Trees

Examples

• Beyond the boundaries of the plantation, George had noticed a dry, sandy knoll, shaded by a few trees; there they made the grave. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I thank you for your ingenious paper in favour of the trees. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Fields, trees, and hedges, seemed to rush past them with the velocity of a whirlwind, so rapid was the pace at which they tore along. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was but a single way, and that led through the mighty, towering trees upon our right. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The trees of the forest attracted my deep admiration as I proceeded toward the sea. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I turned from the group of trees and the merrie companie in its shade. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Bred in the country, he had attentively observed the effect of lightning on trees and cattle. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Others, again, searched the surrounding trees for fruit, nuts, small birds, and eggs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• There, within easy reach of the rubber trees, they set up their camp and the actual work of harvesting the rubber crop begins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She is like a mountain and the boy and the girl are like young trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They looked, and saw a glitter through the trees. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I have made these few remarks on trees simply to call attention to the subject. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The trees and vines stretch across these narrow roadways sometimes and so shut out the sun that you seem to be riding through a tunnel. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There were trees along both sides of the road and through the right line of trees I saw the river, the water clear, fast and shallow. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The lower levels of the Mesozoic land were no doubt covered by great fern brakes and shrubby bush and a kind of jungle growth of trees. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We might hide among the great trees for a time, but the chances are small indeed for escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Not that there was any particular harm in the man beyond his cocoa trees; but we never suited nor understood each other. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Paths, hedges, fields, houses, and trees, were enveloped in one deep shade. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The sun was low, and tall trees sent their shadows across the grassy walks where Mary was moving without bonnet or parasol. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• At the back were trees, among which were to be found the stables, and the big kitchen garden, behind which was a wood. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He disappeared in the trees turning to the left. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He saw the girl's cropped head disappear with a jerk under the robe and then he saw the horseman coming through the trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height, and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The bark of trees made into a liquor has been used for centuries in treating practically all kinds of hides. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A pearl-white moon smiles through the gray trees; does he care for her smile? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I wanted to be cutting at those trees in the forest of difficulty, under circumstances that should prove my strength. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The old walnut trees are all come down to make room for it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Struggling and shrieking, his body, rolling from side to side, moved quickly toward the shadows beneath the trees. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• What a day it is and how I am contented not to be in pine trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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