BRUSH in Classic Quotes

1  A few fragments of rafters were reared against a blackened wall; and when Uncas had covered them slightly with brush, the temporary accommodations were deemed sufficient.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19

2  It was not long, however, before the restless savages were heard beating the brush, and gradually approaching the inner edge of that dense border of young chestnuts which encircled the little area.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13

3  After penetrating through the brush, matted as it was with briars, for a few hundred feet, he entered an open space, that surrounded a low, green hillock, which was crowned by the decayed blockhouse in question.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13

4  The very slightness of the defense was its chief merit, for no one thought of disturbing a mass of brush, which all of them believed, in that moment of hurry and confusion, had been accidentally raised by the hands of their own party.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9

5  The gray light, the gloomy little area of dark grass, surrounded by its border of brush, beyond which the pines rose, in breathing silence, apparently into the very clouds, and the deathlike stillness of the vast forest, were all in unison to deepen such a sensation.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13

6  The clamorous noises again rushed down the island; and before Duncan had time to recover from the shock, his feeble barrier of brush was scattered to the winds, the cavern was entered at both its extremities, and he and his companions were dragged from their shelter and borne into the day, where they stood surrounded by the whole band of the triumphant Hurons.

The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9