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Examples
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Sylvan, in the course of the night, having escaped over the garden-wall of
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Here a plaited alley conducted them, without the possibility of their being seen by any neighbour, to a door in the garden-wall, which being opened, proved to be a private entrance into
Redgauntlet 2008
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Hereward turned about instantly, and availing himself of his knowledge of Constantinople to thread its streets in the shortest time possible, at length stood alone before the door in the garden-wall, at which he and the
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Immediately from the outside of the garden-wall the grass spread away to a great distance, and it was crossed by a path which came close to the wall.
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Hannah has just brought me from the private place in the garden-wall, a letter from Mr. Lovelace, deposited last night, signed also by Lord M.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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He took to fishing the Brawl, which runs through the Park, and passes not very far from the garden-wall.
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A quick glance of her practised eye showed her, even through the deep dark shadow, the sculls in a rack against the redbrick garden-wall.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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We compute in England, a park wall at a thousand pounds a mile; now a garden-wall must cost at least as much.
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Then the lustrous meadows far beyond the thatch of the garden-wall, yet seen beneath the hanging scollops of the walnut-tree, all awaking, dressed in pearl, all amazed at their own glistening, like
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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Caroline, going a little apart, paced to and fro beneath the Rectory garden-wall, dreaming, too, in her way.
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