z We have the cost of a rood screen paid to a village carpenter, of painting executed by local artists. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z It was shackled to a big bridle, a loop of twisted steel that wound in and out among a rood or two of the stoutest trees. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z A Latin 295 cross with five naves; the transept and sanctuary separated by a rood screen. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z It “lay floating many a rood”; then it swam ashore, and went about hissing. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z The chancel has twelve fine stalls on either side, and a grand rood screen, all from the generosity of Rector Sleford. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Every rood of ground did not perhaps maintain its man, but every part of England had its quota of population so that there could not be many crowded centers. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z From Barlow's Inlet, our Expedition moved slowly westward, battling with the ice every rood of the way, until they reached Griffin's Island, at about 96° west longitude from Greenwich. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z He answered as he was able, "I would joyfully bless myself with the sign of the holy rood, but I have not the power, for the dragon sorely oppresses me." The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The unit of land measure is the Rhynland rood, roughly equal to 12 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The church here is cruciform, with a piscina of rare beauty in its Early English chancel, which is closed in by a fourteenth century rood screen of Decorated work. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Francesco received instructions to hold fast by every rood of our Friulian property, and to send me copies of any writs which might be served upon him there. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Seventy-four acres, that makes two hundred and ninety-six roods. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Lawrence then marked the sign of the rood on the blind man's eyes, and he straightways saw brightly. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Upon the beam was constructed a loft or gallery, in the centre of which stood the rood, or crucifix. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z It was formerly called the rood screen, or rood gallery, and where the rood has been restored, it is still properly so called. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z Henceforward that rood of land--or thereabouts--is yours. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z I see my rood upon the clouds, The winds, my chanted choir; My crystal windows, heaven-glazed, Are stained with sunset fire. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z The choir occupies the last two bays of the nave, and as is the case in the cathedrals of Spain, is cut off from the body of the church by a rood screen. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Access was generally gained to the rood loft by a newel staircase cut either in the north or south wall of the chancel, and occasionally the staircase existed on both sides. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The rood of grace, at Boxley, in Kent, had been much esteemed, and drawn many pilgrims to it. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z These tears that sink into thee, These dying eyes that view thee, This dropping blood from lifted rood, They darken and undo thee. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z "Wherefore upon the rood Christ died, If not our souls to win?" The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z Lord," he said, "grant me a boon, As thou on rood me bought! The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z It must not, however, be taken for granted that a rood loft existed in every church. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z Also set against the rood screen was another double pew, this one between the pulpit in the nave and the screen. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z There are twelve stalls on either side, and three on each side of the entrance through the rood screen facing east. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z Not one rood of ground would she have parted with, not one perch should remain in the hands of strangers whilst she had the means of disputing possession. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Though an upstairs chapel was not usual, yet it is not by any means unknown, and chapels were even sometimes to be found in the rood lofts of cathedrals. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z Sometimes the rood was simply fixed on the cross-beam immediately over the screen, the gallery in this case being dispensed with. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z In the medieval English church the rood screen is the name given to the chancel or choir screen when it supported the "rood," a large cross. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z At last the nails were drawn out and-- "Now from the rood The mighty God Men gently lowered." On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Eight immense pillars of onyx were lying on the floor, and the great painted rood leaned against the wall. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The same writer also tells us that: "Over across the middle of the said choir was a rood loft, finely carved and gilded, and St. Chad's shrine, but destroyed in time of war." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z When the Reformation came, the roods were all swept away by order, but the rood lofts in some cases became utilised as galleries for the singers. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z At "Poplar Spring Church" there were double pews built on each side of the chancel abutting the rood screen. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z "The rood save us!" exclaimed Aas�; "when didst thou see it?" The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Why, ay; but when a man chuses a rope for his preferment, few are found envious enough to dispute the title with him.—By the rood! here they come! The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z A French hectare is equal to 2 acres, 1 rood, 33 perches, English. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z It is therefore possible to obtain from these stone carvings a very good idea of how the rood looked when it was set up in the rood loft. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z By the rood, I'll send a bolt through the head of thy lurcher.' The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z The rood protect us, sire!" stammered the astonished chamberlain: "how have you come hither? and whither has the house vanished? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z By the holy rood! he looked me in the face without wincing, and there was none of that hypocritical whine in his tone, which I hate above all. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z "I shall go to him to-morrow, and ask him to let me have twenty roods more of potato land next spring; mine will not last through the winter." Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z On special occasions lights and other decorations occupied a place in the loft near the rood. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z A great fight is before us, and, by the rood, 'tis hard to say how it will end. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z "Born for a seaman, by the rood!" he exclaimed. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z I know not, Beowulf, but, by the rood! The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Extending over an area of a thousand acres, there is scarce a rood of Bulstrode Park that could be called level ground—the camp enclosure, already mentioned, forming the single exception. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It has also been stated that the Gospel and Epistle, and various other parts of the service, were read from the rood loft. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The farmer who has a good team may profitably keep the plow running in Autumn until every rood that he means to till next season has been thoroughly pulverized. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z By the rood! see, he is close upon us! Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z And then, into the bargain, every snarling villein elects to be king over his own starveling crew, and there would be a king for every rood of land in England. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z There is an opening in the forest glade, of some six roods in extent. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Very good examples of a late Perpendicular rood screen and loft exist at Bugbrook Church, Northamptonshire. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The constant changes of scenery at every turn and in every rood of progress is almost bewildering. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z "By the rood! if thou give it not to me, I will wring thy shrivelled neck for thee," he cried, with sudden impetuosity. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z A few roods from the land, the cold grey waters, and the cold, grey, snow-encumbered atmosphere, were mingled with each other, and each seemed either. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z At the period referred to, however, the same thing, for many a year, was to be said of every rood of Yonge Street throughout its thirty miles of length. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The counties of Devon and Somerset probably contain some of the finest examples of rood screens and rood lofts. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The saintly queen may perhaps have received the rood from Jerusalem, she can hardly have brought it thence herself, for it does not seem that she ever undertook that pilgrimage. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z By the rood! lady, there are the very initials! Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z The wonderful marble tombs, the graceful rood screen, the splendid glass, all go to prove that there was here lavished everything that wealth, power and intelligence could command. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z A noble ship went in; it is spit out in broken fragments, splintered spars, crushed masts, and cast up for many a rood along the shore. Gamblers and Gambling 2010-12-26T03:00:19.913Z The only rood screen I recollect for the moment having the three figures upon it, is at St. Andrew’s, Kenn. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The Warwickshire County Council says there are four roods to one acre, and 40 perches to one rood, though it can vary by locality. Legal Quirk Saddles Farmer With Debt 2010-05-20T01:10:00Z The church of Arques, a building of the 16th century, preserves a fine stone rood screen, statuary, stained glass and other relics of the Renaissance period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The work of Richelieu is utterly undone, the work of Henry II and Louis XIV is partially undone; the Rhine now neither crosses nor waters a single rood of French ground. The Ifs of History Now, by the rood," King Pepin says, "This child is passing fair; I wot he is of gentle blood, Perhaps some prince's heir. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) There seems now to be a general inclination towards a revival of the rood screen. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z In another setback, he found that land boundaries back then were measured in "roods" and "perches." Legal Quirk Saddles Farmer With Debt 2010-05-20T01:10:00Z Internally, the chief feature is the Iconostasis, which corresponds to the English rood screen, except that in Russia it forms a complete separation between the church and the sanctuary with its altar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Previous to the dissolution, a rood-screen bearing a gigantic rood, the object of many pilgrimages, stood to the west of the tower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Above the anti-choir was the rood loft, in which were kept the reliques, and on which was erected the principal rood or cross, with the figure of the Saviour carved on it. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations Whether or no the setting up of the rood in the rood loft will ever again become customary in the English Church, is a question time alone can solve. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The rood loft, the oak stalls, and the reredos in the chapel of the Virgin are masterpieces in a similar style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Return: and every rood of ground Breaks into daffodils. Later Poems While she clung, as one, withstood, clasps a Christ upon the rood, In a spasm of deathly pain. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II The ancient rood screens of the Norfolk churches have many of them been found exactly to correspond with those found in Devonshire, and only there. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations There are also remains of a mural painting of St. Christopher on the north wall, and of others on the wall above the rood loft. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield Nay, by the sacred rood! where is she? The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses The church, which stands inland in the old village distinguished as Upper Dovercourt, is Early English and later; it formerly possessed a miraculous rood which became an object of pilgrimage of wide repute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Thus, in a few days the English were stripped of every rood of the territory which they had held in France since the time of Edward the Third. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 In the aisle once stood a chapel, altar, and image of St. Catherine, with a light burning before it, and against one of the pillars stood a famous rood, called the Brown Rood. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations The rood loft turret and staircase remain in the south abutment of the chancel arch. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield "Had we one such man as that," said he, "I now had been lying in Holy rood Palace." Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier And there was not a rood of ground, a horse, colored person, gate or wall, but was an attraction to Maid Sally, so long as it belonged to Ingleside. Maid Sally A million roods of hills had he overlaid with its links, had scribbled over in this oldest script with the story of his life. The Trail of the Sandhill Stag Thence the procession returned to the great rood in the nave, and there 10made the second station, the bidding-prayer being given out to the people from the rood-screen, after which it re-entered the choir. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The murdered man had been found lying under the canes on the wayside not a rood from the church. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June He spoke of vast sea-serpents, how they float480 For many a rood, or near some hurrying boat Lift up their tall neck, with a hissing sound, And questing turn their bloodshot eye-balls round. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 “Will Lawless, by the rood—ye know me as well as your own hand,” returned the outlaw contemptuously. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) At the foot of the great rood over the northern door the heretical tracts and Testaments were thrown into a fire. Old and New London Volume I Third.—To plant within ten years one rood of every thousand acres with hemp, and to keep up the same or a like quantity during the successive years. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 With precious jewels adorned, He saw the radiant rood over the roof of clouds, 90 Gorgeous with gold and gleaming gems. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose The place of the rood, where the screen was sufficiently substantial, as in cathedrals, has been almost universally converted into an organ loft. The Church Handy Dictionary Nay, by the sacred rood! where is she?—Host, where is that girl?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) A miraculous rood from Kent was brought to St. Paul's, and the machinery that moved the eyes and lips was shown to the populace, after which it was thrown down and broken amid contemptuous laughter. Old and New London Volume I Behind I saw them, scarce a rood At daybreak winding through the wood, And through the night had heard their feet, Their stealing, rustling step repeat. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Tell, if you can, On which of these roods the Ruler of angels, The Savior of men suffered his death. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose The Sheriff swore a full great oath, By Him that died on rood, He had lever than a hundred pound That he had Robin Hood. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse Then arising, he passed to the gate of the rood screen, where his commanding figure was thrown into bold relief by the altar lights. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts He was a gaunt man, with sunken cheeks and weary eyes; gray, worn, unwashed, and old; one of the earth’s disinherited who believed that he had come into his rood of land at last. The Rustler of Wind River On the south side of the chancel arch is a rood loft staircase turret, of which both the lower and upper door remain. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time Gems on all sides Full rarely enriched the rood of the Savior. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose Busk you, my merry young men, For Him that died on a rood! Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse A large cross called a rood was at one time always placed over the entrance to the chancel. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them The acreage was three hundred and ninety-five acres one rood and the mortgage was concluded for £1,120 for one thousand years. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 Outside the church, near the top of the wall of a cupola-shaped finial of the rood loft turret is an old sun dial. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time There lay the body, Until above him was reared the rood of the Lord, The holy cross of heaven’s King, The sign of salvation. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose I greet thee as poet and scholar; I greet thee as wise and good; I greet thee ever lord of thyself— No heritage mean, by the rood! The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad In early days, the lessons were read from the top of the rood screen, and in many of our churches the stairways leading thither have been retained. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat, And by the holy rood, A man all light, a seraph man By every corse there stood. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) The most The rood of Boxley. famous of the roods was that of Boxley in Kent, which used to smile and bow, or frown and shake its head, as its worshippers were generous or closehanded. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. As a rood I was raised up; a royal King I bore, 45 The Lord of heavenly legions. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose When at last every rood of ground and knot of sea is mapped and charted, whither shall the explorer direct his steps? Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers A journey down the Rhine is like passing through wonderland; wild stories, quaint stories, legendary and historic stories, are associated with every rood of ground from the Alps to the ocean. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden They swore by the rood they were sailors good, But rich merchants they could not be. Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series Its powers are submitted to trial, Now it happened that within the circuit of a few miles there lived four young men, to whom the virtues of the rood had become greatly questionable. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Now, by the rood! a funnier knight than this same Rupert Harmon, ne'er drew a foaming tankard of nut-brown ale, or blew a cloud from a short pipe in a chimney corner. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. Wheat, wine, olives, almonds, and oranges are produced, not only side by side, but from the same fields, and the painfully thorough system of cultivation leaves not a rood of the soil unused. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Midway the form hung high upon the rood Of Him who gave his life to be our good. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul He goes into Saint Mary church, And kneeled down before the rood; All that ever were the church within, Beheld well Robin Hood. Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series Forward and back, forward and back, they rode the whole hundred and sixty acres, until not a rood of it had escaped their scrutiny. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West "That one from which the Abbey was named, the silver rood that was given, they pretended, to—I forget now what king." The Wide, Wide World Now, by the rood, my lovely maid, Your courtesy has erred," he said; 445 "No right have I to claim, misplaced, The welcome of expected guest. Lady of the Lake Little did he think he had been fighting for a people, who would not grant one rood of their vast territory for the benevolent purpose! An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Still then stood the proud potter, Thus then said he; ‘And I had a bow, by the rood, One shot should ye see.’ Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series The conversation turned upon public affairs; and at last they began to talk of the pulling down of the roods, which Philippa opposed, while both Frances and Isoult pronounced them idols. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution There are no recent marks of the axe—not even the “girdling” of a tree—nothing to show that another rood is required. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness I am verily one for whom Christ our Lord deigned to die on the bitter rood, and so is Hilda la Vileyne. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers No, by the rood,115 not so: You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife; And—would it were not so!—you are my mother. Hamlet I wandered into the garden in God's name, and found in the midst of it a small garden, that was square and six roods long, hedged in with rose thorns, and the roses bloomed beautifully. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Now, by the rood!" cried the Queen, as soon as she could speak distinctly, "fain would we see your face, good gentleman. The Panchronicon This structure covers a surface of one and three-quarter roods, and reaches a height of 98 feet in the center. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Only one stream can wash the world to last, and that floweth right from the rood on Calvary.” In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Yet he did not take a rood of land, and his official status at the time of his death was no higher than the fourth rank. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The hot sun is burning on—better weather for haymaking could not be—but there is not a rood of grass cut for them to work on. The Toilers of the Field There is a good rood screen in the chancel. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter No north aisle was built: but a drain in the north wall of the nave shows that there was a third altar against the north side of the rood screen. The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church With us too rage against the rood Your devils and your swine; A colder scorn of womanhood, A baser fear of wine, And lust without the harem, And Doom without the God, Go. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The church of St. Paul, London, contains within its limits three acres of land and a half; one rood and a half, and six perches covered. A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum There remained seventy-five acres three roods standing within the walls unburnt. Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc There are some fragmentary remains of a carved rood screen, and a plain old oak pulpit. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The rood screen, stretching across nave and aisles, appeared to full advantage, when unbroken by the chancel arch. The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church As soon as the enemy appeared, the Saint, lifting the rood in his hands, shouted three times at the top of his voice, "Hallelujah!" Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children He did not covet his neighbour's land; but he was most resolute that no stranger should, during his reign, ever possess a rood of his own. The Vicar of Bullhampton For prayers are good, If before the rood Thy beads thou tellest praying; If thou tellest on, Forgetting none Of the saints who with God are staying. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 These, probably, were taken from a former rood screen. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The beautiful high altar, the rood loft, the choir stalls, have long disappeared. The Story of Paris A miraculous rood at Boxley, which bowed its head and stirred its eyes, was paraded from market to market and exhibited as a juggle before the court. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 But rest at ease, De Aquila, no hair of thy head nor rood of thy land shall be forfeited,” and he smiled like one planning great good deeds. Puck of Pook’s Hill Bear, as token of this moment, Marks of blood and holy rood!” Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 The present rood screen and canopied stalls were put in toward the close of the fifteenth century. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric There the sick, installed in a house, found themselves prohibited from going more than thirty roods from their hospital. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The rood usually stood on the parapet or front rail of the loft, but sometimes on a rood-beam crossing the church at some height above the loft. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See The plates are of a date too late to show any rood. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch This archway seems too wide to have been the entrance to the stairs leading to the rood loft, a use which has been suggested for it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Then, too, were founded rich ecclesiastical establishments; then was built the cathedral, containing among other treasures matchless brasses, a unique rood‑loft, and a double triptych, the masterpiece of Memling. Overbeck Several of them threw themselves into the sea with such haste, that they jumped ten or fifteen roods, straight upon the pointed rocks. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century On either side of the rood altar the screen was pierced by a doorway for processions, and the altar itself was protected by a fence-screen a little farther west. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See Besides any remaining roods and crucifixes, altars were demolished, tombs wrecked, plate, jewels, vestments and frontals sold. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Read on that rood He died upon— Virtue is that beseems a Man! From a Cornish Window A New Edition Fear not, oh, prude, To see the Nude; For by the rood, She isn't there! The Re-echo Club They managed this weapon so adroitly that they could strike a butt no larger than a shilling with both stones, at a distance of fifteen roods. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Other articles sold included: A painted cloth from before the rood, realizing 7s. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See Coverham Enclosure, which contained 350 acres 2 roods 34 poles, was made about fifteen years ago, part with a dry stone wall, and part post and rails; nothing but the bank now remains. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Charles II. also prohibited the cultivation of tobacco in England and Ireland, attaching a penalty of 10� per rood. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce The "Gatenby farmers" were henceforth noted as a favored class; and many, anxious for the same recompense, borrowed, enclosed and improved, until they had not a rood of land to call their own. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Thus he was taken to a mora�, a solid construction of stone forty roods long and fourteen high. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century “My child!” answered the Friar quietly, “who died on the rood for thee?” For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary Stapleage Enclosure, containing 183 acres 1 rood 3 poles, has been made about five years, part with dry stone wall, and part dead hedge; in general in good repair. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account "Every tree seems one of the family, and every rood has transferred a picture of its beauty to our hearts." Summerfield or, Life on a Farm From the rood screen the sequence of the figures of the patriarchs and prophets leads up to the climax of "Our Lord in Glory." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum The rood screen is ornate, with figures of saints and patriarchs; the pavement is diversified with brasses and carved marble slabs, and several Crusaders' tombs adorn the side chapels. The Bishop's Secret Every rood of soil we cultivate in Europe has been watered by the sweat of several races of men. The Conquest of Bread Buckholt Enclosure, which contains 352 acres 3 roods 20 poles, has been made about eighty years, the greatest part with a stone wall, the rest hedge and ditch. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account “Did not God die on the rood, Mother?” The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time I see my rood upon the clouds, The winds, my chanted choir; My crystal windows, heaven-glazed, Are stained with sunset fire. Songs for a Little House He who shed His blood for us on the rood keepeth us safe, and none shall be able to pluck us out of His hand. The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel Had he been starving he would not have sold a single rood of Redmarley land to assuage his hunger. The Ffolliots of Redmarley “Crab-tree Hill,” comprising 372 acres 2 roods 34 poles, was formed, and planted similarly to the last; but the Enclosure Commissioners set out a considerable extent of land to be taken in and planted. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account O Christ Jesu! if in very deed it were in love for us that Thou barest death on the bitter rood, hast Thou no love left to welcome the dying sinner? The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time The illustration reproduced from a negative taken about twenty years ago will give a better idea of the character and position of the rood than verbal description. Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of Ss. Mary & Ethelfleda All our Lord’s followers wear His crown of thorns; but theirs, under His loving hand, bud and flower; which His never did, till He could cry upon the rood, ‘It is finished.’ The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel Mr Ffolliot sees to that; not one rood of land will he sell, and the old houses looks just the same as when I was a little girl. The Ffolliots of Redmarley The Reports he sent to the Secretary of State descended to the smallest matters: he noted every rood of land granted, and every ration issued. The History of Tasmania , Volume II But you still refusing, then every rood of your land is forfeit, and the marriages and custody of all your childre shall be given unto our fair aunt, the Duchess Dowager of York. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time The central western arch occupies the place of the rood-loft, and it is probable that until the Reformation the great rood was placed over it. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See And He that died on the rood would give us that better water, if we asked Him.” The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel Three golden rings On a red ground; my cousin's by the rood! The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems Every rood of earth, moistened and hallowed with sacred blood, sings to-day a noble dirge, wordless, but how eloquent! Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Execration Thereat still fouler filled the sulphurous air: Before the rood the hermit sank:—"Salvation Grant, Lord! in his despair!" Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 On the breast of his robe were words in the Latin tongue, which said, 'Lo, I am Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom, who did take our Lord's body down from the cruel rood.' King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls It was made on the red rood, thirteen hundred years ago, when ‘one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water.’ The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel And in the night lay down together, And hung above our heads the rood, Or watch'd night-long in the dewy weather, The while the moon did watch the wood. The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems The bimanal species of this order are similarly appendaged, though they are not apt to be staked beside railways or confined to a rood of ground. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 And by the rood he looks fierce enough to eat babes! In Kings' Byways Every rood of this region had been in possession of that humming army over there. The Long Roll Now the above-recited lands, measuring seven hundred and fourteen acres, two roods, and eleven perches, statute measure, were mine, and I am the Cornelius O'Dowd, Esq., referred to in the same paragraph. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Ten yearé such feast be held, In the worship of Mary mild And for Him that died on the rood. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Every line, every rood, every gable, every tower, has some story of the past present in it. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida But they could nae take the blessed rood o' grace; it was beyond their strength. The Gold Of Fairnilee The man likes to have his foot securely on a rood of Mother Earth, a patch to call his very own. The Black Colonel Huge as he is, and while "he lies floating many a rood," he is still a creature. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II The nave, from the crossing to the rood loft, and part of the transepts are, undoubtedly, the oldest portions of the existing edifice. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Just beyond the rood were also the Jesus altars, above and below, but no trace of these nor of the wall or screen upon which they stood is left. Westminster Abbey A rood is a piece of land one rod wide and forty rods long, that is, the fourth of an acre. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Above it is a relic that many might pass unnoticed; it is the figure of a woman about two-thirds life-size standing in an ancient rood door. Westminster The Fascination of London Yea, Godiva, by the holy rood, will I pardon the city, when thou ridest naked at noontide through the streets! Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The portion eastwards from the rood screen is in better preservation. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Formerly the rood was suspended from the nave roof between us and the present wooden screen, which, although the stone below is of fourteenth-century workmanship, is only about a hundred years or so old. Westminster Abbey We have been annexing ever since we had a rood of land to make annexations to, and it would be a pity to begin to stop now. 'That Very Mab' “I will, Sol, a whole rood of ’em,” said Old Brownsmith, “and thank ye for the advice.” Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden I came rather warmly and lovingly; but these light ringlets, by the holy rood, shall not shade this shoulder much longer. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection A miraculous rood at Boxley, which bowed its head and stirred its eyes, was paraded from market to market and exhibited as a juggle before the Court. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 The rood is described as having been brought from Holyrood by David Bruce, and was made of silver, with effigies of our Saviour, S. John, and Our Lady, having crowns of gold on their heads. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See Square Measure.--144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30-1/4 square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference In the meantime there is a full rood of ground beyond the northern hedge that we may consider. The Blue Pavilions He measured the whole lordship of Elmton, consisting of some thousand acres, simply by striding over it, and gave the area not only in acres, roods and perches, but even in square inches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The great cross of the rood fell down accidentally and killed one of the workmen, a circumstance which many ascribed to the special intervention of the Almighty. London and the Kingdom - Volume I Sometimes this gallery was so small as to admit of the rood and two attendant images only, and had no apparent access to it, as that in Wormleighton Church, Warwickshire. The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. During this episcopate the rood screen was erected, and a sumptuous monument placed over the grave of the founder. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See And southward dug they many a rood, until before their shuddering sight, The next earth-bearing elephant stood, huge Mahapadmas' mountain height. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems The lower part of the west tower is used as a baptistery; this is separated from the nave by a screen, formed of fragments of the old rood screen. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings On this higher level stands the altar, which is backed up by the rood screen. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey All the carved wooden roods appear to have been destroyed at the Reformation in compliance with the injunctions issued for that purpose. The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. The rood loft was damaged by the Puritans, and probably removed after the Restoration. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See That is right by the rood, these nights are long, Yet I would, or we yode,109 one gave us a song. 2nd Shepherd. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays A memorandum in the churchwardens' accounts speak of him setting up a pair of organs on the rood loft. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings The view eastward is often closed by a dark red curtain that hangs behind the organ, which stands in a gallery behind the rood screen. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey The Choir is separated from the rest of the church by a very elaborate rood screen, which was built circa 1475-1505, and is therefore the latest part of the original building. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See He died August 8, 1369, and was buried in the cathedral, before the rood loft. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See Nay, sir, by the rood of grace I will hie me from thee fast, Though thou weep till thy heart brast. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays The nave is divided from the choir by a splendid rood screen 16 feet 6 inches high, 33 feet long, and 9 feet thick. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings The pulpit against the fourth pier on the north side, counting from the rood screen, is new, decorated with pentagonal diaper work—pentagons being apparently particularly attractive to Lord Grimthorpe. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey The church has a noble rood screen; and the Yarn Market is unique in England; so is the queer old "Nunnery," so-called, and the ancient inn where we stayed. Set in Silver Browne died in 1445, and was buried in the nave, in the front and to the west side of rood. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See Be still: Thy dream makes thee wood:139 It is but phantom, by the rood. 1st Shepherd. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays The upper stalls number in all thirty-six, fifteen on either side, and six with their backs to the rood screen. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings A miraculous crucifix had been kept at Boxley, in Kent, and bore the appellation of the "rood of grace." The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary O labor, to despoil Some lovely forest scene, Or at the granite stratum toil, And desecrate whole roods of soil, Is vandal-like and mean! Poems Vol. IV The mass priest then sprinkled them with holy water, let each of them taste the holy water, and gave them the book of the Gospels and the image of Christ's rood to kiss. The Customs of Old England For my long service, I thee pray, Grant me the body, say me not nay Of Jesus dead on rood. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays This was repaired, enlarged, and rebuilt at various times, and at the restoration, when the rood screen was unfortunately destroyed, the organ was placed in the south choir aisle. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings Now by the rood, and all the saints on high, I hold it sin that thou shouldst lift thy hand Against thy brothers in thy native land! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan "That one from which the Abbey was named, Sir; the silver rood that was given, they pretended, to I forget now what king." The Wide, Wide World "Christ's rood! the holy rood!" roared back the English warriors. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He was not aware that a rood of ground upon Schuylkill is tenfold better than an acre on the Tennessee. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 But a rood beside, And, slipping past him, foremost he had sprung, And solved a doubt by winning. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor High waved before, in crimson pride, 2 The banner of the Cross; The silver rood was then descried, While deacon youths, from side to side, The fuming censer toss. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan I seem to spill with frantic hands, and spurn the piteous blood, To trample on the blessed bread, and spit upon the rood!' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 He had scarcely hoped to possess even a rood of land, and now he had two acres. Letters from France They gain not a yard of earth save at the bright sword's point; not a rood of grass unstained by Scottish blood. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History A very effective rood screen separates the choir from the nave. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 Like Him thou hangst in dreadful pomp of blood Upon thy Western rood; And His stained brow did veil like thine to night. Among Famous Books With undimmed faces and unsoiled foot-gear they paced on, rood after rood, and Vixen, drooping her head, followed at their heels. Wych Hazel Go forth, my monks, with mass and rood the Norman camp unto, And to the fold, with shepherd crook, entice this grisly Rou. Successful Recitations Mr. Musgrave's landlord was an impoverished man, but he could not sell a rood of his land, because his heir was a cousin with whom he was at feud. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax There in the centre arose an artificial mount, and upon it stood a cross--the figure of the Redeemer, bending, as in death, from the rood. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars George took his screw by the head, and, giving him a hearty rib-roasting with his whip, ran him full tilt at the palings, and carried away half a rood. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour I cannot close this chapter without saying something about the great stone rood known as the Ruthwell Cross, because it bears upon it part of this poem engraved in runes. Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days She had sworn on the rood never to see the king again, but the prelates were "like dumb dogs unable to bark" against her; and no effort was made to prosecute her for perjury. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Jesus, for that selfsame blood Which Thou sheddest upon rood, Bring us to the heavenly light. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II My sinful steps are not permitted to press that soil, once trodden by those blessed feet, nailed for our salvation to the holy rood. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars It was 37 acres 1 rood in extent, and contained ninety-six lands, owned by seventeen people. A Short History of English Agriculture The great rood was set up with stately ceremonial, in preparation for the visit of the Queen and her husband, Philip of Spain, they having been married at Winchester, July 29th, 1554. Old St. Paul's Cathedral Some are tall and some are low: The tallest of them is six roods high; The lowest but ten feet. More Translations from the Chinese He was acquainted with every rood of land in the, parish; knew with astonishing accuracy where coveys were to be sprung, and hares started. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three She paused as they knelt before the rood. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars I. Constantine sees the vision of the rood. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems The rood was again turned out, as were the images, and now it was with the approval of the people at large. Old St. Paul's Cathedral It delineates American life so graphically that we feel as if Mr. Hale must have seen every rood of ground he describes, and must have known personally every character he so cleverly depicts. The Man Without a Country and Other Tales In the mornings and evenings he cultivated his garden and his rood of potato-ground. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The sea, though undulated into long roods of swells, seemed fixed, and was sleeked at the surface like waved lead that has cooled and set in the smelter's mould. The Piazza Tales The writer is ready for his journey, and directs his prayer to the rood. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems So much may one such settlement in a rood of ground do for the maintenance of organic existence. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 It is like some huge sea monster 'floating many a rood,' but there is only one life in it. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII His landlord permitted him to spread this for planting upon his land; and Owen, ere long, instead of a rood, was able to plant half an acre, and ultimately, an acre of potatoes. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Some knelt bare-kneed; as they prayed, stretching out their arms like a rood. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London His friends now dwell in glory, and the rood of the Lord will bring him there where he may partake of joy with the saints. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems Our Saviour Christ upon the rood spoke to His Blessed Mother before His dereliction, but not again afterwards. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary It covered an area of two acres, three roods, and twenty-one poles, or about that of an ordinary London square. Ancient Egypt On the 28th, the produce of 240 sets of potatoes, which had been planted on three roods of ground the first of June, were dug up, and yielded five bushels of very fine potatoes. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island The Woodman's heart is in his work, His axe is sharp and good: With sturdy arm and steady aim He smites the gaping wood; From distant rocks His lusty knocks Re-echo many a rood. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Thén it was plain that victory gave To Constantine the King Almighty145 In the work of that day, glorious honor, Might 'neath the heavens, through the tree of his rood. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems There was a round table in the midst of the floor, and a chair on this side and that; and there was an image of Christ upon the rood that stood upon the table. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary The most famous of the roods was that of Boxley in Kent, which used to smile and bow, or frown and shake its head, as its worshippers were generous or closehanded. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Mind, it is to be at twenty-two roods' distance. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest What recked the Chieftain if he stood On Highland heath, or Holy- rood? Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The victor-famed sat, their song they raised, The wise in rede, 'round the three roods Until the ninth hour; new joy they had870 With wonder found. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems This only can I say of the state itself: that Master Richard said that it was in a manner what our Lord suffered upon the rood when he cried to His Father Eloi, Eloi, etc. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary Now it happened that within the circuit of a few miles there lived four young men, to whom the virtues of the rood had become greatly questionable. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) The Srutis declare that he that practises renunciation escapes from birth and death, and obtaining the right rood, that person of fixed soul attains to Brahma. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The writer then describes the "fine wainscote work" to which this costly "rood and pictures" were fastened on a pillar at the east end of the southern aisle of the quire. Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850 Mary, who takes into mind That one most dear of festal days Of that rood under heaven, that which the mightiest1235 Ruler of all with arm protected. Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems He thought, he told me afterwards, that he was on Calvary beneath the rood, and that the rocks were rending about him. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary Between the divisions a path should be left, one rood in breadth. 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. Often a winter storm will expose bedrock throughout precious roods of sloping harvest-land, and the farmer must carry up from the valley many painful baskets of soil to replace the loss. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees This statement is erroneous; the rood having been mistaken for the stone, which, by the way, as your readers know, was never restored. Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850 Then was manifest from that day's deed that the King Almighty gave unto Constantine victory, 145 glorious honor, and a realm beneath the heavens, through his holy rood. The Elene of Cynewulf translated into English prose Then he blessed the food, looking upon it a great while, and seeing with the eyes of his soul his Saviour's body stretched upon the rood. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary On flat ground the divisions may be each 625 square roods, each of which may contain, if planted— Trees. 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. For strength we thank Thee: keep us strong, And grant us pride of skilful toil; For homes we thank Thee: may we long Have each some Eden rood of soil. Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure The farmer puts in the crop for the manure, the cottier paying the farmer's rent—5s. to 10s. a rood, or whatever it may be. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times With souls uplifted in their victory, they sat themselves down about the rood, and with earnest thought raised their voices in song until the ninth hour, when they had new joy, gloriously gained. The Elene of Cynewulf translated into English prose The bill gave its measurement as 1 acre, 1 rood, 15 perches. Hocken and Hunken Edgbaston Pool covers an area of twenty-two acres, three roods, and thirty-six poles. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically So that by this carefully prepared clause, the head of a family who happened to hold a single foot of ground over one rood, was put outside the pale of relief, with his whole family. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines The Pope, however, let it be clearly known that he had no intention of ceding a rood of his possessions, or of recognising the separation of the part which had already escaped from him. The Liberation of Italy There hath the rood of life, best tree of victory, dwelt since then, indestructible in its nobleness. The Elene of Cynewulf translated into English prose Before her moved a great rood, with a figure upon it, of which one arm hung from the nailed hand, swinging as it went; an embroidery streamed behind with the swiftness of the motion. Lord of the World Birmingham it is bought and sold by the square yard, and very pretty prices are occasionally paid therefor; our agricultural friends reckon by acres, roods, and perches. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically Under the Labour-rate Act, not so much as one rood of ground could be reclaimed or improved. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines The remainder of the famous rood had been used to mend the roads, to built pigsties and domestic offices; it had turned Protestant, in fact. The Hill of Dreams Popular tradition still points to the spot where the great leader was slain, and there, beside a spring called Battlewell, was placed a sacred rood. Evesham So profuse are these gorgeous flowers, that when they fall, the ground for many roods on all sides is a carpet of scarlet. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 With my own dead father lying within a few roods of me, I ran towards her in a state of high exhilaration, forgetting everything but her. Aylwin He had to provide palms for that Sunday, watch the Easter sepulchre "till the resurrecion be don," and then take down the "lenten clothys" about the altar and the rood. The Parish Clerk About the middle of the fifteenth century a stone rood screen was built up between the western piers of the central tower. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See This inclosure is about two roods high, and has but one gate of entrance, which is shut when necessary with piles, stakes, and bars. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Blest Sufferer on the rood; but yet, I say Other. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Two of his principal wives were at a window on one side, whose curiosity led them to break holes in a lattice of roods that hung before the window, to gaze on me. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time By the rood, but the frost bites keenly! The Thirsty Sword Now the landlord, who owned every rood of the village of Lissoy, lived in London. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great That field by spirits bad and good, By Hell and Heaven is haunted, And every rood in the hemlock wood I know is ground enchanted. Poems Household Edition Must ye never have a rood on earth ye can call your own, in the vast inheritance of your fathers? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 O that Providence would build me the merest little shanty, and mark me out a rood or two of garden-ground, near the sea-coast. Yesterdays with Authors By the rood, a well-favoured youth, and a strong. The Thirsty Sword Notice the quaint wooden gallery and the stairs to the rood loft, and also a stoup in good preservation. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End Page after page, in the charters, is filled with the list of those, who, with "Lands and livings, many a rood, Had gifted the shrine for their soul's repose." Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 In the reign of Elizabeth, no cottager had less than four acres of land to cultivate; but it has been found that a single rood has produced the most beneficial effects. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 "Yea, by God's rood, I trusted you too well!" Nancy If you slay him not, Alpin, then, by the holy rood, I myself will do so. The Thirsty Sword The pulpit, approached by the rood staircase, is of the same date. Somerset I don't know where I struck the creek, though I knew every rood of the woods: I am, as you know, a born woodsman, and know all wood craft. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio And in all that time the plough shall only have to plough for fallow or for spring or winter sowing three roods and a half daily, and for second fallowing an acre. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro Her waning rood of ice narrowed, foot by foot, like an unthrifty man's heritage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 "By the rood, but you are a thoughtless loon!" The Thirsty Sword The pulpit is approached by the old rood staircase. Somerset A quadrangle of slate-roofed cow-sheds, for housing horses and cattle, will displace the old-fashioned barns, each with its rood of roof. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Every acre, every rood of ground which they claimed had to be cleared by the axe and held with the rifle. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 A dusky mass flung together on a waning rood of ice,—Wade could see nothing more. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 So much were they surprised at our undauntedness, that they retired about a hundred roods from us. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) And you not owning so much as a rood of ridges! New Irish Comedies Upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth once more, and this time for ever, the rood was destroyed, and the loft, though "reformed," did not long survive it. Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 So that as Trim uttered the words, "a rood and a half of ground, to do what they would with," this identical bowling-green instantly presented itself upon the retina of my Uncle Toby's fancy. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Down the Tiber, where the ghastly embankment walls in the yellow stream, there was then a picturesque riverbank, with a delightful foreground in every rood of it. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I Better owe A yard of land to labour, than to chance Be debtor for a rood! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 The most striking feature of the interior is a canopy over the chancel arch, a relic of the rood that once stood beneath it. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter The choir is now closed by a screen carrying a large rood carved in oak. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Then I was transported away to the Arctic sea, where I saw him floundering many a rood, "hugest of those that swim the ocean stream." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829 In a moment thought Geraint, "Here by God's rood is the one maid for me." Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Every rood of ground yielded to the pretensions of the masters of slaves is so much of the heirloom of freedom and of civilization lost without hope of recovery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 ‘Every rood of it, and the mansion-house and all! every hatom of his worldly goods, except just a trifle, by way of remembrance, to his nephew down in —shire, and an annuity to his wife.’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall The step at this point is of oak, and is probably the original sill of the rood screen. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Excellent laws," said the baron: "excellent, by the holy rood. Maid Marian When the high-road from Huddersfield to Manchester was determined on, he agreed to make it at so much a rood, though at that time the line had not been marked out. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain I would fain try my hand at it, for, by the black rood! The White Company The great windows of the forest abbey shone with torch and candle; its high pinnacles and spires arose very clear and silent, and the gold rood upon the topmost summit glittered brightly in the moon. The Black Arrow The piers at the chancel entrance contain the staircases leading to the roofs and formerly to the rood loft. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Oh woe the day when 'not a rood of English ground'—laid out in Staggs's Gardens—is secure! Dombey and Son "Not so, by the holy rood!" replied the King; "it was done in the frank confidence which one brave man may repose in another, without a shadow of danger." Ivanhoe By the rood!" cried the fierce man-at-arms, "I will see the color of their blood ere I turn my mare's head for the mountains. The White Company Why, ye be well met; nay, gossip, ye be right well met, upon the rood! The Black Arrow She asks a husband at his handThat is not worth a rood of land. Ballads, Lyrics, and Poems of Old France Sir," saith she, "The shield that this damsel beareth belonged to Joseph, the good soldier knight that took down Our Lord of hanging on the rood. The High History of the Holy Graal By the rood of Bromholme," said the Saxon, "you do but small credit to your fame, Sir Prior! Ivanhoe "By the rood!" he broke out suddenly, slapping his thigh with his great red hand, "I knew that there was something a-missing, but I could not bring to my mind what it was." The White Company I had a fair choice, by the rood! to lose my sweetheart or else lose my life! The Black Arrow "I Oswald, Archbishop of York, confirm all these words through the holy rood on which Christ was crucified." The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle He beholdeth the rich entrance of the gateway there where Our Lord God was figured as He was set upon the rood, and seeth two lions that guard the entrance of the gate. The High History of the Holy Graal In a moment thought Geraint, 'Here by God's rood is the one maid for me.' Idylls of the King "And, by the rood! he hath some strange wares," cried John. The White Company Ye shall have no hurt, upon the rood! The Black Arrow He abandoned his chrism and his rood—his ghostly weapons—and took to his spear and to his sword, after his bishophood; and so marched to the field against Griffin the Welsh king. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle You are her affiance and her succour, and therefore ought you to remember that the good knight Joseph of Abarimacie, that took down your Body when it hung upon the rood, was her own uncle. The High History of the Holy Graal It remains for you to slay her, and take your kingdom, if, indeed, when all is done, there remains a man or a rood of land to govern. The Lost Continent I had it, together with this piece of the true rood, from the five-and-twentieth descendant of Joseph of Arimathea, who still lives in Jerusalem alive and well, though latterly much afflicted by boils. The White Company Nay, by the sacred rood! where is she? The Black Arrow In this year was found the holy rood. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle One was there leading by nearly a rood, Though we were racing he kept to the fore, Still as a rock in his stirrups he stood, High in the sunlight his sabre he bore. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon I will grow clamorous—by the rood, I will, If thus ye use me like a pewter pot! The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 By the black rood! it is a good piece of yew, well nocked, well strung, well waxed, and very joyful to the feel. The White Company I heard him swear it by the rood. The Black Arrow And he sent him great gifts in relics, and a part of the rood on which Christ suffered. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Hugo: I will drink it, although, by mass and rood, I am just as wise as I was before. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon Stretched o'er nine roods, lies Tityos accursed, The vulture at his vitals feeding slow; There Tantalus, whose bitter, burning thirst The fleeting waters madden as they flow. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse "By the black rood of Waltham!" he roared, "if any knave among you lays a finger-end upon the edge of my gown, I will crush his skull like a filbert!" The White Company Not a rood of the land that has belonged to my race from generation to generation since Edward IV. was king, is left to me. The Lovels of Arden And at last he took her hand and swore by the holy rood that he would be true to her. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Lady Abbess, ere worse things come to pass, I would speak with thee alone; Alack and alas! for by the rood and mass I fear we are all undone. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon Then, by the rood, A bone in your hood I shall put, ere it be long. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 By the rood! if I had my will upon ye, I should nail you upon the abbey doors, as they hang vermin before their holes. The White Company Labor was consequently abundant,—and "there is not a rood of waste land" in the island. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 The rood-cloth, or veil, hid the rood during Lent, and in some churches we have seen the roller which was used to raise this veil. English Villages In historic Europe, where every rood of ground is hallowed in legend and in song, the least imaginative can find food for sad and sweet reflection. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon No, no, my friend, not so; I thought always ye should not be good, And now it will prove, I see, by the rood. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 No one who does not already possess several thousand acres of land ought to be permitted by law to purchase a single rood. The Roof of France The roods that were in churches and chapels were placed in shrines, that were styled Rood-lofts. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Many of these account books date from pre-Reformation times, and disclose the changes which took place in the fabric of our churches, the removal of roods and other ecclesiastical furniture, during the Reformation. English Villages And this doubt increased as he looked over the long column of tenants' names, whose holdings varied in every imaginable quantity of acres, roods, and perches. Lord Kilgobbin Sir, I thank thee, by the rood, For thy counsel that is so good; And I commit me even now Under the teaching of Riot and you. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Its rood- loft, carved stalls, altar screen, and monuments require a chapter to themselves. The Roof of France Yea, by the rood! even with the greatest. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 Above, the rood looked down on all the worshippers. English Villages By the rood," William exclaimed, "but they fought stoutly, whoever they are. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest Youth, I trow that he would Make you holy, ere ye be old; And, I swear by the rood, It is time enough to be good, When that ye be old. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 For many a rood the shivering ice it tore, Loosed every bark and shook the sounding shore; Stroke after stroke with doubling force he plied, Foil'd the hoar Fiend and pulverized the tide. The Columbiad Nay, sir, by the rood of grace, I will hie me from thee fast, Though thou weep till thy heart brast. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 In equity, and at law, he had then the power of foreclosing on every house and rood of ground I owned. The Uninhabited House But soon, fallen trees, and lopped branches, dragged many a rood and then left there, made it difficult to pass. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 You are a proper man of your hands, by the rood! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 The labyrinthine mythologies of the East have their long-drawn stories of the avatars of their gods floating many a rood on the weltering ocean of their legends. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts "Hide this," she said, breathless, drawing from beneath her mantle a huge sword; "hide it, where no one dare touch it, under the altar behind the holy rood: no place too secret." Hereward, the Last of the English But when he has compassed the extreme ends of the globe, he will not have found a rood of ground upon which any one will ever wish to live. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia He was utterly unschooled in the art of computing by acres and roods. An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat,And, by the holy rood!A man all light, a seraph-man,On every corse there stood.” Pages from a Journal with Other Papers The whole village lived in the field; a corn-land village is always the most populous, and every rood of land thereabouts, in a sense, maintains its man. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies And possibly all your capital is invested in land--" "Every farthing that could be scraped together," says Simon, "and not a rood of it but is leased to substantial men. A Set of Rogues Nor were these their only causes of excitement; for the great Bayfield elm, a rood below the gates and in full view of them, marked the westward boundary of the French prisoners on parole. The Westcotes Nay, by the rood, I'll lose my life, or purge thy lustful blood. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Go to China, and to any living soul you obtain no access, or next to none,—such disastrous roods of etiquette are interposed between. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 Of yore the rich man is said, in the Roman classic, to have measured his money, so here you might have measured it by the rood. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Why, nothing, by the rood, nothing she ails. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Read on that rood He died upon-- Virtue is that becrowns a Man! The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" No, by the rood: These love-rhymes are the tokens of small good. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 The western chamber was originally in two stages, the lower acting as a porch to the church, the upper as a chapel with an altar under the Saxon rood. England of My Heart : Spring Is this why the inhabitants of countries like France, where they cultivate every rood and try to really keep a man to a rood, do not increase in number? The Open Air By the red rood, I cannot choose but weep, Come love or hate, my tears I cannot keep. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Yesterday Byzantium adopted my cause, and lent me her eyes and hands; before the sun went down her ardor cooled; to-day she will not go a rood. The Prince of India — Volume 02 To take his body, by the blessed rood, 'Twould do me more than any other good. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Here were white ledums in roods and acre beds; purple mairanias by the hundred acres, and, framed in lilac rocks, were rich, rank meadows of golden-green by the mile. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Every rood of that fair valley was trodden by the wily and sanguinary foe. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" By the rood, son-in-law," said Alexius, "you do this gallant man wrong. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Stile died seized of one acre and one rood of land held in Villenage. The Coming of the Friars Every rood of ground in the old communities of Europe has its historic associations to point many a moral and adorn many a tale. The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People "I would rather be landless, all my life, than she lost a rood of ground by me." The Abbot God,” quoth I, “that died upon the rood,From thee and thy base throat, keep all that’s good,Full little joy have I now of thy cry.” Playful Poems St. Oswald's rood helped Geraldine to make out that of Bexley better than their faces, though she did make out her eldest brother's fair face, and trace him to his seat. The Pillars of the House, V1 And before this day month, not a rood of land in Scotland is likely to hold a Southron soldier. The Scottish Chiefs They had been let out under the con-acre system, at so much a rood, for the potato season, at rents amounting sometimes to ten or twelve pounds the acre; but nobody would take them now. Castle Richmond "Yes, by the rood," answered Magdalen Graeme, in her usual tone of resolved determination, "to the good cause I devote him, flesh and fell, sinew and limb, body and soul." The Abbot Where two roads meet amid the wood, There stands a white sepulchral rood, Beneath whose shadow, wayfarers Would pause to offer up their prayers. The Five Books of Youth I am an ungrateful fool; and when a crutch is offered to me, I take hold of it as a log instead of a rood. The Pillars of the House, V1 Hardly four weeks were consumed in these conquests, and not a rood of land remained south of the Tay in the possession of England, excepting Berwick. The Scottish Chiefs No, by God's rood, the candle of my grace has not yet burnt to the socket! If I Were King A settler enters in good faith upon a quarter-section for preemption; his entry, at first, attaches physically to no more than the rood of land on which he is commencing to construct a habitation. Minnesota and Dacotah None moves, none breaks the silence; on those roods Eternal suffering triumphant broods. The Five Books of Youth Desire's wind blasts the thorntree but after it becomes from a bramblebush to be a rose upon the rood of time. Ulysses After having traversed many a weary rood of, to him, before untrodden ground, the venerable minstrel of the house of Wallace, exhausted by fatigue, sat down on the declivity of a steep craig. The Scottish Chiefs They had not increased their estate for centuries; they had held their own, if even with an effort, and had not sold a rood of it for the last hundred years or so. Wives and Daughters Then there's young Oliver, the Devonshire lad, A wary fellow, marry, full of wit, And rich by the rood: but there's a third all air, Light as a feather, changing as the wind: Young Flowerdale. The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. Wont to travel over acres of canvas for a few shillings, and roods of paper on bare speculation, Triplet knew he could make a thousand a year at the above work without thinking. Peg Woffington Orchestral Satan, weeping many a rood Tears such as angels weep. Ulysses Ranuzi was silent, and walked hastily backward and forward in the rood. Frederick the Great and His Family And not a rood with bond or lien on it! The Hunchback Every rood of the road was sown thick with peril. Under Two Flags An Irishman could acquire neither by gift nor purchase a rood of land which was the property of an Englishman. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Seven roods he covered in his fall, and soiled his hair with dust, and his armour rang upon him. The Iliad You speak by the pound, and are heard by the rood. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners By the rood was a common oath; so by the holy rood, as in Shakespeare, Rich. The Lady of the Lake His horse was stretched before him on the sand, powerless to rise and drag itself a rood onward, and fast expiring. Under Two Flags Yet just at the time when feudal laws were passing into disuse the Irish were prevented, by carefully-drawn enactments, from purchasing even a rood of their native soil. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Yes, there's a little place for sale, with a rood or two of ground. The Great Hunger By the rood!" said King Edward, leaning back, with a chicken bone held daintily between the courtesy fingers of his left hand, "the play is too good for this country stage. Sir Nigel Christ have mercy on his soul, That di-ed on the rood! A Bundle of Ballads Every rood of the way was as full of unseen danger as if laid over mines. Under Two Flags And if you will measure Satan by Prometheus, the blind old Puritan's work by that of the fiery Grecian poet, does not Milton's angel surpass �schylus's—surpass him by "many a rood?" The Paris Sketch Book Though more than half the world was his, He died without a rood his own; And borrowed from his enemies Six foot of ground to lie upon. Ballads "By the rood! no honorable gentleman should be reduced to such straits," said the King. Sir Nigel "I never stole them," quoth our king, "I tell you, sir, by the rood." A Bundle of Ballads The vast white headless phantom floats further and further from the ship, and every rod that it so floats, what seem square roods of sharks and cubic roods of fowls, augment the murderous din. Moby Dick, or, the whale "Your domestic ran straight forward, instead of taking to the woods, by the side of the rood: this is very unlikely." The Paris Sketch Book The gabled porch, with woodbine green, —The broken millstone at the sill, —Though many a rood might stretch between, The truant child could see them still. The Professor at the Breakfast-Table "By the rood, fair son, you are right!" cried the King, his face shining with the thought. Sir Nigel All this while Nic. laid down everything exactly upon paper, calculated the acres and roods to a great nicety. History of John Bull I will grow clamorous—by the rood, I will, If thus ye use me like a pewter pot. Robert Falconer |
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