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And the bairns stood round about, and the goodman sat by and looked on.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by P. Chr. Asbj?rnsen

Bell, my wife, she loves not strife, Yet she will lead me if she can; And oft, to live a quiet life, I'm forced to yield, though I'm goodman.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy

The woman, faint-hearted and overmastered by a nameless dread, cried out to the goodman to ride for life—the woods were full of devils.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

Goodman Asquith had fain pick a bit of dinner in the precincts; The Harcourt watcheth him with rolling eye, And goodman Asquith shivereth.

From Outlook Odes by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 

From Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem by Edward Hoare

Pleasant it is to think of the church appearance of the Puritan goodmen and goodwives.

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle

Sad-colored mantles the goodmen wore, but their doublets were scarlet, and with their green waistcoats and red caps, surely the Puritan men were sufficiently gayly dressed to suit any fancy save that of a cavalier.

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle

Ho, Phyllis and Kate and bonny Nell Come hither, and buffet the goodmen well, An they gather not for hall and hearth, Fair bays to grace the evening mirth.

From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris

All the goodmen took one counsel, and went to Hoskuld and told him their trouble.

From Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic by Muriel A.C. Press

So we scattered and covered ourselves with the oak-boles, but besides Iron-shield, who was slain outright, two goodmen were sorely hurt, to wit Bald-face, a man of our house, and Stonyford of the Lower Dale.

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris