| Henry Duff Traill - 1894 - 568 pages
...yoked Life among the my oxen, and fastened share and coulter, every Old English. ^, j nmst plow a fun; acre or more. I have a boy driving the oxen with a goad-iron, who is hoarse with cold and shouting. And I do more also. I have to fill the oxen's bins [mangers] with hay, and water them, and take out... | |
| Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1907 - 536 pages
...truth, "I work hard.... Be it never so stark winter I dare not linger at home for awe of my lord.. . .1 have a boy driving the oxen with a goad-iron, who...with cold and shouting.... Mighty hard work it is, for I am not free8." The "bitter cry " of the oppressed people was echoed in the Old English Chronicle... | |
| Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann - 1909 - 438 pages
...for awe of my lord ; but having yoked my oxen, and fastened share and coulter, every day I must plow a full acre or more. I have a boy driving the oxen...a goad-iron, who is hoarse with cold and shouting. And I do more also. I have to fill the oxen's bins [mangers] with hay, and water them, and take out... | |
| William Lewis Nida - 1912 - 418 pages
...awe of my lord ; but having yoked my oxen, and fastened the share and coulter, every day I must plow a full acre or more. I have a boy driving the oxen with a goad iron, who is hoarse with cold and shouting ; I have to fill the oxen's mangers with hay and water... | |
| Alfred Milnes - 1920 - 192 pages
...plow. Be it never o stark winter I dare not linger at home for awe of -my lord ; every day I must plow a full acre or more. I have a boy driving the oxen...hoarse with cold and shouting. Mighty hard work it is, for I am not free." The Shepherd gets a chunk of bread and a piece of pork to serve for his dinner,... | |
| Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - 696 pages
...oxen, and fastened 1 Formerly. * Approximately 100 acres. share and coulter, every day I must plow a full acre or more. I have a boy driving the oxen...a goad-iron, who is hoarse with cold and shouting. And I do more also. I have to fill the oxen's bins with hay and water them, and take out their litter... | |
| A. W. Ward, A. R. Waller - 1932 - 436 pages
...with truth, "I work hard.... Be it never so stark winter I dare not linger at home for awe of my lord I have a boy driving the oxen with a goad-iron, who...with cold and shouting.... Mighty hard work it is, for I am not free3." The "bitter cry " of the oppressed people was echoed in the Old English Chronicle... | |
| Reginald Allen Brown - 1989 - 310 pages
...[25.0] 48 (50) Sub-total: [75] (100) [16.9] 445 (450) Total: 32,645 (32,700) 12.0 272,679 (272,700) driving the oxen with a goad-iron, who is hoarse with cold and shouting. Mighty hard work it is, for I am not free. Clearly Aelfric believed that the contrast between freedom and slavery in his time... | |
| Derek Baker - 1995 - 278 pages
...dare not linger at home for fear of my lord; but having yoked my oxen, and fastened share and coulter, every day I must plough a full acre or more. I have...a goad-iron, who is hoarse with cold and shouting. And I do more also. I have to fill the oxen's bins with hay and water them, and take out their litter... | |
| 158 pages
...dare not linger at home for awe of my lord, but having yoked my oxen and fastened share and coulter, every day I must plough a full acre or more. I have...a goad-iron, who is hoarse with cold and shouting. And I do more also. I have to fill the bins of the oxen with hay, and water them and take out their... | |
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