ash-trees

The leaves of the ash-trees detached themselves from the branches, and, without an air of wind, fell spontaneously on the path.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

He was of the stock of bronze, of the men sprung from ash-trees, the last left among the sons of the gods; and the son of Cronos gave him to Europa to be the warder of Crete and to stride round the island thrice a day with his feet of bronze.

The Argonautica 2008

On the opposite bank of the Tweed might be seen the remains of ancient enclosures, surrounded by sycamores and ash-trees of considerable size.

The Monastery 2008

The reference may be to the origin of men from ash-trees: cp.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

‘Either because they (men) sprang from the Melian nymphs (cp.l. 187); or because, when they were born (?), they cast themselves under the ash-trees, that is, the trees.’

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

And so we began to search about, and the ducks ran to lead us aright, having come that far to fetch us; and when we got down to the foot of the court-yard where the two great ash-trees stand by the side of the little water, we found good reason for the urgence and melancholy of the duck-birds.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

They had now come to a rude altar, constructed on a piece of rock, in front of which was a small space of green turf: the whole spot was closely surrounded by beech and ash-trees; so closely, indeed, that the sun hardly made its way into it, and the rocks around it rising up through the grass afforded ample accommodation for the people.

La Vend�e 2004

Let him fancy himself seated upon the low mossy wall of an ancient churchyard, where hundreds of grey stones rise above the sward, under the fantastic branches of two or three half-withered ash-trees, spreading their arms in everlasting love and sorrow over the dead.

The Purcell Papers 2003

The whole wood consisted of some two or three hundred immense oaks and ash-trees.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

Less at ease under extraordinary conditions, the Moreton Bay ash-trees suffered greatly.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003