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  • It seems, however, that Mr. Nightingale could not have thought Lea Hurst as pleasant as he expected it to be, for a few months later he bought a place called Embley, near the beautiful abbey of Romsey, in Hampshire.

    The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

  • 'Embley' (a slender form) bears white flowers followed by orange berries.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • Anchorage schools students recently held an earthquake disaster drill, and school district spokeswoman Heidi Embley said several were seen ducking under their desks when the shaking started Thursday.

    Alaska Earthquake 2011: Anchorage Rocked By 5.2 Quake 2011

  • Anchorage schools students recently held an earthquake disaster drill, and school district spokeswoman Heidi Embley said several were seen ducking under their desks when the shaking started Thursday.

    Alaska Earthquake 2011: Anchorage Rocked By 5.2 Quake 2011

  • But district spokeswoman Heidi Embley said that wasn't true.

    About polls, and the point of this blog Michael Tomasky 2010

  • Why was her head filled with queer imaginations of the country house at Embley turned, by some enchantment, into a hospital, with herself as matron moving about among the beds?

    Florence Nightingale: Part I 1918

  • Wherever she went, in London or in the country, in the hills of Derbyshire, or among the rhododendrons at Embley, she was haunted by a ghost.

    Florence Nightingale: Part III 1918

  • Another interesting visit was to the Nightingales of Embley.

    Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915

  • While she was at Embley, the vicar, who was very fond of her, used often to take her out riding when he went on his rounds to see his people.

    The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

  • It was quite clear that it would be necessary for her to have a good rest before she grew strong again, and so she went back to Embley, and afterwards to Lea, and tried to forget that there was any such thing as sickness.

    The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

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