 It is chiefly their business to plough, sow, and reap ; dig, fence, plant, and prune the vineyard ; attend the watering of the olive-tree, and gather in the harvest ; going forth before the dawn of day, and returning contented on the close of their labour....  Letters from the Levant - Page 148by John Galt - 1813Full view - About this book
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...on the mountains, in the vale, or the plain, as the varying feafons require, under arbours or fheds covered with boughs, tending their flocks abroad, or milking the ewes and flie-goats at • the fold, and making cheefe and butter to fupply the city. Inured early to fatigue... | |
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...on the mountains, in the vale, or the plain, as the varying Jealous require, under arbours or iheds covered with boughs, tending their flocks abroad, or milking the ewes and ihe-goats at the fold, and making cheefe and butter to fupply the city. Inured early to fatigue and... | |
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 | 1814 - 572 pages
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 | 1814 - 572 pages
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 | Richard Chandler - Greece - 1817 - 736 pages
...before the dawn of day, and returning joyous on the close of their labour. If shepherds, they live on the mountains, in the vale, or the plain, as the varying seasons require, under harbours, or sheds covered with boughs, tending their flocks abroad, or milking the ewes and she-goats... | |
 | 1776 - 822 pages
...on the mountains, in the vale, or the plain, as the varying feafcns require, under arbours or ihcrts covered with boughs, tending their flocks abroad, or milking the ewes and ihe-goats л the fold, and making cheefe and butter to fupply the city. Inured early to fatgne and... | |
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