They had talked to him-father, mother, brothers, and sisters-using every argument they could find or invent to move him, until it was day and time for the woodman to go to his woods, and the others to their several occupations.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
A fresh wonder came to light when I found that this poor woodman, with so large a family to support, who spent ten or twelve hours every day at his outdoor work, had yet been able out of his small earnings to buy bricks and other materials, and, assisted by his sons, to build a chapel adjoining his house.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Only a woodman, but he might have come of one of the oldest and best families in the country, if there is any connection between good blood and fine features and a noble expression.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson