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  • Then: ivory blossoms would be glowing in the first beams of sunlight like dragon eyes among the tall, wide-leaved plants.

    DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

  • This dam that erstwhile was a very blasphemy, an obscenity flung on the marshy meadows with their reeds, their cat-tails, and their wide-leaved swamp-dock clusters!

    Over Prairie Trails Frederick Philip Grove

  • The test tube experiment should now be made with a narrow-leaved grass like sheep's fescue and with a wide-leaved grass like cocksfoot.

    Lessons on Soil E. J. Russell

  • Surely this universal consent of mankind must be accepted as an omen of the future; and when the looser and more sensible garments now worn in the country, shall be established as the usual dress of the towns also, they will be accompanied by the soft and wide-leaved hat of felt, which already goes along with them wherever they are tolerated.

    The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

  • You will find that wide-leaved plants pass out more water than those with narrow leaves, and hence wide-leaved plants occur in damp situations or on damp soils like loams and clays, while narrow-leaved plants can grow on dry, sandy soils.

    Lessons on Soil E. J. Russell

  • He wore a wide-leaved, loosely shaped hat of dark felt, with a silken cord round the crown, -- such as had been worn by the Beggars in the early days of the revolt.

    A Wanderer in Holland 1903

  • He wore a wide-leaved, loosely shaped hat of dark felt, with a silken cord round the crown -- such as had been worn by the Beggars in the early days of the revolt.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • He wore a wide-leaved, loosely-shaped hat of dark felt; with a silken cord round the crown-such as had been worn by the Beggars in the early days of the revolt.

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • He wore a wide-leaved, loosely-shaped hat of dark felt; with a silken cord round the crown-such as had been worn by the Beggars in the early days of the revolt.

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • He wore a wide-leaved, loosely-shaped hat of dark felt; with a silken cord round the crown-such as had been worn by the Beggars in the early days of the revolt.

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 32: 1582-84 John Lothrop Motley 1845

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