 | 1826 - 384 pages
...following picture of the comfort, happiness, and industry of his father's family. " My father," says he, " was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he...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, with... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pages
...following picture of the comfort, happiness, and industry of his father's family. " My father," says he, " was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by year, at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much, as kept half a dozen men. He had... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1826 - 1252 pages
...and had no land of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the utmost ; and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for a hundred sheep; and my mother milked thirty kine, &c. He kept his son at school till he... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pages
...have heard so much, take the following picture from one. of Bishop Latimer's Sermons. — " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1830 - 280 pages
...venal ; employments, honours, favours of every kind. In the room of law and jusyear at the utmost : and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had a walk for an hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able, and did find the king... | |
 | 1832 - 352 pages
...able to buy him books, nor give his neighbour drink ; all the great gain goeth another way. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he...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, with... | |
 | Hugh Latimer - 1832 - 354 pages
...able to buy him books, nor give his neighbour drink ; ail the great gain goeth another way. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he...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, with... | |
 | Hugh Latimer - 1832 - 372 pages
...neighbour drink ; all the great gain goeth another way. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands"1 of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound...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, with... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the year at the utmost, 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, with... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 636 pages
...' MY Father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own: he had only a farm of three or four pounds a year at the uttermost ; and hereupon, he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for 100 sheep, and my mother milked thirty kyne. He was able and did find the king a harness [man] and... | |
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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. 
