 | Early English newspapers - 1818 - 728 pages
...Holimhed relates, that in a great storm, which happened in 1570, Sir Henry Lee is said to have lost 3000 sheep at Quarrendon, besides other cattle. It is probable...considerable in proportion to heavier stock than of late vears ; and Drayton, after mentioning the glebe and pasturage of the Vale of Aylesbury, adds, " That... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Isis' wished bed; her soil throughout so sure, For goodness of her glebe, and for her pasture pure, llows To deck the wedding-day of his unspotted spouse. burthen and for bone all other that exceed : And she, which thus in wealth abundantly doth flow, [stow:... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...Isis' wished bed ; her soil throughout so sure, For goodness of her glebe, and for her pasture pure, taminate the mind, That opulenee departed leaves behind ; For burthen and for bone all other drat exeeed : And she, whieh thus in wealth abundantly doth flow, Now... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Astronomical observatories - 1851 - 458 pages
...Isis' wished bed; her soil throughout so sure, For goodness of her glebe, and for her pasture pure, That as her grain and grass, so she her sheep doth breed, For burthen and for bone all other that exceed." But before the poet thus chaunted the vale of Aylesbury... | |
 | 1852 - 526 pages
...Draytou's panegyric : her soil throughout so sure, For goodness of her glebe, and for her pasture pure, That as her grain and grass, so she her sheep doth breed, For burden and for bone all other that exceed. A fine grass farm on this estate, of 200 acres, will support forty-five cows, each... | |
 | Robert Gibbs (of Aylesbury, Eng.) - Aylesbury (England) - 1885 - 716 pages
...and fat, and holds her youthful strength. And again, after mentioning the pasturage of the Vale, he adds — That as her grain and grass, so she her sheep doth breed, For burden, or for bone, all others doth exceed." With the advantages of a rich sub-soil, and the watering by fair... | |
 | Robert Gibbs - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1888 - 442 pages
...lusty, firm, and fat, and holds her youthful strength. After mentioning the pasturage of the Vale he adds— That as her grain and grass, so she her sheep doth breed, For burden, or for bone, all others doth exceed. In 1627 Drayton published a second volume of his poems, containing... | |
 | American periodicals - 1854 - 694 pages
...firm, and fat, — her soil throughout is sure For goodness of her glebe and for her pasture pure; That as her grain and grass, so she her sheep doth breed, For burthen and for bone, all other that exceed. But even before the quaint poet sang the praises of Aylesbury... | |
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Lee is said to have lost 3,000 sheep at Quarrendon, besides other cattle. It is probable that, at that period, the number of sheep kept there might be more considerable in proportion to heavier stock than of late years; and Drayton, after mentioning the... 