The laurel tree was his personal emblem, as the word laurel and the Latin version of his name, Laurentius, had the same root. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet Prince] Reference
The ground-laurel is in flower-bud, and the buds are quite full. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Hours] Reference
(In the picture you can also see my little Kalmia mountain laurel ‘Minuet.’). From Wordnik.com. [Bravo! Love my Encore Azaleas « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog] Reference
I could tell that they were seeing the rod flick and spooking even when I was up against mountain laurel on the bank. From Wordnik.com. [The Quickest Way to Lose Your Rod?] Reference
This is from the 2008 season, after tracking a bear for three hours across various ridges and thick mountain laurel patches. From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream] Reference
Mountain laurel is out, and rhododendrons. From Wordnik.com. [my fandom runs like a girl] Reference
The laurel was the emblem of victory among the Romans. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII] Reference
I spotted white oaks and red maples and mountain laurel. From Wordnik.com. ["Only mustard isn't a bird," Alice remarked.] Reference
Sometimes, too, I have heard it called 'mountain laurel.'. From Wordnik.com. [Flower Stories] Reference
The deer ran 30 yards and crashed into the mountain laurel. From Wordnik.com. [OK lets see how many posts we can get here.] Reference
The laurel is the only tree which burns and crackles when green. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII] Reference
We took a long sauntering walk this morning and found the mountain laurel, which is very rare here. From Wordnik.com. [Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis] Reference
The camphor-laurel, which is about the size of an English oak, is the most important of these trees. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
In this region the rhododendron is called laurel and the laurel (the sheep-laurel of New England) is called ivy. From Wordnik.com. [On Horseback] Reference
One would be apt to take it at first sight, both from its bark and its height, for that kind of laurel used in the kitchens. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
The UIF's (the party's, that is) logo sports two red hands in the thumbs-up position forming a kind of laurel around faces in profile. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In this region the rhododendron is called laurel and the laurel (the sheep-laurel of. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
But the Palm Springs festival has now earned a different kind of laurel: a bona fide diplomatic incident. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
In the gardens, the rose-laurel which is beginning to bloom in profusion is becoming already magnificently pink. From Wordnik.com. [Ramuntcho] Reference
A vegetable substance, chiefly procured from a kind of laurel, (Laurus. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
As for the other, it is always green, like a laurel. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
Rounding the corner, they saw the laurel hedge. From Wordnik.com. [Trust Walk] Reference
"O," consisting of a laurel wreath with a Lifeguardsman charging through. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
One leaf of mountain laurel slips away into shadow, then bend — then gone. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Psalm] Reference
Dead men lay at their feet, but honour, with its laurel crown, wreathed their heads!. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
"I will leave a branch of laurel to guide you back to me," the man said to his daughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
On the surface, Russia seems to take the laurel, playing an energy-hungry East and West to its advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Fear and Loathing in Siberia] Reference
I doubt, however, if ever a laurel-crown were worn more comfortably than Ernest Dalton could have worn his. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
This single wide brushstroke, doubled up on itself in a bulbous curve, produces the tapering form of a laurel leaf. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hodgkin - the last English romantic painter] Reference
To win a great victory or put on a new bonnet, what matters it if this new bonnet gives you the same joy as a laurel crown?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mizolwat - A dirty Wrist like you sick me up? that's a laurel - I knew your kink at fishwife gleam - dirty Wrist says I to myself. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question)] Reference
However, I would accessorize -- sometimes, with a graduation-cap mortarboard, or a Roman laurel wreath, or an enormous prom corsage. From Wordnik.com. [Courting trouble: It's confirmed -- Gene is a jerk] Reference
Smart lad, to slip betimes awayFrom fields were glory does not stayAnd early though the laurel growsIt withers quicker than the rose. —. From Wordnik.com. [To an Athlete Dying Young] Reference
He raised her carefully, bore her to the foot of a great laurel-tree, and taking his cloak, placed her on it, and bent over her in agony. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
The bushes on the border of the terrace were covered with silver stars and on the hillsides the laurel-trees threw their odoriferous flame. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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