plough-boy

These spires and towers recalled the earlier Prague of the Wenceslases and the Ottokars and the race of the Premysl kings, sprung from the fairy-tale marriage of a Czech princess with a plough-boy encountered on the banks of the river.

Archive 2007-06-01 Walter Jon Williams 2007

These spires and towers recalled the earlier Prague of the Wenceslases and the Ottokars and the race of the Premysl kings, sprung from the fairy-tale marriage of a Czech princess with a plough-boy encountered on the banks of the river.

A Time of Gifts Walter Jon Williams 2007

But I believe I had been a rogue, had I been a plough-boy.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

He had been a rogue, he says, had he been a plough-boy.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

Ay, may be so, and may be not; and the wife, too, of some clouterly plough-boy.

Pamela 2006

On their death-bed they entreated that the excellent clergyman, who, in spite of the malignity of the disease, continued to comfort and pray by them in their last moments, would take compassion on their poor little orphan, and find him employment among the neighbouring farmers, either as a herd-boy to some of the numerous flocks of sheep which are common in Eskdale, or as a plough-boy in their fields.

The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People

A plough-boy gets from four to six pounds a month, an experienced man from eight to ten pounds, besides their board and lodging; a mechanic or artisan from fourteen to sixteen shillings a day; women servants are very scarce, they get from four to six pounds a month.

A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall

After a few months, I concluded that I would rather have a plough-boy.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

"Let me ride you plough-boy fashion," he said, trotting her gently for a minute.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

After a few months, I concluded that I would rather have a plough-boy.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society