The wealthy owners of the Villas scattered about, some keeping as many horses as a gentleman with a country seat, were glad to obtain fresh fodder for their stables, and often bought the crops standing, which to him was especially profitable, because he could not well afford the cost of the labour he must employ to harvest them.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Farmhouses are not like the Villas of cities and city suburbs.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
In short, just such a medley of artistic styles as may be seen in scores of suburban Villas where money is of little account, and even in houses of higher social pretensions.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies