rosery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They were passing under a young oak tree, where the path wound round to the rosery and summer-house.
From Five Tales by John Galsworthy
Sergeant Cuff looked at Mr. Seegrave, as he had looked at the gravel walks in the rosery, and gave us, in his melancholy way, the first taste of his quality which we had had yet.
From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Well-kept lawns are figured by flower-beds of all shapes and sizes; the rosery is very large; the great variety of evergreens imparts every hue and shade to the extensive walks stretching W. from the house.
From Hertfordshire by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
It seemed a long way all round the back drive, through the rosery, and along the apple-tree avenue till they reached their own garden and tipped the stones down in a heap.
From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Angela Brazil
To make matters worse, the day ended in a fiery sunset, and then there was a full moon; and in the rosery a nightingale performed its sobbing serenade.
From Grey Roses by Henry Harland
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