"Countryfolk" Quotes from Famous Books
... had set in, as we were in bed one night, I heard the voices again; and though my wife had told me of her countryfolk's swangeans in that place, I, being frighted a little, waked her; and she hearing them too, cried out, "There they are! it is ten to one but my sister or some of our family are there. Hark! I believe I hear her voice." I myself hearkened very attentively; and by this time ... — Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.) • Robert Paltock
... third morning, when mass was due, the great churchyard by the minster was full of weeping countryfolk; for they served him in ... — The Fall of the Niebelungs • Unknown |