pimpernel

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• She wrote many other historical and romantic novels, including several sequels to The Scarlet Pimpernel.
• February 15th, 2008 5: 40pm well said Ravi - the scarlet pimpernel AKA field will probably migrate to another page now to continue with his nonsense On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
• Under-foot, almost in the very dust of the road, the silverweed opened its yellow petals, and where there was a dry bank, or by the gateways leading into the corn, the pink pimpernel grew. Round About a Great Estate
• Or, pimpernel, and Egyptian alum roasted, and sprinkle on them the Orchomenian powder. On Ulcers
• It is also a pleasure to be invited to revisit the work of authors who delighted me when young: "Sapper" H.C. McNeile and his splendidly ridiculous hero, Bulldog Drummond; Baroness Orczy and her equally absurd but irresistible Scarlet Pimpernel; and that master of wildly romantic adventure, Rafael Sabatini. The Case of the Missing Adventure Story
• For instance, the pimpernel, which is a very common flower, shnts itself up extremely close against rainy weather. The Complete Weather Guide: A Collection of Practical Observations for Prognosticating the ...
• Rare plants that occur or that have occurred here include heart leaf plantain, estuary beggar ticks, golden club, ovate spikerush, Parker's pipewort, Nuttall's micranthemum, Eaton's burmarigold, false pimpernel, winged monkey flower and swamp lousewort. Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New York
• Poor Mr. McCabe is not allowed to retain even the tiniest imp, though it might be hiding in a pimpernel. The Dangers of Architectural Positivism
• A rich diversity of plants thrive in the wet conditions at Greena Moor including bog pimpernel, marsh violet, saw-wort and abundant meadow thistle and devil's-bit scabious.
• We carried on down to Elloughton, with the tiny scarlet pimpernel sparkling as the sun came through. Country diary: East Yorkshire