As they come on our tables, they are nearly seven-eighths water; and the cream and sugar taken with them are of higher food value than they are.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
Seven-eighths of the whole country is held by peasant proprietors, and as a rule no class in Europe has improved more during the last half century than the Danish peasant or Bonde.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Mr. Lewis Hind, in his book on Cornwall, says: "Probably two hundred canvases are despatched each year from the Delectable Duchy to Burlington House and elsewhere; of this number seven-eighths have been painted in Newlyn or St. Ives....
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton