Heaths

Kingsley called the heaths round Eversley his "winter garden;" not because they were his in the eye of the law, but in that higher sense in which ten thousand persons may own the same thing. ❋ John Lubbock (1873)

Wood-wise and another shall go with thee, and show thee a way across the necks and the heaths, which is rough enough as far as toil goes, but where thy life shall be safer; and thereby shalt thou hit the ghyll of the Weltering Water, and so come down safely into Burgdale. ❋ William Morris (1865)

Over recent decades the eutrophying effect of nitrogen deposition has also caused significant loss of biodiversity in some sensitive, nutrient limited ecosystems, such as heaths, bogs and mires in northern Europe and North America [70]. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At London he preached on the "heaths," and thousands upon thousands who never entered a church heard him. ❋ Elbert Hubbard (1885)

The "heaths" and "blues" should perhaps be regarded as the gipsies of the butterfly world, because they sleep in the open. ❋ Unknown (1882)

= Heinir, the inhabitants of the Jutish "heaths" (hæð). ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

= Heinir, the inhabitants of the Jutish "heaths" (hǣð). ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

Leicestershire is also famous for being good hunting country, historic houses, heaths, grazing lands, Stilton cheese, pork pies and the Battle of Bosworth field in1485, where the House of York lost the Crown and Henry Tudor declared himself to be King. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With its sandy bays, rocky headlands, dunes, heaths, and broad expanses of green—all silhouetted against the Irish Sea and the blue-white peaks of Snowdonia—Anglesey offered some of the most lushly beautiful scenery to be found anywhere. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)

There are no damsels or maidens in this story, no dragons slain on grassy heaths. ❋ Sally Houtman (2011)

I have dwelt many months in the heaths of England, and among the deserts of Scotland. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes, he had followed me in my travels; he had loitered in forests, hid himself in caves, or taken refuge in wide and desert heaths; and he now came to mark my progress, and claim the fulfillment of my promise. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Glide through the New Forest, HampshireIf you want to learn how to sea-kayak without being battered by the sea's waves, start on the more mellow waters of the Beaulieu river, a haven of valley bogs, heaths and deciduous woodland with rare wildlife on the southern edge of the New Forest national park. ❋ Dale Berning (2010)

And idiots who post these, OMFG! givez heaths da oscarz fur dis moveeeeieee! hes da bestest jokerz eva! ❋ Unknown (2008)

SMY on Apr 23, 2008 do you know how many people are gonna see the dark knight? many many people because there is so much buzz on heaths performance as the joker. this movie is gonna blow every other movie out of the water. it will break 300 million easy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many of the heaths, Erica ssp. have been removed from the Fairegarden. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I believe the heaths and/or heathers would work well in your climate, they like it cold. ❋ Unknown (2010)