Arbour in example sentence

Then, there is a dove-cote, some delightful stew-ponds, and a very pretty canal; and every thing, in short, that one could wish for; and, moreover, it is close to the church, and only a quarter of a mile from the turnpike-road, so 'tis never dull, for if you only go and sit up in an old yew arbour behind the house, you may see all the carriages that pass along.

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At the end of the garden, by the side of the water, he had an arbour built just for the purpose of drinking beer in summer; and if madame is fond of gardening she will be able—""My wife doesn't care about it," said Charles; "although she has been advised to take exercise, she prefers always sitting in her room reading."

Through the bars of the arbour and away beyond, the river seen in the fields, meandering through the grass in wandering curves.

He read aloud, bareheaded, sitting on a footstool of dry sticks; the fresh wind of the meadow set trembling the leaves of the book and the nasturtiums of the arbour.

It was in the arbour, on the same seat of old sticks where formerly Leon had looked at her so amorously on the summer evenings.

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