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Or anywhere else. I'm not going to thank him for anything." "But you stand in the light of your own usefulness," she explained. "The thing is for a boy to do all in his power to make himself a useful man, and by coming here and doing ploughboy's work, when you might be learning and increasing your own value in the world, you are being an idiot, Abel.
The stomach was that of a portly man, the legs were those of a skeleton; the cheeks full and swollen, like a ploughboy's, but livid, bespeckled, of a dull lead-colour, like a patient in the dropsy.
It is just the same this year as last, like the ploughs and hurdles, and the sheep themselves. There is nothing new to tempt the ploughboy's pennies nothing fresh to stare at. The same thing year after year, and the same sounds the dismal barrel organs, and brazen instruments, and pipes, wailing, droning, booming.
Peace again reigned over the fair land, and the country was all ablaze with glory. The ploughboy's whistle was heard in every field in harmony with the lark. The journey by mail coach was a pleasant one, for, being in no great haste, he traveled by easy stages, stopping over frequently to rest. He saw on every hand evidence of awakening interest and prosperity.
"Steady on!" said his adversary. "None of your fairy flukes!" Skelmersdale stared at him for a moment, cue in hand, then flung it down and walked out of the room. "Why can't you leave 'im alone?" said a respectable elder who had been enjoying the game, and in the general murmur of disapproval the grin of satisfied wit faded from the ploughboy's face. I scented my opportunity.
"I had it from the chapman who travels on the king's highway," said the soldier. "I heard the little goose-girl sing it," said the chapman when they found him. "'Tis Robin Ploughboy's song," laughed the goose-girl. "Go ask him about it." "The king sang it first and I next," said the ploughboy. Words, MAUD LINDSAY Music, ELSIE A. MERRIMAN Allegretto
"Heaven ordains a fair life for some new-born things, 'twould seem," said Bush, "and a black one for others; and the good can no more be escaped than the bad. There goes my Matthew in his ploughboy's smock across the fields. 'Tis a good lad and a handsome. Why was he not a great lord's son?" Neighbour Watt laughed. "Because thou wert an honest woman and not a beauty," quoth she.
You won't dress for dinner. Your hands and skin are like a ploughboy's. And, d n it all, you're my elder brother! I've got to introduce you to my friends as the head of the De la Bornes, and practically their host. No wonder I don't like it!" There was a moment's silence. If his words hurt, Andrew made no sign. With a shrug of the shoulders he turned towards the staircase.
The stomach was that of a portly man, the legs were those of a skeleton; the cheeks full and swollen, like a ploughboy's, but livid, bespeckled, of a dull lead-colour, like a patient in the dropsy.
To Phoebe he seldom spoke of the matter, and she soon abandoned further attempts to intrude upon his heart though her own was breaking for him. Billy Blee and the farm hands were Will's safety-valve. One moment he showered hard and bitter words; the next, at sight of some ploughboy's tears or older man's reasonable anger, Will instantly relented and expressed his sorrow.
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