单词 | sheepwalk |
例句 | It was a wild waste, and a great part of it to this day remains much in the same state, fit only for sheepwalks or a warren, or as a preserve for game. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The Spanish word merino originally meant an inspector of sheepwalks, and is derived from the Low Latin majorinus, a steward of the household. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z "I must acknowledge that there is one," said Thorhall; "in fact, the sheepwalks have got a bad name for bogies." A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The wool grown on Irish sheepwalks was of the finest, and was eagerly purchased by France and Spain. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Next follow the Bala Beds, which, with the succeeding Lower and Upper Llandovery shales, sandstones and conglomerates, form the sparsely populated sheepwalks and valleys which occupy most of the north-western part of the county. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Our wool is reckoned of even better quality than that grown on the great sheepwalks of Canterbury and Otago. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Transformation of arable land into sheepwalks was therefore its cry, and an expropriation of small peasants was initiated which threatened the ruin of the country. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Thorhall would have been a happy man but for one circumstance—his sheepwalks were haunted. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The boy's shepherd life carried him to the bleak upland, still famous as a sheepwalk, though a scant herbage scarce veils the whinstone rock. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 The descendants of the same shepherds who tended flocks in Bible days still occupy the great sheepwalks of Palestine. The Song of our Syrian Guest So far Irish ports were open, however, to foreign countries, and when the cattle trade ceased to be profitable, much of the land had been turned by its owners into sheepwalks. The Story of Ireland When the young ploughman resolves to quit the hamlet for the backwoods of America or the sheepwalks of Australia, he comes here to engage his berth. Hodge and His Masters Now poor Jack goes in search of his missing castle, over hills, dales, valleys, and mountains, through woolly woods and sheepwalks, further than I can tell you or ever intend to tell you. English Fairy Tales Railton's lease of the sheepwalk ran out in a few days, but he was by local custom entitled to its renewal after a review of the terms. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" To hunt for mushrooms once they went, Through nibbled sheepwalks straying onward, Sense with his dull eyes earthward bent, While Genius shot his glances sunward! The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe No road, not even a sheepwalk, connected his lonely dwelling with the abodes of men. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 But towards the evening Tyrconnel and Lauzun collected all their forces, and marched out of the city by the road leading to that vast sheepwalk which extends over the table land of Kildare. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 The sun was setting, but its glories were at the other side of the house; for this window looked eastward, where the landscape of sheepwalks and pasture land was sobering at the approach of darkness. An Unsocial Socialist It was a very large sheepwalk and much time would be needed to find the sheep on the wide belt of moor. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" |
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