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river every brook every lake stamps
Every river, every brook, every lake stamps a special character upon its salmon, its shad, and its trout, which is at once recognized by those who deal in or consume them.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

rights enjoyed by English landlords so
In 1793 he proclaimed that the ten years settlement would be perpetual; that the tenant-rights of ryots would be left to future inquiry; and that henceforth the Bengal zemindars would be invested with the proprietary rights enjoyed by English landlords, so long as they paid the fixed yearly revenue to Government and respected all existing rights of ryots and cultivators.
— from India Under British Rule from the Foundation of the East India Company by James Talboys Wheeler

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