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  • Could one ever pay for the health recovered there under the linden-trees?

    La Grenadiere 2007

  • Could one ever pay for the health recovered there under the linden-trees?

    La Grenadiere 2007

  • The wind was shaking the linden-trees, and their branches seemed to clutch at the walls of the house, as though they felt cold and implored for shelter in the rooms.

    The Man Who Was Afraid 2003

  • And the dimness in the room was growing thicker and thicker, outside the window it was heavy with darkness, and the black branches of the linden-trees were shaking pensively.

    The Man Who Was Afraid 2003

  • It was still light outside, and the reflection of the setting sun lay still on the branches of the linden-trees before the windows, but the room was already filled with twilight, and the sideboard, the clock and the cupboard seemed to have grown in size.

    The Man Who Was Afraid 2003

  • They passed before the orange-grove, the monumental door of which was surmounted by the Lorraine cross of Mareuilles, and then passed under the linden-trees which formed an alley on the lawn.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Thousands of boys and youths climbed the linden-trees, that stand in two rows in the middle of this thoroughfare, causing the trees to move to and fro under their heavy burden, and gazed with eyes full of curiosity from their lofty position on the bustle reigning beneath.

    Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan

  • Flemming was reclining on the flowery turf, at the lady's feet, looking up with dreamy eyes into her sweet face, and then into the leaves of the linden-trees overhead.

    Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin

  • There were some linden-trees planted in a hollow square before the parvis of the Cathedral, and stone benches set beneath them.

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

  • We hastened to the landing, and there found him and his party seated under some linden-trees, waiting for the ferry.

    Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

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