 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.  The Life of Bernard Gilpin - Page 78by William Gilpin - 1824 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...good Hugh Latimer ; and he, in a sermon, tells us wonders concerning the produce of a small farm. ' My father,' says he, ' was a yeoman, and had no land of his own ; only he he had a farm * of three or four pounds by the Cent.xvi. year at the utmost ; and hereupon he tilled... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 454 pages
...is annexed,] gives the following account of his family. " 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... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 442 pages
...is annexed,] gives the following account of his family. " 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... | |
 | Hugh Latimer - Sermons, English - 1824 - 478 pages
...his neighbour drink ; all the great gain goeth another way. 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... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...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 pound 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
...doubt not but I have found mercy in his sight." — Extract of a Letter from Bernard Gilpin to his brother. f The following passage from one of bishop...father," says he, " was a yeoman, and had no land of bis own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by the 83 court all things were venal ; employments,... | |
 | Hugh Latimer - Sermons, English - 1832 - 354 pages
...his neighbour drink ; ail the great gain goeth another way. 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... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 352 pages
...his neighbour drink ; all the great gain goeth another way. 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1832 - 442 pages
...to pay ' for a pig a pound.' In another place he says, ' 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... | |
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