moor

• The whirring of the wild bird's wing upon the moor, the bursting of the chase from cover, the creaking of the harvest wain--the song of the vine-dressers-- the laugh of the olive-gatherers--in every land where these sounds are heard, they make a child once more of the statesman who may for once have come forth to hear them. —  The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
• Notya had arranged her life, and the evil of it, at least, should be laid at Notya's door CHAPTER IV For Helen, the moor was a personality with moods flecking the solid substance of its character, and even Miriam, who avowed her hatred of its monotony, had to admit an occasional difference. —  Moor Fires
• The road was hardly separable from the moor, and it was the Brent Farm dogs which warned her of the visitor's approach. —  Moor Fires
• "The moor is always like the sea, when it's green and when it's black. —  Moor Fires
• She had seen him lying so on his last visit to the moor, and she had an important little feeling of triumph in the memory of that familiarity. —  Moor Fires

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