On the other side of the moorland was a stretch of twisted rocks, pitted and gouged by the advance and retreat of glaciers long gone. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
"moorland" water can also dissolve lead from lead pipes and may therefore be dangerous for drinking purposes unless it is specially purified. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons on Soil] Reference
The sweet gale, or Dutch myrtle, grows in moorland fens. From Wordnik.com. [Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York] Reference
"I was not very kind that day I met you on the moorland.". From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
The horse had left the high road and must be on the moorland!. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
England, which was situated on the wild moorland of north-west. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
'The Bower,' far outbye on the moorland beside the Blackburn Lynn. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Before him was the moorland, covered with heather and gorse bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Alford, owing to the sandy moorland soil of Woodhall: — Calluna Erica. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Yet ever the challenge of the arrogant moorland princess assailed his heart. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
When, once more, the moorland was deserted, he sat down again on the heather. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
For this purpose he secured a large tract of waste moorland, in the parishes of. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
It is finely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by wild, high-lying moorland. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
It was extraordinarily silent, too; and infinitely lonelier than the deserted moorland. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
'Who is this moorland beauty?' he inquired of his comrade, as the two rode on again together. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Zennor is a lovely moorland village in the neighbourhood of some of the wildest scenery in Cornwall. From Wordnik.com. [Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway.] Reference
He remembered that he had gone to that cottage on the moorland with his nurse to recover after measles. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
It answered to the spirit of the bleak moorland, to the steeps of the cliffs, to the mystery of the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
He saw a small boy, a very small boy, tugging, pulling, and twisting at a tough gorse stick on a moorland. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
All about this country of mountain and moorland are scenes of intense historic interest and natural beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway.] Reference
Half an hour's walking brought him to a wide expanse of moorland, as lonely a spot as can well be imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
She did not wait for the men and kept a little ahead of them as she mounted the cliff to the moorland above. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
The moorland country here is barren and windswept, with disfigurations from mining; and the dismal summit of. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The RSPB also highlighted the public stake in moorland management which could be vulnerable to recession cuts. From Wordnik.com. [Oh what a glorious day it is – except for the grouse] Reference
He had seen the little place from the moorland, looking down into it where it lay in a hollow among the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Ellenor walked rapidly up the steep path to the summit of the cliff, then plunged into the darkness of the moorland. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
What possible excuse was she going to give for it, in the face of her behaviour to him that afternoon on the moorland?. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
On the moorland beyond Morvah rises the tor of Carn Galva, standing stern and solitary like a little patch of Dartmoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
But Dominic lashed her on, and in pain and terror she tore across the moorland, striking fire from the stones as she flew. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
He roved the Devon hills in wind and rain, drew into his lungs the fragrant breath of the moorland, and felt a better man. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Corbet made his way to his home, a cottage not far from the outskirts of the moorland at whose edge stood the Haunted House. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
Fields of buttercups and clover come near to the shore, but inland lies the moorland waste of Pradanack and Goonhilly Downs. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Scattered over 50 acres of moorland, geological formations rise precariously out of the ground, forming strangely familiar shapes. From Wordnik.com. [Just get physical: active days out in Britain] Reference
St. Ives, less than seven hours 'journey from Paddington, is an ideal centre from which to explore the coast and moorland beauties of. From Wordnik.com. [Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway.] Reference
Was it the damp that brought the perfumes of the moorland so distinctly toward them -- the bog-myrtle, the water-mint and wild thyme?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Inwardly he was the same Antony who had conquered the gorse-stick on the moorland; outwardly -- well, he didn't make the fight so obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
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