Old Village Life: Or, Glimpses of Village Life Through All AgesMethuen & Company, Limited, 1920 - 253 páginas |
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Old Village Life: Or, Glimpses of Village Life Through All Ages Peter Hampson Ditchfield Visualização de excertos - 1920 |
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Página 257 - A HEIFER OF THE DAWN. IN THE GREAT GOD'S HAIR. A DRAUGHT OF THE BLUE. AN ESSENCE OF THE DUSK. AN INCARNATION OF THE SNOW. A MINE OF FAULTS. THE ASHES OF A GOD. BUBBLES OF THE FOAM. A SYRUP OF THE BEES. THE LIVERY OF EVE. THE SUBSTANCE OF A DREAM. All Fcap. Svo. $s.
Página 140 - By what right are they whom we call lords greater folk than we? On what grounds have they deserved it? Why do they hold us in serfage? If we all came of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say or prove that they are better than we, if it be not that they make us gain for them by our toil what they spend in their pride ? They are clothed in velvet and warm in their furs and their ermines, while we are covered with rags.
Página 257 - Bvo. 5*. net. PROBLEMS OF POVERTY : AN INQUIRY INTO THE INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF THE POOR. Eighth Edition. Cr. Bvo. js. net. THE PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED: AN INQUIRY AND AN ECONOMIC POLICY.
Página 207 - The Lord delivereth the souls of His servants : and all they that put their trust in Him, shall not be destitute.
Página 179 - Though he be master, he says not to his servants, Go to field, but, Let us go; and with his own eye, doth both fatten his flock and set forward all manner of husbandry. He is taught by nature to be contented with a little; his own fold yields him both food and raiment...
Página 188 - FAIR AND HAPPY MILKMAID Is A country wench that is so far from making herself beautiful by art, that one look of hers is able to put all face-physic out of countenance. She knows a fair look is but a dumb orator to commend virtue, therefore minds it not. All her excellences stand in her so silently, as if they had stolen upon her without her knowledge. The lining of her apparel, which is herself, is far better than outsides of tissue...