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Example sentences for "rambles"

Lexicographically close words:
ramal; ramble; rambled; rambler; ramblers; rambling; ramblings; ramekin; ramekins; rami
  1. Though our rambles about its old streets have by no means exhausted the curious nooks of Tenby, yet we have all broad Pembrokeshire lying as it were at our doors, and waiting only for an 'open sesame' to disclose its most interesting features.

  2. Here, then, we bid farewell to quaint old Pembrokeshire, and conclude our sketching rambles amidst its secluded byways.

  3. Charming hours of leisure and freedom were passed upon the water of the lake, or in rambles through the arches of the forest.

  4. The poor fellow, whose remains I followed to the grave, was ever in my thoughts, and all our pleasant rambles and our familiar intercourse, were now shadowed over by the gloom of his sad destiny.

  5. Or there were afternoon rambles to the charming green nook called Bethsheba's Bath and Bower, where wild flowers bloomed in profusion, and the copses were fragrant with sweet herbs, growing wild; or the newly cut hay in the fields still about.

  6. And there were rambles in the lanes, going after wild strawberries, and even the venturesome ones went on the sly to Dunk's Ferry and had their fortune told by Old Alice.

  7. There were rambles in the lanes, and the orchard where she could climb trees; there was luscious fruit in which she was never stinted.

  8. These ideas continued for some time; on one occasion he helped Mrs. Shelley with her literary work, finding the historical passages for Rambles in Germany and Italy.

  9. Her only servant at this time was an old gardener, who used to attend her on her rambles through the woods, and more than once as far as Paris.

  10. It reminds me of the pleasant rambles we took together last summer, and I am impatient to renew them.

  11. Of our dear old rooms on the Walk; of our cosy evenings alone; of our rambles in search of the Perfect Pub (where, he told me, they sold hot rum up to 3 a.

  12. Mohun, however, sides with St. Oun, and agrees to escort him in his rambles after the first few shots.

  13. Hence it comes to pass that one of them, while away on its random rambles some unlucky day, is mysteriously kidnaped and finally "devoured" by a ruthless evil spirit.

  14. And at last her rambles brought her to the extreme end of the Gardens, to the once secluded grove between Kensington Palace and Bayswater Hill; for even that bitter spot among the yew and pine-trees must be visited now.

  15. The curate had not been long in the village before Tom Starbrow appeared and established himself at the "Eyethorne Inn"; but most of his time was spent at Wood End House, and in long drives and rambles with his sister and Fan.

  16. The only quadruped I ever met with in my rambles was an opossum, which I shot as it was climbing a tree.

  17. With regard to the coloured cream jug, on one of my cycling rambles I unexpectedly came across an emporium, stocked with a legion of antiques, which I entered, after dismounting of course.

  18. For a time I adopted the practice of getting men I knew to save pewter for me, and, as my rambles permitted, calling on them periodically.

  19. Considering the peculiar nature of my vocation, I never expected from the very outset of my rambles that I should gain much money.

  20. You see I have taken a great deal of pains in my letter; pray, in return, let me have as long a one from you, and let me see if all your London rambles can produce such another adventure.

  21. He has the friendly entree, and can hoodwink the attendants of the garden, while your own ingenuity will enable you to have stolen interviews in the splendid rambles of the 'Banker's Folly.

  22. Lilie had wonderful stories to tell of her long rambles with Jacky.

  23. Jacky had constituted herself her bodyguard and attendant, and carried her off whole days on solitary rambles among the hills.

  24. The botany rambles were one of her great pleasures, and when she went at the wonders of astronomy she was enraptured.

  25. There will be some rambles over there presently.

  26. But many evening rambles had been taken by the youth, who panted for the freedom of the forest, to which he was so well used; and Kate delighted in any excuse for a moonlight stroll.

  27. It was part of Cherry's work and delight to cut them fresh as often as there was need, but a spell of wet weather had hindered her from her river-side rambles of late, with the consequence that the supply was unwontedly low.


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