These are the private demesnes of a prince and ruler of Hodge-the very highest and most powerful of his masters in that part of the country.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Yair, a Pringle house, and Fairnalee, comfortable little demesnes, lie further down the Tweed.
"In the Border Country"
W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
His income from the navigation to Ophir, from trade, from the royal demesnes, and the taxes of Israel is said to have brought in a yearly sum of 666 Kikkars of gold, i.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker