The cottages erected by farmers or by landlords are now, one and all, fit and proper habitations for human beings; and I verifly believe it would be impossible throughout the length and breadth of Wiltshire to find a single bad cottage on any large estate, so well and so thoroughly have the landed proprietors done their work.
The Complete Works of Richard Jefferies (18 Complete Works of Richard Jefferies Including After London, Amaryllis at the Fair, Bevis, The Life of the Fields, The Open Air, And More)