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  • Nam, 70-73, in Briar Patch - operating in a "Shadow Force", attached to

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • In “Slipping Sideways Through Eternity”, Jane Yolen returns to the theme of World War II, which she handled so beautifully in Briar Rose.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • In “Slipping Sideways Through Eternity”, Jane Yolen returns to the theme of World War II, which she handled so beautifully in Briar Rose.

    Dark Alchemy edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois 2007

  • A reference to the area of space known as the Briar Patch, last seen in Star Trek: Insurrection.

    TV Round-Up « Michael in Nashville 2004

  • The ship wandered aimlessly through the region of space called the Briar Patch.

    Doors Into Chaos Robert Greenberger 2001

  • "She shall be called Briar-Rose," said the Queen; and so it was arranged.

    The Sleeping Beauty Arthur Rackham 1913

  • The place where I left it was called Briar Farm, -- a wonderful old sixteenth-century house -- I made a drawing of it once when the apple-blossom was out -- and the owner of it, known as Farmer Jocelyn, had a wonderful reputation in the neighbourhood for integrity and kindness.

    Innocent : her fancy and his fact Marie Corelli 1889

  • “She told me she was going to this little town called Briar Creek where her husband’s family had built a house a hundred and fifty years ago.”

    Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

  • “She told me she was going to this little town called Briar Creek where her husband’s family had built a house a hundred and fifty years ago.”

    Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

  • 'Ave ye ever' era tell of a place called Briar Farm? "

    Innocent : her fancy and his fact Marie Corelli 1889

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