 | 1823 - 684 pàgines
...their circumstances, he has himself described in his first sermon preached before Edward the Sixth. " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a (arm of two or three pounds by the year, at die utmost, aud hereupon he tilled so much as kept half... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pàgines
...following picture of the comfort, 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 pounds by year, at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much, as kept half a dozen... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pàgines
...which we have heard so much, take the following picture from one. of Bishop Latimer's Sermons. — " My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen... | |
 | Hugh Latimer - 1832 - 354 pàgines
...is not able to buy him books, nor give 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.... | |
 | 1832 - 352 pàgines
...is not able to buy him books, nor give 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.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1832 - 442 pàgines
...con' tinue, we shall at length be constrained 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... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 636 pàgines
...taking place. Latimer has drawn, in his own father, an interesting picture of THE ANTIENT YEOMAN. ' MY Father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own: he had only a farm of three or four pounds a year at the uttermost ; and hereupon, he tilled so much... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 664 pàgines
...taking place. Latimer has drawn, in his own father, an interesting picture of THE ANTIENT YEOMAN. ' MY Father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own : he had only a farm of three or four pounds a year at the uttermost ; and hereupon, he tilled so much... | |
 | Society for improving the condition of the labouring classes - 1836 - 624 pàgines
...potato-growers begin to feel the same evil. OLDEN TIMES. BISHOP LATIMER'S ACCOUNT OF HIS FATHER'S FAMILY. '* My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own ; only he had a farm of three or four pounds by year at the uttermost ; * See the details of M. Macaire's important experiments,... | |
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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. 
