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10 total sentences available.
I was near you, when you sat beneath those beech-trees, and piped and sang the praises of your sweetheart Amaryllis: I was close to the damsel, but you could not discern me. I gave her to you, and some brave boys, who are now excellent husbandmen and herdsmen, are the pledges of your love.
Source: tatoeba (6212644)
Then the shepherds and herdsmen again led their flocks to pasture, and Daphnis and Chloe were earlier than all others, for they themselves were guided by the mightiest of shepherds, Love.
Source: tatoeba (6213101)
She had reached the outskirts of the city when she found the road blocked by a great drove of cattle, driven by a half-dozen wild-looking herdsmen from the plains.
Source: tatoeba (6359706)
Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.
Source: tatoeba (7824722)
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Closest matches include cattle herder, herder, herdsman, pastoralist, shepherd.
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