sheepcote

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: and I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

2 Samuel 7. 1999

Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

1 Chronicles 17. 1999

No need to take care now about fastening the door, Arni of Bali said to himself as he wrapped the string around the nail driven into the door-post of the outlying sheepcote.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories Various

She goes first till they come to the sheepcote; she goes in and bade them follow her.

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

Far in the innermost corner of the outlying sheepcote at Bali, to which the sun's rays never reach, Arni built himself a little cupboard.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories Various

After that they took the body and laid it on the sledge and drove to Bergthorsknoll, and drew it into the sheepcote, and made him sit upright against the wall.

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

Each officer was at his post, nor could they much complain whilst their General sat on straw, in a sheepcote, at the foot of the hill, called Sherriff Muir, which overlooks Dumblane, on the right of his army.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson

After that they all ran out of the sheepcote, but Rodny went indoors with Njal, and was there the rest of the night.

The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

For a long time it was thought that he must keep money in the cupboard, but last spring an acquaintance of his stopped at the outlying sheepcote on his way from the village.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories Various

Momently, looking out toward the gray ruin on the hill (which was once, most likely, the very "sheepcote fenced about with olive trees" where Aliena dwelt and Ganymede found hose and doublet give such pleasing freedom to her limbs and her wit) one expects to hear the merry note of a horn; the moralizing Duke would come striding thoughtfully through the thicket down by the tiny pool

Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923