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and fern fringed every ledge down
From the crag, oaks hung over the water, at fantastic angles, holding on, as it seemed, by one foot and springing from the rock itself; while delicate rock plants, and fern fringed every ledge down to the water. — from Helena by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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