On the whole, the primrose is a poet's and a painter's flower. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1] Reference
Elsewhere they would be called primrose, but the use of the Latin name is appropriate for this place. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
And the primrose is fresh in the wood —. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 12] Reference
At first it has a kind of primrose tint, but, when subjected to heat, or to the sun, turns green. From Wordnik.com. [Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah] Reference
The primrose smiles sweet as it welcomes the simmer. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Cowering in the primrose whirlwind his lips have blown. From Wordnik.com. [Precipitations] Reference
There is in cultivation a variety of the primrose called. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Here peeps the pale primrose from the skirts of the wild wood. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
They could be simple, as the wild rose and the primrose are simple. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Sometimes the calyx is covered with down, as in geranium, primrose, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
"A blood relation is a good deal like the famous primrose on the river's brim.". From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
It's the 'primrose path,' you see, and they're afraid of the 'everlasting bonfire.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
I'll be judge, if I am not as sweet, I may say, as a primrose, from head to my feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies] Reference
He brought primrose roots from the glen, and planted a bank with them behind the house. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls] Reference
"You must go home with me, little primrose," said the old man, stooping over the flower. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
I use it only previous to throwing on down, such as in the calyx of geranium, primrose, &c. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
"Sure, we may have led him down the primrose path," says one former Justice Department official. From Wordnik.com. [A Question Of Betrayal] Reference
A primrose colour is obtained by using my lemon powder (a beautiful preparation), upon white wax. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
There was a faint primrose glow in the sky and a blackbird was whistling at the end of the garden. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
"Well, and you, Captain," said Lenaieff: "Have you not also trodden the primrose path in your time?". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But perhaps she was, by this time, accustomed to the dalliance of her Ludwig along the primrose path. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
See, there is the water-primrose, now in flower, with its delicate pink corolla and bright orange centre. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
"It is an exquisite harmony in primrose and pale green that gives one the impression of sunlight and Spring.". From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
The rift in the leaden sky had lengthened and widened, and the first pale primrose of the dawn showed beyond. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Check out primrose-london. co.uk's gothic stone arch mirror for £58.95, or its Tudor leaded mirror for £84.95. From Wordnik.com. [Homes: Big ideas for small backyards] Reference
On the sloping banks below were splotches of violet and primrose, and, over all, hung the green shimmer of spring. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Narcissus "Pipit" is one of my favourites, blooming in April with pale primrose flowers bleaching to cream in the trumpet. From Wordnik.com. [Light up your garden with bulbs] Reference
There's not enough evidence to say whether or not dong quai, evening primrose, or ginseng can relieve symptoms of menopause. From Wordnik.com. [Do any herbs work for menopause?] Reference
Thus in the primrose the phyllodic sepals seem to show clearly that the sepals are in that plant of a laminar nature (fig. 131). From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
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