How To Use Pimpernel In A Sentence
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Some of these have been introduced to this site but they are all grown from local Ryedale seed, and the pimpernel and corn spurrey at least appeared by themselves.
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As well as being a home to wildlife, it also has pockets of enchanted nightshade, yellow pimpernel and oak fern.
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Flowers, such as cornflowers, scarlet pimpernel and shepherd's needle, used to be a common sight in the county's cornfields 50 years ago, but today many are rare, or even extinct.
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Out from that trench, sometimes stealthily slipping between the flattened fern-stalks, came a weasel, and, running through the plantains and fringe-like mayweed or stray pimpernel which covered the neglected ground, made for the straw-rick.
Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
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I was quite hopeful as to the result, for my "crammer" again impressed me at the last moment with his entire conviction that I would pass with eclat; while, my good friend the vicar, who had given me the most flaming of testimonials, cheered me up with his cordial wishes for my success, as did also dear little Miss Pimpernell, in her customary impulsive way.
She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.
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It occurs quite commonly in gardens and open fields, being the scarlet Pimpernel, or _Anagallis arvensis_, and belonging to the Primrose tribe of plants.
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And out toward the old Ice House (now the Art Barn) are the rocks with the best view of the pounding surf and small clots of scarlet pimpernel tucked in, operating as the "poor man's weatherglass".
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On muddier patches there is creeping jenny, a close relative of the pimpernel but quite unlike it.
Times, Sunday Times
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Primroses grew in the grass around it and a small red flower that I thought must be pimpernel.
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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
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There, visitors can learn about the organic farming process firsthand, as well as enjoy olfactory heaven with a tour of the Czech gardens, where they can find wild herbs and flowers such as pimpernel, marsh pea, cuckoo flower, moon daisy, wild thyme, silvery cinquefoil and primrose, among many others.
The Prague Post
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The bracken, waist-high at first, was like small hoops at the top of the wood, where the tiny golden tormentil made a carpet and the yellow pimpernel was closing her eager eyes.
Gone to Earth
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Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel A far better and far more interesting take on the French Revolution than the much-touted Les Miserables.
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His Broadway debut was 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'.
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To effect this he adopts the role of a foppish member of English society to deter suspicion, while his real, heroic identity is that of the ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’, daredevil adventurer.
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She wrote many other historical and romantic novels, including several sequels to The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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A wildflower spectacular: wood sorrel, scarlet pimpernel, heartsease, guelder rose and purple orchids.
Times, Sunday Times
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Having posted this in the * muliculural creeps*section it seems necessary to put it here also as the scarlet pimpernel AKA field posts his nonsence everywhere.
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There was also an interesting parallel discussion about shorthand, perhaps the most contentious of the NCTJ's modules, and another about media law teaching being essential (with sensible comments from pimpernel, theorangemonkey, guidefriday, DavidHolmes and globalnomad).
NCTJ supporters outgun detractors, but that isn't the end of the argument...
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To my growing collection of unread classics I add The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
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The little scarlet pimpernel also makes the same weather forecast, which earned it the nickname "poor man's weather glass".
Plantwatch: a great year for wildflowers
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We carried on down to Elloughton, with the tiny scarlet pimpernel sparkling as the sun came through.
Country diary: East Yorkshire
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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.
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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Or, pimpernel, and Egyptian alum roasted, and sprinkle on them the Orchomenian powder.
On Ulcers
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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
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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
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