1 She glanced with interest along the new brick and limestone house-fronts, fantastically varied in obedience to the American craving for novelty, but fresh and inviting with their awnings and flower-boxes.
2 The row of budding trees, the new brick and limestone house-fronts, the Georgian flat-house with flowerboxes on its balconies, were merged together into the setting of a familiar scene.
3 There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm, and plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses, so that all the materials for building were at hand.
4 A long, sloping hillside, dotted with gray limestone boulders, stretched behind us.
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6 A maid in a white cap and apron was watering a box of plants on a sill which shone like a slab of limestone in the warm glare.
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