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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The flower of the heath, especially of Erica Tetralix or E. cinerea. Also called heather-bell.

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  • “And moistens the heath-bell that weeps on his breast.”

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century

  • “After dinner in the evening Frank and the Justice were sitting together, when all of a sudden Squire Inglewood called upon his companion to pledge a bumper to "dear Die Vernon, the rose of the wilderness, the heath-bell of Cheviot, that blossom transported to an infamous convent!”

    Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

  • “Where bright in the heath-bell the dew-drops still glow,”

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

  • “Ca's the lily like my bosom, and the heath-bell like my cheek;”

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

  • “Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the”

    Rob Roy

  • “We were _tte -- tte, _ and several bumpers had been quaffed by the Justice's special desire, when, on a sudden, he requested me to fill a bona fide brimmer to the health of poor dear Die Vernon, the rose of the wilderness, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom that's transplanted to an infernal convent.”

    Rob Roy

  • “I felt the consecration of its loneliness: my eye feasted on the outline of swell and sweep -- on the wild colouring communicated to ridge and dell by moss, by heath-bell, by flower-sprinkled turf, by brilliant bracken, and mellow granite crag.”

    Jane Eyre: an autobiography, Vol. II.

  • “Die Vernon, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom of the Border, come to see how the old bachelor keeps house?”

    Rob Roy — Volume 01

  • “_bona fide_ brimmer to the health of poor dear Die Vernon, the rose of the wilderness, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom that's transplanted to an infernal convent.”

    Rob Roy — Complete

  • “We were tete-a’-tete, and several bumpers had been quaffed by the Justice’s special desire, when, on a sudden, he requested me to fill a bona fide brimmer to the health of poor dear Die Vernon, the rose of the wilderness, the heath-bell of Cheviot, and the blossom that’s transplanted to an infernal convent.”

    Rob Roy

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