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Page 53
... green grass and a shady tree , if not in flowers , is grievously contradicted to English ears by a general ... green field is the same as another green field ; and contrasted it , in Socrates ' vein , with the instructive town . When we ...
... green grass and a shady tree , if not in flowers , is grievously contradicted to English ears by a general ... green field is the same as another green field ; and contrasted it , in Socrates ' vein , with the instructive town . When we ...
Page 94
... green bank on each side , on which stood thatched cottages , whitewashed or of the pale red of old weathered bricks ; each with its own plot of ground or garden with , in some cases , a few fruit trees . Here and there stood a large ...
... green bank on each side , on which stood thatched cottages , whitewashed or of the pale red of old weathered bricks ; each with its own plot of ground or garden with , in some cases , a few fruit trees . Here and there stood a large ...
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... green thought in a green shade ' ? But he wrote that , I think , before the perfect gardener was described in our villages as the possessor of a ' green thumb . ' He gives us both the picture and philosophy of an ideal garden that is ...
... green thought in a green shade ' ? But he wrote that , I think , before the perfect gardener was described in our villages as the possessor of a ' green thumb . ' He gives us both the picture and philosophy of an ideal garden that is ...
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A. C. Swinburne Alexander Pope autumn beauty bees birds bloom blossoms botanic boughs breath called century charming colour cultivated daisies delight dial earth England English eyes famous favourite field fountains fruit Garden of Eden Gilbert White golden grass green groves grow H. A. L. Fisher happy hath hedge herbs J. B. S. Haldane John Evelyn labour lawn leaves less lilies live look Lord meadow motto nature never orchard Paradise perhaps physic garden pink plants pleasant pleasure poets Queen romance roses round scent season seed seen shade sing smell soil sort spring summer sweet Sylvia Townsend Warner thee things thou thought Timothy trees tulips unto vegetable verse violet W. H. Davies W. H. Hudson walk wall weeds wild flowers wilderness William William Shakespeare wind winter wood