 Oh, sir, I work very hard. I go out in the dawning, driving the oxen to the field and I yoke them to the plough. Be the winter never so stark. I dare not stay at home for fear of my lord: but every day I must plough a full acre or more, after having yoked...  The Dawn of American History in Europe - Página 111por William Lewis Nida - 1912 - 373 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1894 - 568 páginas
...English Dialogue of the beginning of the eleventh century gives a vivid picture. Says the plowman : " I work hard; I go out at daybreak, driving the oxen...plow. Be it never so stark winter I dare not linger at The Workman's nome for aw6 of m^ lord ; bllt naving yoked Life among the my oxen, and fastened share... | |
 | Samuel Harvey Gem - 1912 - 232 páginas
...how do you carry on your work ? Ploughboy. O Master, I have to work far too much; I go out at dawn, driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough ; I dare not in the severest weather lie hid at home, for fear of my lord ; and when I have... | |
 | Peter Hampson Ditchfield - 1920 - 306 páginas
...century : " What doest thou, ploughman ? How dost thou do thy work ?" " Oh, my lord, hard do I work. I go out at daybreak, driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough. Nor is it ever so hard that I dare loiter at home, for fear of my lord, but the oxen yoked,... | |
 | Harold Peake - 1922 - 266 páginas
...more vivid. " What sayest thou, plowman ; how dost thou do thy work ? " " Oh, my lord, hard do I work. I go out at daybreak driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough. Nor is it ever so hard winter that I dare loiter at home, for fear of my lord, but the oxen... | |
 | Harold Peake - 1922 - 260 páginas
...more vivid. " What sayest thou, plowman ; how dost thou do thy work ? " " Oh, my lord, hard do I work. I go out at daybreak driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough. Nor is it ever so hard winter that I dare loiter at home, for fear of my lord, but the oxen... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - 696 páginas
...by Thorpe in Analeeta Anglo- Saxonica. [The plowman says :] " I work hard ; I go out at day break, driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to...never so stark winter I dare not linger at home for fear of my lord ; but having yoked my oxen, and fastened 1 Formerly. * Approximately 100 acres. share... | |
 | 1924 - 136 páginas
...ploughman, how do you do your work ? Ploughman. — O sir, I work very hard. I go out in the dawning, driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough. Be the winter never so stark, I dare not stay at home, for fear of my lord ; but, every day... | |
 | Mary Ellen Chase, Frances Kelley Del Plaine - 1926 - 520 páginas
...him: "Well, ploughman, how do you do your work?" "Oh, sir, I work very hard. I go out in the dawning, driving the oxen to the field and I yoke them to the plough. Be the winter never so stark, I dare not stay at home for fear of my lord; but every day I... | |
 | Reginald Allen Brown - 1989 - 310 páginas
...The nature of slavery It is difficult to avoid the obvious starting-point of Aelfric's ploughman:44 I work hard, I go out at daybreak, driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough. Be it never so stark winter, I dare not linger at home for fear of my lord; but having yoked... | |
 | Derek Baker - 1995 - 278 páginas
...Readings in Social History (1923) pp. 36-8 [The Ploughman says:] 'I work hard; I go out at day break, driving the oxen to the field, and I yoke them to the plough. Be it never so stark winter I dare not linger at home for fear of my lord; but having yoked... | |
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