The grounds are long rather than wide, and comprise the slope towards the valley and the stretch along the summit of the ridge, where beech, oak, and chestnut shade with their green and solemn presences a garden of shorn turf and border flowers.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
On the contrary it has the sole right to initiate, as well as to frame, the measures it submits to the House; and these comprise, in fact, almost all the important bills that are enacted.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
Luckily, he is sure not to do so; he will never consent to your abandoning for his sake a career which must seem to you to comprise every earthly happiness.
"Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel"
E. Werner