He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.

It is all very well to keep a stylish steed, but many a horse is a good 'on to look at which is not a good 'un to go, and I for one would rather have a goey one than a showy one.

If we [boys] did get caught the watchman would take the wooden end of his hood, slap our setdowns, then give us a kick and say, ‘Get out!’ […]

here was one [a hut] that, summer-blanch’d, Was parcel-bearded with the traveller’s-joy In Autumn, parcel ivy-clad;