ground round

“The place has no beauty whatever, the whole ground round the house being quite flat, and the only undulating pretty portions of the farm being meadows, which are not seen from it; but green grass and fine trees are pleasant objects, and though there is no really large timber near the house, there are enough well-sized picturesque trees to make pleasant shade, and a bowery greenness all round that is charming in itself.”

Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters

“Tyburn-tree itself was found decorated with garlands, and the ground round about strewn with sweet herbs.”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

“Accordingly, walking all together into the court of the prison, in which was a well of very good water, and having beforehand sent to a friend in the town, a widow woman, whose name was Sarah Lambarn, to bring us some bread and cheese, we sat down upon the ground round about the well, and when we had eaten, we drank of the water out of the well.”

The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself