goatherd

His mother, whose real name was Brigitta, was always called the goatherd's wife, for the sake of old association, while the blind grandmother was just "grandmother" to all the old and young in the neighborhood.

Heidi 2000

Galatea is pelting thy flock with apples, Polyphemus, she says the goatherd is a laggard lover!

Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose 300 BC-260 BC Theocritus 1878

I seemed immediately to stand among the chorus of pilgrims filing past the goatherd in the valley; but I could not afterwards recall the goatherd's tune, so

My Life — Volume 1 Richard Wagner 1848

Upon the shoulder of the goatherd was a beast, which he told me was

The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

Upon the shoulder of the goatherd was a beast, which he told me was a lontra, or otter, which he had lately caught in the neighbouring brook; it had a string round its neck, which was attached to his arm.

The Pocket George Borrow George Henry Borrow 1842

Upon the shoulder of the goatherd was a beast, which he told me was a lontra, or otter, which he had lately caught in the neighbouring brook; it had a string round its neck which was attached to his arm.

The Bible in Spain 1712

Jacob Zuma is a former goatherd, a master of traditional Zulu stick-fighting, a resistance hero, a one-time spymaster, a graceful dancer, and the father of some 20 children.

Jacob’s Ladder 2009

Hospitality, whether offered by an emperor or an illiterate goatherd, is what makes us civilized.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

From the 1940s to the 1960s, many a socialite's cocktail dress was actually the silhouette of a Spanish goatherd or a Jeronymite nun, ineffably transmuted.

Between Heaven and Earth Laura Jacobs 2012

Zuma, by contrast, is a former goatherd with no formal schooling who speaks spare, unadorned English.

Jacob’s Ladder 2009