brooklet

Example Sentences

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Its brooklet will hereafter be famous in scholastic song.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

The brooklet came from a disused still-house hidden in laurel and hemlock so dense that direct sunlight never penetrated the glen.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

And I peer into the shadows, Till they seem to pass away, And the fields and their tiny brooklet Lie clear in the light of day.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

Robin trotted his steed to come up with them; then, suddenly spying a brooklet among the trees upon his left hand, found himself mightily athirst.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

At moments the woman thought of running away; it only meant creeping into the little ravine, leaping across the brooklet, and then making straight through the fields and plantations.

From Tales by Polish Authors by Various