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The Son of Anak, otherwise Rufus the Blue-Eyed, and also plebeianly known as Tots, rioted with him from brier-rose path to farthest orchard, scalped him in the haymow with barbaric yells, and once, with pharisaic zeal, was near to crucifying him under the attic roof beams.
Local Color 2010
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Fresh he would arrive, and cleanly clad, from grand folk who were his friends as I was his friend, and again, weary and worn, he would creep up the brier-rose path from the Montanas or Mexico.
Local Color 2010
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And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Various
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And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
Death of the Flowers 1912
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The Son of Anak, otherwise Rufus the Blue-Eyed, and also plebeianly known as Tots, rioted with him from brier-rose path to farthest orchard, scalped him in the haymow with barbaric yells, and once, with pharisaic zeal, was near to crucifying him under the attic roof beams.
Local Colour 1906
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Fresh he would arrive, and cleanly clad, from grand folk who were his friends as I was his friend, and again, weary and worn, he would creep up the brier-rose path from the Montanas or Mexico.
Local Colour 1906
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The brier-rose, kind to all rabbits alike, did its best, but it was no use.
Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
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