dovercourt

Updated: June 14, 2025

Then, as to water you depend on the rainfall." "That's true." "But there's an excellent spring between this and Dovercourt; and the owner will sell." "It's half a mile away." "God bless my soul! I suppose I am not too old to design a conduit." Captain Jack's arm stole into Captain Jemmy's. "You'll be saying next," the latter went on, "that I'm too old to set about draining the marsh.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - The Blue Pavilions

"The lady was a charming correspondent. But I can assure you that the Earl of Dovercourt would fail to appreciate them. However, since you think otherwise, we will let it rest at that. It is purely a matter of business.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Return of Sherlock Holmes

This image was of such power that the door of the church in which it stood was open at all hours to all comers, and no human hand could close it. Dovercourt therefore became a place of great and lucrative pilgrimage, much resorted to by the neighbours on all occasions of difficulty.

James Anthony Froude - History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.