Game Preserver

Their food consists of small mammals, young birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects -- particularly beetles -- and thus they never could have been very injurious to the game-preserver, if indeed they were not really his friends, though they have fallen under his ban; but at the present day they are so scarce that in England their effect, whatever it may be, is inappreciable. ❋ Various (N/A)

Further, there was the prospect of several guests of position arriving in the course of the day, who would expect sport of some kind, and the inroads of the distemper (which continued among his game) had been lately so serious that he was afraid for his reputation as a game-preserver. ❋ Unknown (1899)

Lucy was an extensive game-preserver, and owned at Charlecote a warren in which a few harts or does doubtless found an occasional home. ❋ Sidney Lee (1892)

Sir Austin Feverel, a thorough good Tory, was no game-preserver, and could be popular whenever he chose, which Sir Males Papworth, on the other side of the river, a fast-handed Whig and terror to poachers, never could be. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

He foresaw that he and Nevil would soon be having a wrestle over the matter, hand and thigh; but a gentleman in the right engaged with a fellow in the wrong has nothing to apprehend; is, in fact, in the position of a game-preserver with a poacher. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

Tory, was no game-preserver, and could be popular whenever he chose, which Sir Males Papworth, on the other side of the river, a fast-handed ❋ George Meredith (1868)

Sir Austin Feverel, a thorough good Tory, was no game-preserver, and could be popular whenever he chose, which Sir Males Papworth, on the other side of the river, a fast-handed ❋ George Meredith (1868)

Such a sortie from cover is the standing risk of the game-preserver. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

He was brought to the front in politics, as Sallust avers, by his merit, in spite of his birth and social position, when the mortal peril of the Catilinarian conspiracy was gathering round the state, and necessity called for the man, and not the game-preserver. ❋ Goldwin Smith (1866)

a fellow in the wrong has nothing to apprehend; is, in fact, in the position of a game-preserver with a poacher. ❋ George Meredith (1868)