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Dorothy led Jack off to the stable, and the half-frozen yeoman turned in to enjoy his cheerful fire.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIE
But during the retreat he led the van and did yeoman service in restoring order among the disheartened troops.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
Thorstein was the yeoman who dwelt there & he gave them shelter and good cheer for the night, and there they slept in good beds.
Then all who were present fell to laughing, so that the yeoman sat himself down again.
Up to this moment Meadows had treated Mr. Clinton with a marked deference, as from yeoman to gentleman.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READE
His father was an English yeoman; that is, a farmer who owned the farm he tilled.
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRYJAMES PARTON
Accordingly the word 'ought,' and its equivalents do yeoman's service throughout this sermon.
No man had such long credit as the yeoman of yore (thirty years ago is 'of yore' in our century).
THE HILLS AND THE VALERICHARD JEFFERIES
Within a mile of Fairly Park lay the farm of another yeoman; but he was of another character.
RHODA FLEMING, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
It was as the son of a yeoman, showing comprehensible accomplishments, that Robert took his lead.
RHODA FLEMING, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH