The English Peasant: Studies: Historical, Local, and Biographic |
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agricultural labourer amongst Anabaptist appeared bread called century chapel child Christ Christian Church Cobbett common cots cottages dark district Dorset England English ENGLISH PEASANTS evil eyes fact faith farm farmers father Forest friends gang-master garden gave give Golden Hours hands happy heard heart Helpstone Huntington John Clare King land Lincolnshire live look Lord master miles mind miserable morning mother nature never night Oxfordshire parish passed peasants perhaps persons poor poverty preach preacher Reeth road rural says serfs sheep shepherd shillings shillings a week sometimes soon soul South Saxon spirit Statute of Labourers suffering Surrey Sussex Taborites talk things thought told took turned village wages walk Warwickshire Waverley Abbey Weald Wellesbourne whole wife William Cobbett woman wonderful wood Wooler wretched young