"'There are political divisions here, and John's cousin belongs to the minority. John knows few people, and the talk of those few is all of wethers and tegs. A scholarly man, who drinks little wine, who dislikes hunting, for whom books and music are all-important, has little to say to them.'" --Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 285
"'There are political divisions here, and John's cousin belongs to the minority. John knows few people, and the talk of those few is all of wethers and tegs. A scholarly man, who drinks little wine, who dislikes hunting, for whom books and music are all-important, has little to say to them.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 285
Get in reverse.
In rare/antique books, "top edge gilt"