My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine. The Life of Bernard Gilpin - Página 84de William Gilpin - 1830 - 264 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 páginas
...was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 3/. or 4/. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for an 1 At first himself al-o a Romish priest; but he was (ifb-rwards burnt for hereby. ' ••... | |
| John Tomlinson - 1865 - 246 páginas
...lordship's stud consisted of twenty-seven horses, including seven large trotting horses for the upon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kino. He was able, and did find the king: a harness... | |
| Anne Manning - 1866 - 314 páginas
...Steward to a Knight ; but yet he had his little Farm, worth five pound a year, the tillage whereof kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for an hundred sheep, and my mother milked a score of kine. Nay, and I am proud to say he found the King a harnesse, with himself and his horse,... | |
| Frederick Denison Maurice - 1866 - 280 páginas
...had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walks for a hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able, and did find the king a... | |
| Anne Manning - 1866 - 246 páginas
...Steward to a Knight ; but yet he had his little Farm, worth five pound a year, the tillage whereof kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for an hundred fheep, and my mother milked a fcore of kine. Nay, and I am proud to fay he found the King a harneffe,... | |
| Cuthbert William Johnson - 1869 - 1296 páginas
...; he had only a farm of three or four pounds by the year, at the utmost; and hereupon he tilled as much as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for 100 sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine," &c. (Lalimer's Sermons, p. 30.) But that this class... | |
| English authors - 1869 - 458 páginas
...yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the nttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep; and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able, and did find the king a harness,... | |
| 1869 - 974 páginas
...and had no lands of his own ; only he had a/arm oftfiree or four pounds by the year&t the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. IIo had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kirn-. lie was able, and did find the... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 páginas
...was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own; only he had a farm of £3 or £4 by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able, and did find but more rich... | |
| Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1872 - 830 páginas
...and had no lands of his own. He had only a farm of three ; or four ponnds a year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for one hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able, and did bring the king a... | |
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