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• Large pieces of the blazing bark detached themselves, from time to time, from the side of the tree, and came down, crackling and sparkling to the ground; and the opening below where Caleb had crammed in his fuel, soon glowed like the mouth of a furnace Near the top of the tree was an old branch, or rather the stump of an old branch, decayed and blackened, reaching out a little way, like an arm. —  Caleb in the Country
• But as long as the life in the tree is active, it is necessary that it rid itself of the old ones, that room may be made for the new Opulence is the law of the universe, an abundant supply for every need if nothing is put in the way of its coming. —  In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty
• On pressing the nuts even with our fingers, a quantity of oil exuded; and Senhor Silva told us that the tree was the Cocos butyracea_, the oil extracted from which is exported in large quantities from the neighbouring rivers, chiefly to Liverpool. —  In the Wilds of Africa
• On the table stood the 'fir' tree, shining in the splendour of many little wax-lights, and ornaments with all sorts of little treasures, some of which, such as the gilded walnuts, had already seen a Christmas in Germany; below the tree was a small present for each of us, provided long beforehand, in readiness for the day, by loving friends and relatives at home. —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• Ashmole confessed he meant nothing more than a kind of pun on his own name, for the tree was the ash_, and the creature was a mole_. —  Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)

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