lime-twigs

I am preparing some lime-twigs, which I shall place in the Bois des Ronces as soon as the snow is melted.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

QUOTATION: Enter’d the very lime-twigs of his spells,

Quotations 1919

On holidays he went fishing or caught birds in his lime-twigs; sometimes he would simply spend the day in the open air, refreshing himself at a spring or by the banks of the Tiber.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

For, after a short trip to Gallipoli, where I got some young lime-twigs in boxes of earth, and some preserved limes and ginger, I set out for a long voyage to the East, passing through the Suez Canal, and visiting Bombay, where I was three weeks, and then destroyed it.

The Purple Cloud 1906

Whether thou goest on the hill with lime smeared over thy fowler's reed, or whether thou killest hares, call on Pan; Pan shows the dog the prints of the furry foot, Pan raises the stiff-jointed lime-twigs.

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902

Shortly afterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laid his lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches.

Fables Aesop 1880

I am preparing some lime-twigs, which I shall place in the Bois des Ronces as soon as the snow is melted.

A Woodland Queen — Complete Andr�� Theuriet 1870

Every boy is standing about with a cross - bow, and in the court-yards people are trying to catch them under sieves and with lime-twigs.

The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

Every boy is standing about with a cross-bow, and in the court-yards people are trying to catch them under sieves and with lime-twigs.

The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

Every boy is standing about with a cross-bow, and in the court-yards people are trying to catch them under sieves and with lime-twigs.

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867