Possible Clues:

• "Children of a --- God"
• Not so much of a landlord, by the sound of it
• Not so great reels around the South
• "Children of a __ God"
• Smirk about craft that's inferior
• Reduced
• Like a certain evil
• 'Children of a ___ God'
• There's not a nice look about the minor ship
• Sounds as if the miner will get not so much with 'er