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  • The herb-gatherer smacked her lips and sniffed the air expectantly.

    The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp Katherine Stokes

  • Then the herb-gatherer looked over to the dead, limp body of the great condor, and from thence to Tom.

    Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes Victor [pseud.] Appleton

  • There was once an herb-gatherer who had three daughters who earned their living by spinning.

    Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

  • The woman herb-gatherer had brought her infant with her on her quest, and had laid it down on a bed of soft grass while she worked.

    Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes Victor [pseud.] Appleton

  • Afterward, as they followed the cart across the field and out into the road, Athalia asked the old herb-gatherer many questions about the happiness of the community life, which he answered patiently enough.

    The Way to Peace 1910

  • "You have n't brought home a leaf of anything," I ventured to this practiced herb-gatherer.

    The Queen's Twin 1910

  • I had become well acquainted with Mrs. Todd as landlady, herb-gatherer, and rustic philosopher; we had been discreet fellow-passengers once or twice when I had sailed up the coast to a larger town than Dunnet Landing to do some shopping; but I was yet to become acquainted with her as a mariner.

    Green Island 1910

  • The potent draught of wine acts at once, causing the victim to drop to the ground in a dead sleep, whereupon the herb-gatherer either dispatches him summarily with a thrust through the heart, or leaves the drunken tyrant to sleep off the effect of his draught, while he returns again to his work of collecting the health-restoring herbs.

    Myths and Legends of China 1909

  • This is the method referred to: On leaving his home the herb-gatherer of the mountains arms himself with two large hollow bamboo tubes which he slips over his wrists and arms; he also carries a jar of very strong wine.

    Myths and Legends of China 1909

  • Afterward, as they followed the cart across the field and out into the road, Athalia asked the old herb-gatherer many questions about the happiness of the community life, which he answered patiently enough.

    The Way to Peace Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

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