The nets caught well, and Mr. Deeley reported it the best fishing ground he ever tried.

[…] the rents of lands still grew higher upon every lease that expired, till they have arrived at the present exorbitance; when the frog, overswelling himself, burst at last.

WFK Clear Creek - abbreviation for West Fork [of] Clear Creek

Bowring was a man of few words; he said, Blaze away, my boy. And I tried to. But it was no use; I had got out of the style; my writing was too literary by a long chalk.