Sentences with phrase «by oxen»

Some items may also be unfamiliar and require a quick look on the internet to find out what it is, an example being a Yoke which is a device used by Oxen to pull farm machinery.

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Things of this kind are from God: the fertile land, moderate winds, abundance of seeds, the work of the oxen, and other things by which a farm is brought to productivity and abundance... But the avaricious one has not remembered our common nature, and has not thought of distribution...»

The parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14 recounts the excuses given by those invited: One of them says that he has to go look at his newly bought piece of land; another says that he has to examine his five yoke of oxen.

In such a case, the man should not try to boost his own profits by muzzling his neighbor's oxen so they can not eat while treading out the grain.

This opposition by the Amalekites, at that time, is given as a reason, that the men, women, infants and sucklings, sheep and oxen, camels and asses, that were born four hundred years afterward, should be put to death; and to complete the horror, Samuel hewed Agag, the chief of the Amalekites, in pieces, as you would hew a stick of wood.

The players were regarded either as young gods by the squares or as stupid, corrupt oxen by my friends.

Old Sturbridge Village Curator Tom Kelleher notes that snow in early New England was actually welcomed by travelers, saying, «Instead of plowing roads clear after a storm as we do today, in the 1800s teams of horses and oxen were driven out to trample the snow down, leaving a hard packed surface for sleighs.

All agreed it was a wonderful program, although Cuba itself was found to be a country of contradictions and beauty: from the modern city of Havana to the oxen working the fields; comfortable air - conditioned bus to people travelling by horseback along the highways; from tiny Bee Hummingbirds to giant anoles.

This is a lot of crap and political theatre, just like the depressing spectacle of the hordes of special interests descending on the Capitol like locusts this time every year to bleat and whine and self - flagellate to keep their oxen from getting gored or their golden geese and sacred cows from being butchered by budget cuts, to thoroughly mix metaphors.

Paladino vows to cut the budget by 20 % but does not explain whose oxen he would gore.

Also look for brief appearances by Jean - Claude Van Damme as Master Croc, Michelle Yeoh as The Soothsayer, Dennis Haysbert as Master Oxen, Victor Garber as Master Thundering Rhino, and Danny McBride as the wold bandit.

Mary stood on the brown cobblestone of Muted Lane and waited while the oxen cart rumbled by.

We are working in rural areas to provide veterinary care for working animals, especially oxen, which are heavily depended upon by communities to pull ploughs and transport produce.

Built in 1640 as an oxen - powered rum distillery, the historic cottage colony has all the thoughtful touches of a traditional Caribbean inn — island - inspired watercolors hand - painted by Jinx herself, lush tropical gardens, and 23 ocean - view rooms with balconies and kitchenettes — plus plenty more that most hotels don't have.

Leaving Hoi An, we transfer by coach to Danang for the train to the vibrant coastal resort of Nha Trang, passing rice paddies and mighty oxen working the countryside.

The Elevation of the Cross (1718), by Mexican painter Antonio de Torres, will enhance LACMA's leading collection of Spanish colonial painting, while Oxen and Shepherds (18th century) by Soga Shōhaku is a rare addition of a large - scale Japanese work for a museum outside of Japan.

It's not possible for wind energy, by itself, to EVER do this, which is one of the main reasons it was relegated to the archival collection of antiquated technologies (along with such other inadequate energy sources as horse and oxen power).

It was burned where it lay including as much of the stump below ground as possible so you didn't have to come along later and pull out the stumps one by one with a team of oxen.

Niq» a, mother of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is now ill, and on whom the «hand» of god Iqbi - damiq was placed in extispicy — will it pass by unto sacrificial sheep and oxen?