 | 1859 - 748 sivua
...Leicestershire, was born at that place. He has left the following curious notices of his father : " 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 708 sivua
...for concealment. Latimer has described the farmer of the early part of the sixteenth century : — " 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 BO much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk... | |
 | 1856 - 504 sivua
...says Latimer, " was a yeoman, and had no land of his own ; only he had a /arm of three or four pouncU by the 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... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 sivua
...never ! Never — for ever !" LONGFELLOW A YEOMAN OF HENRY ТHE SEVENTH'S TIME (1485-1509). ARCHERY. MY father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 3/. or 4Í. a year at the uttermost : and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-a-dozen men. He had... | |
 | Governess - 1855 - 884 sivua
...to more commercial situations — Simpson t Goldsmith. [Note I.] A Yeoman of Henry VIL's Time. 35. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 31. or 47. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-a-dozen men. He had... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 sivua
...the fire affected his vitals, and he died in lingering anguish.* A YEOMAN OF HENRY SEVENTH'S TIME. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 3/. or 41. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1856 - 488 sivua
...Latimer,f ' was a yeoman, and Latimer's had no lands of his own; only he had a farm o/,aie°»caie°of three or four pounds by the year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half-a-dozen mationmen. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able,... | |
 | Christians - 1856 - 452 sivua
...king Edward vi., he drew the following fresh and homely picture of those early times in his history. " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his Own. He had only a farm of two or three pounds a year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1857 - 560 sivua
...perfectly acquainted with country affairs, tells us of the old time, in a well-known passage ; — " 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 sivua
...the fire affected his vitals, and he died in lingering anguish.! A YEOMAN OF HENRY SEVENTH'S TIME. My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of 3/. or 41. by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had... | |
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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. 
