mole-catcher

Notwithstanding all this, the greater part of so vilely abused parents are so timorous and afraid of devils and hobgoblins, and so deeply plunged in superstition, that they dare not gainsay nor contradict, much less oppose and resist those unnatural and impious actions, when the mole-catcher hath been present at the perpetrating of the fact, and a party contractor and covenanter in that detestable bargain.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Notwithstanding all this, the greater part of so vilely abused parents are so timorous and afraid of devils and hobgoblins, and so deeply plunged in superstition, that they dare not gainsay nor contradict, much less oppose and resist those unnatural and impious actions, when the mole-catcher hath been present at the perpetrating of the fact, and a party contractor and covenanter in that detestable bargain.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

From being a farm labourer he had sunk to the level of mole-catcher, going from farm to farm to set his traps, and people declared he stank as badly as his quarry.

Maigret and the Lazy Burglar Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

But here comes, I do think, the mole-catcher himself; let us hear what he has to say.

Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton

In the park you may chance to meet the mole-catcher of the place -- an upholder of right traditions of an old English village.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

We have Marcasse, the mole-catcher, and Patience, the good-natured Patience, the rustic philosopher, well up in Epictetus and in Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who has gone into the woods to live his life according to the laws of Nature and to find the wisdom of the primitive days of the world.

George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings 1910

We have Marcasse, the mole-catcher, and Patience, the good-natured Patience, the rustic philosopher, well up in Epictetus and in Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who has gone into the woods to live his life according to the laws of Nature and to find the wisdom of the primitive days of the world.

George Sand; Some Aspects of her Life and Writings 1910

Gavin met Sanders Webster, the mole-catcher, and was persuaded by him to go home by Caddam Wood.

The Little Minister 1898

Less fortunate was Sanders Webster, the mole-catcher already mentioned.

The Little Minister 1898

We have Marcasse, the mole-catcher, and Patience, the good-natured Patience, the rustic philosopher, well up in Epictetus and in Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who has gone into the woods to live his life according to the laws of Nature and to find the wisdom of the primitive days of the world.

George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Ren�� Doumic 1898