marsh-land

On the other were stretches of field and marsh-land, which, even when warm and green with summer, had a desolate aspect, with their background of low, monotonous hills, and both before and behind were more lonesome hills, more dreary fields, and black masses of woodland.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

So the proud heiress of a hundred acres -- mostly marsh-land, but no matter!

Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

At low tide there is not a drop of water to be seen, -- only dreary stretches of marsh-land, reminding us of the sad outlook of Mariana in the Moated

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Various

When we returned to the shore, we found that the tide had gone out, and between us and the boats lay a tract of marsh-land, which it would have been impossible to cross without a wetting.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Various

The fragrant ferny depths of the forest, and the lush growth of the rank marsh-land, the immeasurable sands of the ocean-edge hiding in their mysterious sameness innumerable and beautiful shells and corals, and the mountain top heaped up with boulders, or crumbling by nature's processes into pebbly imponderance.

Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Anna Bishop Scofield

There is some marsh-land stretching away from the ridge with much grass-land, where Thorbjorn had made a quantity of hay which was just dry.

Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Unknown

A dreary expanse of low-lying marsh-land, dismal, gloomy and full of quicksands, where the only objects that relieved the eye were the crumbling walls of old farm buildings, and a lonely windmill, standing on a roll of higher ground and stretching its gaunt arms toward the sky as if in mute appeal against its desolate surroundings -- such was

The Story of Versailles Francis Loring Payne

Beyond the wall there lies a two-mile stretch of marsh-land, foreshortened on my window-frame to about a quarter of an inch.

Try Anything Twice 1938

It is situated on flat and low-lying marsh-land, about 15 miles westward along the coast from

What to See in England Gordon Home 1923

About 3 miles to the east of Herne Bay, the twin towers of an old Roman church stand prominently out from the flat marsh-land which stretches between the villages of Herne and Birchington, some 5 miles from the well-known health resort of Margate.

What to See in England Gordon Home 1923