They have only witnessed them as the gifts of guardsmen and "young Squires of high degree," never suspecting that in the country a very inferior class is often endowed with these skilful arts.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The dinner company on this day contained nothing very formidable, either on the score of station or ability,-a few bar celebrities with their wives, an eccentric dean with a daughter, a garrison colonel or two, three country Squires, and a doctor from Merrion Square.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He will paint British Squires and farmers and labourers as he has seen them with his own eyes.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen