a sheaf of corn造句

• The upper right shows a sheaf of corn, crook and rake, to illustrate the agricultural and rural connections from which Hailsham derived its status as a market town.
• William of Malmesbury's 12th century " Chronicle " tells the story of Sceafa as a sleeping child in a boat without oars with a sheaf of corn at his head.
• The youngest said that he will go with his brother, and set a geasa that she stand on a tower with her face to the wind, with a sheaf of corn to eat and water to drink, until they returned.
• The scene represents the " division of labours " between Adam and Eve; the central figure holds a sheaf of corn in one hand and a dead hare ( in another Vatican example a lamb ) in the other, although one might expect hunting hares to be Adam's task and agriculture Eve's, rather than the opposite as the sarcophagus seems to suggest.
• At the four corners of the monument are massive bronze figures with lions, representing " Peace " ( a female figure holding an olive branch ), " Progress " ( a nude youth holding a flaming torch ), " Agriculture " ( a woman in peasant dress with a sickle and a sheaf of corn ) and " Manufacture " ( a blacksmith in modern costume with a hammer and a scroll ).