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She buried it in the lemon-grove, in a grave which she could see from her bed.
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There in the green, shaded alleys they disported themselves; in the lemon-grove, in the perfumed rose-garden, by hedges of box and screens of purple clematis they fluttered.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912
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She buried it in the lemon-grove, in a grave which she could see from her bed.
The Red Lily — Complete Anatole France 1884
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On the 7th of April, the National Assembly met at Damala, on the coast opposite to Poros, and half way between Hermione and Egina -- the meeting-place, for want of a building large enough, to hold the two hundred members, being a lemon-grove, watered by the classic fountain of Hippocrene.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
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Landing for the first time on the continent, Lord Cochrane proceeded in state on horseback for the distance of a mile and a-half that was between the shore and the lemon-grove.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
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Surely, in some far-off glade, by the side of lemon-grove or garden, near the village, there must be still a pagan remnant of glad
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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Surely, in some far-off glade, by the side of lemon-grove or garden, near the village, there must be still a pagan remnant of glad
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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