Quite a different kind of herbage, and you know that it is a matter upon which we must take a woman's word. ". From Wordnik.com. [Moon of Israel] Reference
Some cows, up to mid-leg in damp herbage, were grazing quietly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It was ideal cow country and the herbage was succulent and rich. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery] Reference
Fences torn down, ground trampled, and fields destitute of herbage. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
The herbage grew in isolated patches on a black and uncultivated soil. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
The one that is carelessly nibbling the herbage on the very edge of perdition!. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
The herbage constituting pasture is, as every farmer knows, of a varied description. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
In this case the manure should be applied so as not to impair the quality of the herbage. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
He takes me into an apparent wilderness, but I find rich herbage on the unpromising plain. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
With the other succulent plants, the rich herbage of the prairie has entirely disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
The land is generally low, and covered with an astonishing luxuriance of wood and herbage. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales] Reference
The nature of the herbage growing on pasture is very much influenced by the manure applied. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Fires which often destroy the herbage thus have the effect of throwing the plant into bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
They have a scanty but nutritious herbage, and are for many months in the year covered with snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
'Animals are to be looked upon as machines for converting herbage into money,' says Daniel Webster. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It immediately destroys all sorts of moss, makes a tender herbage spring up, and eradicates a number of weeds. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
During the winter season they come down to the lowlands to drink in the unfrozen lakes and feed upon the herbage. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Chamois are most numerous in the Alps, where they dwell in small herds and feed on the herbage of the mountain sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
A fresh spring gushed from a neighbouring rock, and meandered sparkling among the verdant herbage and variegated flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
It was the merest baby -- half-an-ounce, perhaps -- and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
See how flexible that pointed nose is; how useful in grubbing amongst the closest herbage, or under the surface of the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Only such herbage may be expected to thrive here as can live on its own condensation of water from a sensibly dry atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
In speaking of Aureolin as adapted for the colouring of foliage and herbage, it is impossible to say too much in its praise. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The herbage was completely eaten up, and the trees in many parts were cut down, in order that the hungry animals might eat the leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
Great must have been the tinkling at eventide, exceeding that of the most extensive flock of merinos that ever cropped Castilian herbage. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The late afternoon sunshine of the last of October shone clear and warm upon the fading close-cropped herbage that covered the long slopes. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
A dense forest of pine fringed it on three sides; vast herds of horses and cattle roamed over the plain, and cropped its luxuriant herbage. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
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