thorn-bushes

It always attacks a man in defenceless moments, when he is alone and in some effective ~mise en sc-ne~: from burning thorn-bushes or cloud-covered mountain tops -- and with a special preference for a sleeping victim.

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

On the other side of the house Raphael saw a sort of barricade of dead thorn-bushes, meant no doubt to keep the poultry from scratching up the vegetables and pot-herbs.

The Magic Skin 2007

Meanwhile I saw that the infantry everywhere were forming into lines making an arc against the Nile, and that in front of the leading brigade thorn-bushes were being busily cut down and fastened into a zeriba.

MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

We twisted through them on the hard, intervening soil, till tamarisk ceased, and damp sand, speckled with close thorn-bushes, took its place.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

Meanwhile I saw that the infantry everywhere were forming into lines making an arc against the Nile, and that in front of the leading brigade thorn-bushes were being busily cut down and fastened into a zeriba.

MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

Hand in hand they entered the ravine, pushing through the luxuriant thorn-bushes and stumbling at almost every step.

St John's Eve 2003

But the servant did not listen to him, and thought, “You have fleeced people often enough, now the thorn-bushes shall do the same to you;” and he began to play over again, so that the

Household Tales 2003

From every soft place sprouted thorn-bushes; and there was frequent grass, usually growing from one root in a dozen stout blades, knee-high and straw-coloured: the heads were empty ears between many-feathered arrows of silvery down.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

“If that is all,” said the servant, “the bird shall soon be down here;” And taking aim he pulled the trigger, and down fell the bird into the thorn-bushes.

Household Tales 2003

Then he parted the thorn-bushes with a knotty stick and before him stood a tiny farmhouse.

St John's Eve 2003