The spot was bright and lively now; but in winter it became necessary to place sandbags against the door, and to stuff up the keyhole against the wind and rain, which had worn the paint so thin that the priming and knotting showed through.

In sober mornings, do not thou reherse The holy incantation of a verse ...

Check the eco credentials of your paint – not all are what they say on the tin.

… all other classes are painted in unlined green.