deep-plough

Updated: June 5, 2025

There are plenty of landlords who would be only too glad to get the rich Mr. to manure and deep-plough their lands; but there are comparatively few Mr. 's whose rent-day payments can be implicitly relied on. Mr. , in point of fact, gets all the sweets of the country gentleman's life, and leaves the owner all the sour.

Richard Jefferies - Hodge and His Masters