The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.
I'm interested in wartime stories, as I think it's important to remember what the soldiers went through.
Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.
Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
As a Midlander and a big walker, I'd always loved ridge and furrow fields, the plough-marked land as it was when it was enclosed. It is the landscape giving you a story of lives that ended with the arrival of sheep.
These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.