That there are not more acres of greensward is regrettable. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday Op/Ed: Don’t Put the Chihuly Museum at Seattle Center « PubliCola] Reference
A hurdy-gurdy furnished the music and the greensward was their ballroom floor. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Brown's Orchard Home] Reference
The greensward is the canvas, the house or some other prominent point is the central figure, the planting completes the composition and adds the color. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
Laid out in the shape of a cross as part of the original federal plan, the greensward is a splendid place to relax or jog (perhaps past politicos and their retinues). From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
Shines on the greensward that haps Naebody's bairn!. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
On the greensward lay William in anguish extended, vol. ii. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Wear this around the greensward and become an instant parody. From Wordnik.com. [Think Wide, Think Ambitious] Reference
For twelve summers her foot had never pressed the greensward. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
Here and there glow-worms twinkled on the edges of the greensward. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The north side of the main group is flanked by a greensward, called the. From Wordnik.com. [The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition] Reference
Upon the greensward stood orderly rows of well-washed chairs, each with. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920] Reference
Here the grass had been closely cut so that it formed a velvet greensward. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
Captain Dobbs wiped his gory weapon on the greensward, and returned it to the sheath. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Oxford still isn't likely to let business interests run wild over its hallowed greensward. From Wordnik.com. [Oxford's Business Blues] Reference
A tablecloth, white as the driven snow, is spread upon the greensward, by the margin of a fountain. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
A beautiful place for our pic-nic -- a mossy log or two by the streamlet, and a delicious greensward. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
The course was a great level field of greensward, oval in shape, with the track in beautiful condition. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
Again and again did he throw himself on the greensward, and pour out his soul in gratitude and in prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway The Adventures of Rodney Roverton] Reference
Between the trellis and the terrace there was to be a smooth expanse of greensward, bordered with flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
The freemen came together at their own will to sit in the council ring on the greensward beneath the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia] Reference
Eventually, perhaps, real nature will begin to reclaim the grassy expanses of the Mall's oversized greensward. From Wordnik.com. [On the National Museum of African American History and Culture: A little green around the edges] Reference
On the edge of the greensward a blade of grass here and there was illuminated by a tiny, green, flickering light. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She had reached a cleared spot, where the branches of a beautiful fir stood out over a greensward, like a natural tower. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Camping Days] Reference
In the long, sober alleys a few leaves had already dropped from the trees above, marking the greensward and the gravel like a. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
Gold and silver pheasants lurked in the shrubberies, and peacocks spread their tails and paraded before us on the greensward. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
Schuylkill daily of six millions of gallons to sprinkle over asphaltum, gravel and greensward demands recantation of the word. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
The irregularly scattered houses, amidst trees and greensward, have something the appearance of Singapore, when viewed from the seaward. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
She was walking towards him at that moment, her footsteps falling soundlessly on the greensward, her face blushing and her eyes downcast. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Rachel] Reference
The greensward in the middle of this square contains two or three elms of immemorial age, besides many thrifty trees of a later planting. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
One day when Madame Desvarennes arrived at Cernay, she was surprised to see the greensward bordering the woods marked out with white stakes. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It was a little cluster of birch-bark wigwams, pitched upon a carpet of greensward, just at the edge of one of the loveliest harbors in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Favored on the greensward of the All England Club and a controversial No. 1, Sampras facing Courier in the Wimbledon final was the champion's own personal trial by fire. From Wordnik.com. ['Sweet Pete' Swings For An Open Repeat] Reference
It is a most sunny little spot, covered with the freshest greensward, and nestling lovingly, like a petted darling, in the embracing curve of a crescent-shaped hill opposite. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
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