It is a literary hub but also an oak-shaded example of rural Southern black culture — sometimes disdained, sometimes praised — that was born of American slavery. From Wordnik.com. [September 2008] Reference
Then Hurricane Katrina hit, and the real-estate developers turned their backs on the coast, took off their sunglasses, and saw for the first time, 50 miles inland and 350 feet above sea level, the peaceful little old abandoned town of Florinna, with its oak-shaded brick streets and its Victorian downtown. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'What Would They Say in Birmingham?'] Reference
Today, a plaque on an oak-shaded bench by the first tee reads. From Wordnik.com. [Island Packet: Home] Reference
Since here on the oak-shaded shore of the dark-winding, swift Mississippi. From Wordnik.com. [The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems] Reference
Atop an oak-shaded hill at Mount Hope Cemetery, an epitaph chiseled in Latin on Col. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com Weather News] Reference
Schoolchildren have ample room to roam on Cornerstone Academy's oak-shaded playground. From Wordnik.com. [news | GS | http://www.gainesville.com] Reference
Their oak-shaded garden features meandering paths, rock outcroppings, private retreats and water features. From Wordnik.com. [Auburn Journal - Top Stories] Reference
He bought a field close by the oak-shaded plain of Mamre in Hebron, and there in a rocky cave he buried her. From Wordnik.com. [Child's Story of the Bible] Reference
The 34 war dead from the Iraq and Afghanistan engagements lie at the oak-shaded western edge of Section R at the. From Wordnik.com. Reference
And in Savannah, Ga., masses of revelers clad head-to-toe in green crammed sidewalks and oak-shaded squares for the best parade view. From Wordnik.com. [News for Lynchburg News Advance] Reference
Bridge - has its share of antebellum architecture: oak-shaded streets lined with gracious mansions and stately waterfront plantation homes. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
Miss Carryl was standing at the end of the beautiful, oak-shaded avenue when the Messenger, arriving at full speed, drew bridle and whirled her horse. From Wordnik.com. [Special Messenger] Reference
And in Savannah, Ga., masses of residents and tourists clad head-to-toe in green crammed the sidewalks and oak-shaded squares for the best parade view. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The 34 war dead from the Iraq and Afghanistan engagements lie at the oak-shaded western edge of Section R at the Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Before Hurricane Katrina, some 200 people came each day to visit the house - the only structure on the oak-shaded Beauvoir estate not destroyed by the storm. From Wordnik.com. [WSBTV.com - Local News] Reference
The Great Calusa Blueway offers 190 miles of fresh and saltwater paddling on marked trails that meander through oak-shaded hammocks and mangrove tunnels in Lee. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It is a literary hub but also an oak-shaded example of rural Southern black culture - sometimes disdained, sometimes praised - that was born of American slavery. From Wordnik.com. [news | GT | http://www.gadsdentimes.com] Reference
Thornton Park offers affordable historic homes on oak-shaded, brick-paved streets, a vibrant hub of restaurants and shops, and a friendly atmosphere, the magazine reports. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
Beyond the railway to the east of Ockley, approached by quiet oak-shaded roads, lies the little village of Capel, not much more than a half-mile of main street lined with cottages. From Wordnik.com. [Highways and Byways in Surrey] Reference
Here, at the far-off Cape, the Huguenots settled in the valleys of the Drakenstein, of the Hottentot's Holland, and at French Hoek; and they made the wilderness blossom, and transformed its barren spaces into smiling wheatfields and oak-shaded vineyards. From Wordnik.com. [Here, There and Everywhere] Reference
Her hand tightened momentarily on his arm as if, for all her weakness, she could drag him from the place; then again she leaned heavily upon it, and with that support, and with bent head, she walked slowly from the hotel and along the oak-shaded path toward White Gables. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in Black] Reference
N.C. Novelist Nicholas Sparks, who wrote the movie's script, initially set the story in Wrightsville and Wilmington, N.C. But filmmakers persuaded him to change the location to Tybee Island and neighboring Savannah so they could include local landmarks such as the island's towering lighthouse and the oak-shaded squares in Savannah's historic district. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Location managers for the movie "The Last Song," which starts filming on Tybee next week, told residents at a town meeting Monday that the island proved too unique to masquerade as Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Novelist Nicholas Sparks, who wrote the movie's script, initially set the story in Wrightsville and Wilmington, N.C. But filmmakers persuaded him to change the location to Tybee Island and neighboring Savannah so they could include local landmarks such as the island's towering lighthouse and the oak-shaded squares in Savannah's historic district. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Green-tufted, oak-shaded, by Amoskeag's fall. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
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