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  • And in it there was a well-wooded pasturage of oxen; and about the oxen the Teleboae and the sons of Electryon were fighting; the one party defending themselves, the others, the Taphian raiders, longing to rob them; and the dewy meadow was drenched with their blood, and the many were overmastering the few herdsmen.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • And bordering on it the Mossynoeci next in order inhabit the well-wooded mainland and the parts beneath the mountains, who have built in towers made from trees their wooden homes and well-fitted chambers, which they call Mossynes, and the people themselves take their name from them.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • A large and well-wooded park, or rather chase, stretched along the hill behind the castle, which, occupying, as we have noticed, a pass ascending from the plain, seemed built in its very gorge to defend the forest ground which arose behind it in shaggy majesty.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • The boulder chat (Pinarornis plumosus) is found in well-wooded terrain with large boulders.

    Southern Miombo woodlands 2007

  • The report suggests one aqueduct coming from a well-wooded area with moorland on higher ground nearby; I wonder if there might have been two aqueducts from different locations, one from moorland and one from limestone country?

    Roman water infrastructure in post-Roman Britain. Part 1: Roman infrastructure Carla 2006

  • The report suggests one aqueduct coming from a well-wooded area with moorland on higher ground nearby; I wonder if there might have been two aqueducts from different locations, one from moorland and one from limestone country?

    Archive 2006-03-01 Carla 2006

  • Essex is generally flat; but around us it was undulating and well-wooded, and the lanes and drives and rides were beautiful.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • We passed through well-wooded lanes with pretty foliage — the umbrella tree and feathery mimosa.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Mr. Longman had been there a fortnight, employed in settling the terms of an additional purchase of this pretty well-wooded and well-watered estate: and his account of his proceedings was very satisfactory to his honoured principal.

    Pamela 2006

  • Eight miles from the mouth the mangroves are left behind, and a beautiful range of well-wooded hills on each bank begins.

    A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

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