Years afterwards a shepherd was driving his herd across the bridge, and saw lying in the sand beneath, a snow-white little bone. From LearnThat.org. [Source: Margaret Hunt, Tales Collected by the Brothers Grimm from the story, "The Singing Bone." (1884).]
"For my shepherd is kind, and my heart is at ease.". From Wordnik.com. [The History of Emily Montague] Reference
The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » The Attack Dog Presidency] Reference
He seems to be a shepherd; just a shepherd from the low hills. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Apple Tree] Reference
East, was the legal successor of the Latin shepherd who had planted. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
The lamb version is often called shepherd's pie but neither term is exact. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
I don't think becoming a shepherd is going to be one of my occupations anytime soon. From Wordnik.com. [Shepherds Wanted - Must Know Accounting!] Reference
He was a shepherd from the mountains of Abrazza, and appeared to enjoy his own music very much. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
'Goes and gets up a grand tea drinkin' for a feller they calls their shepherd, 'said Mr. Weller. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
The child had the nimbleness of a mountain shepherd, and Prometheus — the grace of an almost-god. From Wordnik.com. [FIREBRINGER • by Therese Arkenberg] Reference
The wolves have now driven the shepherd from the fold, "cried he," and the flock will soon be devoured!. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
His father was Brown, a wolf-dog that had been brought down from Alaska, and his mother was a half-wild mountain shepherd dog. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Animals] Reference
The shepherd was a bearded man with a thoughtful face. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Space and Time] Reference
The shepherd was a girl, and she beckoned him, "Come!". From Wordnik.com. [Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ] Reference
"As a pastor, I'm referred to as a shepherd," Adams said. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
The shepherd is the symbolic man of the hardest winter time. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Air] Reference
Don Quixote replied that he himself was to be called the shepherd. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 42] Reference
The shepherd was a wily old cattle dog and would keep out of harm. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting with the Bow and Arrow] Reference
“I thought you said the shepherd was your minister friend Forrest?”. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm!] Reference
In the Percy Folio version, the shepherd is the half-brother of the abbot. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series] Reference
I'll not be known as the shepherd convict, but the rich landed proprietor. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia] Reference
A shepherd is a provider, a protector, a source of strength and encouragement. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
The shepherd was a kindly old man and treated the travelers with much courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Princess of Oz] Reference
While the position of bishop is ostensibly a servile one, he is rightly called a shepherd as well. From Wordnik.com. [Brownsville Herald :] Reference
Forrester measured out to the precise value of the small coin the shepherd's wife sent in exchange. From Wordnik.com. [Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney] Reference
Felix learned that the shepherd was a scout sent on ahead to see that the road was clear of enemies. From Wordnik.com. [After London Or, Wild England] Reference
Whose little lambs will they one day become? thought I; their shepherd will be a gallant knight, perhaps a prince. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference
We were not long in reaching the inn, for the shepherd was a big man and took very long strides, and here we wrote. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
The shepherd was a man of the people, and lived, so far as any modern can, among the very conditions which produced the minstrel songs. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Don Quixote told him he would himself be called the shepherd Quixotiz, and the bachelor the shepherd Carrascon, and the curate the shepherd. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites] Reference
Teddy stirred his food, some kind of shepherd's pie, the meat stringy. From Wordnik.com. [Shutter Island]
Again, what did Hillary will all her congeniality and leadership skills 'shepherd'?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama And Lobbyists: What's The Real Story?] Reference
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