| 单词 | gooseberry bush |
| 例句 | Wrestling twenty-five pounds of sugar back from Moore’s Store was nothing to picking all the gooseberry bushes clean. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Rushing to an appointment, she walks through gooseberry bushes, only to be scolded by Ma Ginger on the grounds that she "hasn't lived here as long." "Good, honest folks": 20 years later, controversial "Dogville" has become frightening prophecy 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z This year she is not planting anything new, just watering her perennials, like kales and her giant cape gooseberry bush. California’s Drought Changes Habits in the Kitchen 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z From this slender narrative big worthy messages hang as naturally as melons on a gooseberry bush. The Truth About Leo by David Yelland 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z The currant and gooseberry bushes produce a congested thicket of growth each year, and the late-winter pruning offers a moment of liberation for gardener and plant alike. Spring is nearly here. Have you finished your winter chores? 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Now it is entwined with my gooseberry bush, and once a week I rip out the wandering stems before their white blossoms turn into seedy berries. How America’s frenzy for Japanese plants brought beauties — and a mega-weed 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z When they ask where they come from, don't give them that gooseberry bush nonsense, just tell them – they'll appreciate it much more. Billy Connolly: My family values 2012-12-22T00:05:44Z A head in a poke-bonnet rose above a clump of tall gooseberry bushes, and a voice answered: "Yes, mother, what is it?" The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z At one place we came across a number of gooseberry bushes covered with young gooseberries, of which we gathered a sufficient supply to last us for several days. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z "I don't care for Jane," said Napoleon Smith with dignity, but all the same making himself as small as possible behind his gooseberry bush. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Where we had looked to see the endless interlacings of greenery, and swelling clusters dropping fatness on a carpet of turf, we find only reddish fallows, and rows of dead gooseberry bushes. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z The roses and gooseberry bushes of the Newport garden once witnessed a serio-comic scene. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z There was some little embarrassment about the name, but two wild gooseberry bushes having been discovered, within half a mile, it was resolved, in council, to call it Mount Gooseberry. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The Rongshar Valley in July was chiefly notable for the large gooseberry bushes, 10 to 12 feet high, and for the profusion of red and white roses. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z "Yes, father," a meek young man standing up behind the gooseberry bush instantly replied: he was trying to brush himself as clean as circumstances would permit. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z There in the green shade, between the tall gooseberry bushes, the heavy crimson peonies stood gorgeously along the path. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Behind this friend’s house there happened to be a closed-in garden with a number of gooseberry bushes. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z With caution, one could safely sample the fruit, and at the worst one was sure to find some windfalls among the strawberry beds beyond the gooseberry bushes. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z This animal had a habit of hiding among the gooseberry bushes, and, when I stooped to pick the fruit, springing very suddenly upon my back. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The great soldier Napoleon Smith instantly effected a retreat in masterly fashion behind a gooseberry bush. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Beyond the border of flowers was Meg, bending over the gooseberry bushes. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "Chase me round gooseberry bushes, they do; anythink to get me." Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Here, by stooping down, one was hidden from prying eyes that looked from the windows by the thick rows of gooseberry bushes and raspberry canes that lined the path. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Or currant or gooseberry bushes are set between the half standards, and strawberry plants between these. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z There are currant-trees on the island too—I’ve seen them, and there’s a gooseberry bush up in the top of an old willow that I saw,” said Mark. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z They say also that he describes his belligerent intentions in very graphic language, to wit, that he will, 'shoot through you, like lightning through a gooseberry bush.' Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Marie Anne was gay; she had already seen their house on her way, and the garden behind it with its rows of gooseberry bushes and the plum-trees full of blossom. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z One day, when she was playing about in this manner, her cap got caught in the boughs of a tree, and fell upon a gooseberry bush. Polish Fairy Tales 2011-07-10T02:00:20.137Z In April the bees will prove to you that honey may be gathered even from a gooseberry bush. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z He pointed to some gooseberry bushes loaded with the swelling fruit, than which there is nothing so pleasant on a warm, thirsty day. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Up went the halfpenny, and we looked with anxious eyes for its descent, when, unluckily, it stuck in a gooseberry bush. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z There were rows of grim young apple trees planted at strictly mathematical intervals from one another, and grisly little graves had been dug between the apple trees for the reception of gooseberry bushes. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z A strong retaining wall, crowned with gooseberry bushes, marked the confines of the garden, which adjoined a row of cottages tenanted by laborers. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Yet the day was Monday, and the smoke from the invisible and mysterious wash-kettle floated up from a newly kindled fire behind the gooseberry bushes. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The adjoining marshy land was covered with a dense thicket, in which wild gooseberry bushes and wild black-currant bushes were noticeable. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z He crawled up a gooseberry bush and saw many yellow barrels hanging among the leaves. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z Luckily currants don't have thorns, for if it had been a gooseberry bush she would have plunged her bare arms in just the same. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Wandering amongst the gooseberry bushes she met her missing friend, in company with a stranger. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Miss Judy saw, too, that the fire had not been kindled behind the gooseberry bushes; that not a single spiral of blue smoke arose above the thick green screen. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z A wide-spreading old-fashioned garden, with rose bushes, and gooseberry bushes, currant bushes, sunflowers, and hollyhocks, and big gnarled old apple trees, mixed up in picturesque confusion. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir In the clefts high up were black tufts of trees, that seemed from below like so many gooseberry bushes. The Firebrand A hundred paces from here there sits, on a gooseberry bush, a little snail with a house. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The herb-bed was empty and trampled flat, a few onions lay ungathered in the onion-bed, and there were some potatoes, but that was all, except some gooseberry bushes and roots of rhubarb. Better than Play What would the young gentleman and his worldly, critical grandmother think, when they thus knew that she and Miss Sophia were aware of what was going on behind the gooseberry bushes? Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Work, for a man of his years, doesn’t grow on gooseberry bushes, I suppose.” The Silent Barrier The low thatched roof—the bright square-paned little windows—the porch overgrown with clematis, jessamine, and honeysuckle—the garden, where gooseberry bushes and stately hollyhocks grow side by side. Ellen Middleton—A Tale On their way they passed through the garden, and were so beguiled by the gooseberry bushes that the time slipped away and they found themselves too late for the service. Law and Laughter On we climb again, and presently the scene changes; we have got into the tea-scrub, and wander among rows of bushes about the size of gooseberry bushes, receiving deluges of cold water against our legs. Round the Wonderful World That small gentlewoman herself, naturally, never dreamt of doing anything so indelicate as to look behind the gooseberry bushes while the clothes were in the tubs or the kettle or drying on the line. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z One or two of them were covered with honeysuckle and clematis, and had tiny gardens filled with vegetables and flowers, pinks and roses mingling in friendly confusion with gooseberry bushes and cabbages. Wee Wifie The rows of currant and gooseberry bushes were heavy with green fruit; the leaves of the Manitoba maples trembled ever so little in the still air. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Wild roses are frequently found near the maple, and gooseberry bushes fringe many a brook. Wild Life on the Rockies I wuz kinder attracted to it, for it looked some like the rail fence round our gooseberry bushes. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands He did not see her until he was close, for a tangled gooseberry bush stood between them. The Ranch at the Wolverine He wrote a letter to old Pease, the governor of Texas, that must have flashed into him like lightning into a gooseberry bush. The Honest American Voter's Little Catechism for 1880 Under the trees are gooseberry bushes, raspberries, and numbers of currants. The Toilers of the Field Reggie, leading the way a few paces in front, between close rows of gooseberry bushes, heard every word, and he set his teeth. The Girls of St. Olave's Some say he's so wropped up in his garden truck that he don't know a gal from a gooseberry bush. "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus A little wild gooseberry bush overhung the spot, and I fancied that I had my apples safely hidden. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine In the night I lost her and went up and down through the shrubbery calling her to 117 come forth, beating the currant and gooseberry bushes in search of her. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Ten minutes later, trundling it down a cinder path, his eye fell on an object lying beneath a gooseberry bush. Antony Gray,—Gardener The importance of being surrounded by a ring of infants, teaching the alphabet, guiding them round the gooseberry bush, or leading their songs and hymns, was felicity indescribable to Maria. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Up the gravel paths, between the gooseberry bushes, to the violet beds they went. The Light of Scarthey Then a cat shot from under a gooseberry bush, and she gave a little scream. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 The child lingered an hour in expectation, and when he heard the grinding of the wheels, ran down the garden walk, and concealed himself behind the gooseberry bushes. Jack 1877 In the garden all was confusion, the thistles rose higher than the gooseberry bushes, and burdocks looked in at the windows. Wood Magic A Fable It was forbidden ground to the rest of the school, so it was rather nice to be able to wander at will between the long lines of gooseberry bushes or rows of peas. A Patriotic Schoolgirl No, I watched from behind a gooseberry bush. Mufti There's a sum in it not to be picked up on every gooseberry bush. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 But let me tell you you won't find fellows like me growing on every gooseberry bush. The Privet Hedge Day girls had been requested to bring samples of cherry trees and gooseberry bushes and such things as were not to be found at York Hill. Judy of York Hill “But nickels don’t grow on gooseberry bushes, an’ if they did, there ain’t any gooseberry bushes around here,” she retorted. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story Mrs. Halford smiled and settled down to her sewing after one parting look at the camp under the gooseberry bushes. Chicken Little Jane Certain wood pigeons of low morality had been attacking our gooseberry bushes. Lalage's Lovers There they procure pots and pans from the pansy bed, a goose from the gooseberry bush, a chick from the chickweed, corn from the cornflower, and eat on a box from the boxwood hedge. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's The border under the terrace wall is clearing away to receive currants and gooseberry bushes, and a spot is found very proper for raspberries. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Miss Muffet lived under a gooseberry bush just outside the farm-house door, and the Spider lived in the barn opposite, and there was a fine tuft of grass in between, where they sometimes met. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme The children were playing keep house out under the gooseberry bushes. Chicken Little Jane You’ll find gooseberry bushes in the back garden, an’ the theological library in the starboard attic. The Young Trawler On the east wall a gooseberry bush flourished surprisingly. Recollections of Old Liverpool I could not see, but I guessed at once that it was Philip, though it might have been Courtenay hiding behind some gooseberry bushes or the low hornbeam hedge, about twenty yards away. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden Miss Muffet crept out from under the gooseberry bush, and flew across to the tuft of grass. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme It was a long room, very low, with faded furniture, and a French window opening into a small garden, where there were gooseberry bushes. Susan A Story for Children The mother came on her little son who was standing thoughtfully before the gooseberry bush in the garden. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers And then the rows of snug cottages, with their kailyards and their gooseberry bushes, with the fruit hanging from the branches like earrings p. 163on the neck of a lady of fashion. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself I listened to make sure, and heard a lot of whispering going on as the marauders crossed the path I was on, rustled by amongst the gooseberry bushes, and went farther into the garden. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden It had never been forgotten ever since Miss Muffet had come to live under the gooseberry bush. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme Cedars and spruces were scattered about, and gooseberry bushes and other brush were screen enough; we swung down along the opposite side, and the smoke grew stronger. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies He followed a path, indistinct now in the rank growth of gooseberry bushes, until he reached his destination. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story No tree larger than a currant or gooseberry bush should ever stand in a vegetable garden. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings The blow must have been a hard one, for Shock staggered back, caught his foot in one of the gooseberry bushes, and fell with a crash into one of them, splitting the bush open. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden Trembling, she reached the gooseberry bush, and then, all of a sudden, her wings failed her. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme A hundred man-steps from here a little snail with a house is sitting on a gooseberry bush. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs A few yards from the tree-stump lay a nest, hidden in a clump of gooseberry bushes. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Bumper squealed with fright, and turned to the left to find shelter under some prickly gooseberry bushes. Bumper, The White Rabbit There was an interesting grindstone under one tree, and a bright blue chair and stool under another; a thicket of currant and gooseberry bushes; and a flock of young turkeys ambling awkwardly through the barn. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Then her eye fell on the gooseberry bush. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme There was quite a good garden at the back of the bungalow, with rows of vegetables and gooseberry bushes and fruit-trees. A Popular Schoolgirl Beneath, was a rich undergrowth of wild gooseberry bushes. Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk Once outside she walked a little ahead of Gay and the yellow blaze of the lantern flitted like a luminous bird over the flagged walk bordered by gooseberry bushes. The Miller Of Old Church There were also several flower beds, and six unhappy gooseberry bushes, but the feature was the lawn; here also were seats and a small striped awning. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma So, with her tiny hands, she broke off a long thorn from the gooseberry bush. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme The catbird’s nest, with four greenish-blue eggs, is in a wild gooseberry bush and the catbird is up among the shad-trees feasting on the ripening June berries. Some Spring Days in Iowa Pruning of Currants and Gooseberries.—The main reason that currant and gooseberry bushes do not yield satisfactory crops from year to year is due to the lack of proper pruning. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 A flock of tree sparrows were busy in and around a big thicket of wild gooseberry bushes on the upland. Some Winter Days in Iowa It was unmistakable that the hope for a vegetable garden, gooseberry bushes, the chirping of birds, and the buzzing of bees was most intimately connected with this book. Atlantis "Look what a lovely spider's web there is under the gooseberry bush!" said the farmer's little girl, when she came to fetch the empty bowl of curds and whey that morning. More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme The litter of a farm-yard gathered under the windows of his bed-chamber, and the cabbages and gooseberry bushes grew close to his hall door. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses "I told them the two o' ye were out," she murmured to the gooseberry bushes. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches On a gooseberry bush in the midst of the farm they also left a white flag, where it still flew to protect a few fat pigs, turkeys, and other fowl. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Along the sides of this garden we planted two rows of currant and gooseberry bushes, six feet between rows, and the plants four feet apart in the rows. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm About the rocks, and verge of the woods, we found strawberry-plants, some raspberry, currant, and gooseberry bushes, which were all in a most flourishing state, with a few small black alder-trees. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 The place most pleasant; for the two-and-twentieth, we went ashore, and found It full of wood, vines, gooseberry bushes, whortleberries, raspberries, eglantines, &c. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 It will serve to amuse you; and, I am sure, that I shall admire all your alterations, even to planting a gooseberry bush. The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. I. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters Young men don't grow on every gooseberry bush. The Keeper of the Door And this piece," she said, walking to another plot between the yew-hedge and the gooseberry bushes, "will have to be dug up. Sister Teresa A wishing gate led into the garden, and Isabel made for an open window, but halfway over the sill she paused, gazing with all her soul in her eyes across the vicarage gooseberry bushes. Nightfall The Heavies warped themselves laboriously into position behind our hill, disguised themselves as gooseberry bushes, and gave an impression of the crack of doom at 2 A.M. one snowy morning. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 It was plain that her thoughts were still on the apple trees and the gooseberry bushes, for she never even glanced at the prettily dressed children of the upper class or at the beautiful flowers. The Emperor of Portugalia Peas and beans, roses and lavender, a mouthful of grass, three gooseberry bushes and an apple-tree. Invisible Links I suppose now she is hanging out the washing on the gooseberry bushes, and you know the song she always used to sing then? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 O Rose! if he's anything like nice, which is almost past praying for in Major Clowes' cousin, let's beguile him into the gooseberry bushes and make him tell us all about it! Nightfall Inside the fence of the kitchen garden were planted straight rows of both red and yellow currants, and several gooseberry bushes. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Suppose you have a gooseberry bush you wish to layer. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. One likes to have a wild beast whose movements, lazy as those of Satan, will terrify the childish birds out of the gooseberry bushes and the raspberries and strawberries. The Pleasures of Ignorance Inside there were all kinds of fruit and vegetables, but gooseberry bushes and the strawberries had nothing but green gooseberries and white strawberries to show, to Olly’s great disappointment. Milly and Olly There were Miss Dingle, her pious pictures, and the devil behind the gooseberry bushes. Evelyn Innes They are extremely partial to the wild gooseberry bush as a site to build on. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 At and under the tongue the new shoots will start, and the new gooseberry bush grow from this. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. "I say, Mr. Sneak," observed Joe, with an eager voice, as his pony trotted along rather roughly through the wild gooseberry bushes, and often stumbled over the decayed logs that lay about. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Do you think that money grows on gooseberry bushes? The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol "But it does seem a little absurd to imagine that the devil is hiding behind gooseberry bushes." Evelyn Innes I was told that they could get up lace so cheap that the people of the town frequently cover their gooseberry bushes with it to keep off the insects. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Weeds overtopped the currant and gooseberry bushes; here and there was a trace of box edging. The Lake Mr. Cymon Tuggs sighed like a gust of wind through a forest of gooseberry bushes, as he replied, ‘Alas! he will.’ Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people I scribbled a line of thanks to my host, opened the window, and dropped quietly into a gooseberry bush. The Thirty-Nine Steps She moved very gradually and slowly, and had just settled into utter motionlessness when she realised that he was coming back through the garden—the straggling currant and gooseberry bushes were being trampled through. The Shuttle So a whimsical fate ordered that her hat should be taken off — veil and all attached — and placed upon his head, Troy tossing his own into a gooseberry bush. Far from the Madding Crowd It slopes downwards, is planted with gooseberry bushes, choked with a wild growth of vegetation, and terminated by a monumental terrace of cut stone, with balustrade with a double curve. Les Misérables So a whimsical fate ordered that her hat should be taken off—veil and all attached—and placed upon his head, Troy tossing his own into a gooseberry bush. Far from the Madding Crowd A few minutes later a resolute little figure squeezed between the palings of the garden fence down by the gooseberry bushes. The Little Colonel The muscular hand on his shoulder being reinforced by another, which clutched his collar, dragged him back, stumbling ignominiously through the gooseberry bushes towards the cart-shed. The Shuttle They went away and talked about her among the gooseberry bushes at the bottom of the garden. Mary Olivier: a Life If I didn't quilt him in no time, you may depend; I went right slap into him, like a flash of lightning into a gooseberry bush. The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville The blue Whortle-berry is a shrub somewhat taller than our largest gooseberry bushes, which are left to grow as they please. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing The bushes grow up there as thick as gooseberry bushes in a garden at home. With Edged Tools She examined the gooseberry bushes and strawberry beds with apparent interest, unwilling to join the guests and still more unwilling to be found alone in this deserted state. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing Impatient of the stillness, she arose softly and moved to a ledge close by, under which a wild gooseberry bush drooped beneath a harvest of thorny fruit. The Old Homestead This garden contained two shabby apple trees, as yet hardly touched by the spring; some currant and gooseberry bushes, already fairly green; and a clump or two of scattered daffodils and wallflowers. The History of David Grieve The trees were of several kinds—cherry, apple, pear, plum, and one big walnut; and there were also shade trees, some shrubs and currant and gooseberry bushes, mixed with vegetables, herbs, and garden flowers. A Traveller in Little Things Then she watched a kitten hunting the bees in the gooseberry bushes. Lying Prophets They sauntered down the paths bordered on either side with gooseberry bushes, with their clusters of red and golden fruit, and beds of strawberries, the fragrance of which scented the air. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Pine-trees grew thickly all over, but here and there were patches of silver birch, scrub oak, and considerable colonies of wild raspberry and gooseberry bushes. Three More John Silence Stories Workpeople, moreover, do not grow on gooseberry bushes, but must be fed and clothed from the cradle; and their rearing and maintenance represents a real cost which someone must incur. Supply and Demand Many choice fruits grow on shrubs, ranging from the size of a large black currant tree to that of the smallest gooseberry bush. Across the Zodiac The winter repose of the bee-butts had been broken at last, and the insects were busy with the plum-blossom and among the little green flowerets on the gooseberry bushes. Lying Prophets In March or April, or when the gooseberry bushes begin to blossom, the wine must be bottled, in order to insure its being effervescing. The Book of Household Management The gardens were generally well supplied with currant and gooseberry bushes. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian They all went over to look at the beans, and then walked down to the end of the garden where the currant and gooseberry bushes grew. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) The currant and gooseberry bushes, as if remembering their original haunts in dim, cold, boggy forests, put forth their foliage without hesitation. Nature's Serial Story It was too late in the year for fruit, but Salter's currant, raspberry, and gooseberry bushes gave us a good idea of how well he must have fared in the summer. Station Amusements in New Zealand Now the full splendor of the roses burst upon her, and a delightful gooseberry bush stood close by with purplish berries temptingly bobbing within reach. A Garland for Girls If I did'nt quilt him in no time, you may depend; I went right slap into him, like a flash of lightning into a gooseberry bush. The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville There was a breath of cold from the dewy grass; the gooseberry bush scratched him, the darkness could not be pierced with his eyes, and there was no end to it. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories A large frizzled wig: perhaps from a supposed likeness to a gooseberry bush. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue On Wednesday morning Merton came running in, exclaiming, "O papa! there's a green worm eating all the leaves off the currant and gooseberry bushes." Driven Back to Eden Now, whether Mr. Dover's sharp eye caught a glimpse of the face among the gooseberry bushes, and suspected eavesdroppers, or whether the child's earnest desire to make peace touched him, who shall say? A Garland for Girls Bert said, for like most men he was simple in his tastes, and a vision of himself and his sons cutting grass, picking tomatoes and watering gooseberry bushes had a certain appeal. Undertow "But how? can you tell me that," he inquired of a gooseberry bush that grew near. It Is Never Too Late to Mend They walked around to the back of the house, between the rigid gooseberry bushes. Ethan Frome And now'—taking up his glass of whisky—'here's to your good health, and may you live till they make you a coffin out of a gooseberry bush, or till you die in childbed.' The Aran Islands "Permit me!" said a kind voice in the world of reeling brick walks and dwarfed gooseberry bushes below her. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby It also helps to a better understanding of the two main styles of training the vine already mentioned, namely, the "gooseberry bush" and the "trellising." The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken The Fox went through her fence now as lightning would go through a gooseberry bush and he came out before her barn. The King of Ireland's Son She always spoke to him when she saw him there, and he replied in deep, firm accents across the gooseberry bushes, or through the tall rows of flowering peas, as the case might be. The Trumpet-Major Sometimes there was honey from the hives over by the gooseberry bushes—the gooseberries had stickers on them—and we had slices of cold, fried ham. Back Home The currant and gooseberry bushes, bare and leafless, and 'shivering all for cold,' neither reminded him of the feasts of the past summer, nor gave him any hope for the next. Robert Falconer We passed into a tangle of gooseberry bushes where, at his statesmanlike example, we crawled on all fours, and regained the hedge. Actions and Reactions “Whereabouts in the garden?” chimed in Amenda, who happened to be standing by; “under the gooseberry bushes?” Novel Notes "Yes," nodded the Imp; "I caught him under the gooseberry bushes;" and dropping it back into his pocket he proceeded to don his shoes and stockings. My Lady Caprice "I could have sworn I saw a goat's face looking at me out of the gooseberry bushes while I was picking the parsley," she says. The Fawn Gloves In the rear was a pleasant garden, covering perhaps a quarter of an acre, full of plum-trees and gooseberry bushes. The Story of a Bad Boy At a hundred human paces from here there sits a little snail in her house, on a gooseberry bush; she is quite lonely, and old enough to be married. Andersen's Fairy Tales It was there, among the gooseberry bushes and beneath the medlar trees, that the temptation to the perpetration of a great literary fraud came to him. The Toys of Peace, and other papers The litter of a farmyard gathered under the windows of his bedchamber, and the cabbages and gooseberry bushes grew close to his hall door. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 "I wonder," mused the Professor, "if anyone in the village—" The little serving maid flittering among the gooseberry bushes—she was pretending to be gathering goose-berries—caught the Professor's eye. The Fawn Gloves Some clothes spread out on the gooseberry bushes were drying in the sun. The Magic Skin I tremble to think what would ensue if all the rhubarb and gooseberry bushes in England should be uprooted in a single night. Penelope's English Experiences |
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