yew-tree

Colum-cille asked, drawing his companion out of the way of a yew-tree that heaved itself at them.

St Patrick's Day John 2009

Colum-cille asked, drawing his companion out of the way of a yew-tree that heaved itself at them.

St Berthold's Feast Day. . . . John 2009

But when the voices shaken from the yew-tree drift away

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

But when the voices shaken from the yew-tree drift away

Ash Wednesday 2008

The other mourners followed, but remained grouped together at the door of the vault, watching with anxiety the motions of Colonel Ashton and the stranger, who now appeared to be in close conference beneath the shade of a yew-tree, in the most remote part of the burial-ground.

The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

She adapted the action to the phrase; for with one clutch she stripped Jeanie of her straw bonnet and a handful of her hair to boot, and threw it up into an old yew-tree, where it stuck fast.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

He got up, however, into the yew-tree, followed by his companions, one after another.

Old Mortality 2004

Lastly, she smuggled him out of the garrison through the pantry window into the branchy yew-tree which grew close beside it, and had the satisfaction to see him reach the bottom in safety, and take the right turn at the commencement of his journey.

Old Mortality 2004

Charron was waiting by the old yew-tree, and Jerry sat trembling, with his eyes upon the castle, while the black horse, roped to a branch, was mourning the scarcity of oats and the abundance of gnats.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

Therefore I allowed her to coax me, and to kiss me, and to lead me away a little, as far as the old yew-tree; for she would not tell me where she was.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004