fir-tree

On the plateau, to the left, a dead fir-tree with a bench under it.

John Gabriel Borkman 2008

On the plateau, to the left, a dead fir-tree with a bench under it.

John Gabriel Borkman 2008

Its small size confirmed the tradition that it had originally been merely the hut of a peasant; and the cross of fir-tree, covered with bark, attested the purpose to which it was now dedicated.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

Every tree was silvered, and the fir-tree tufts of needles looked like white chrysanthemums.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

At last I was by accident present at a meeting between them in the open air, looking on leaning behind a fir-tree without their knowing of it.

Doctor Marigold 2007

At last I was by accident present at a meeting between them in the open air, looking on leaning behind a fir-tree without their knowing of it.

Doctor Marigold 2007

He walked without haste, from time to time blowing a shrill note on a whistle; a woodcock soon answered back, and before my eyes darted into a thick fir-tree.

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories 2006

Then he began to dream that he was once more fighting a duel, that the antagonist standing facing him was Herr Klüber, and on a fir-tree was sitting a parrot, and this parrot was Pantaleone, and he kept tapping with his beak: one, one, one!

The Torrents of Spring 2006

The black sky was no higher than the fir-tree tops and so solid you bent your head, like going into a hut.

A Christmas Story, by Sarban « raincoaster 2006

Then through the wet cobwebs, that hung like movable diaphragms on each blade and bough, he pushed his way down to the furrow which led from the secluded fir-tree island to the wide world beyond the field.

Two on a Tower 2006