Word: grottos
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...statue was discovered in a sort of grotto in the island of Melos in April, 1820. A French officer happened to be present at its discovery by a peasant gathering stones, and he at once took steps to secure it for his government. After a long delay it was shipped to France where it has had many adventures, especially during the Commune, and now stands in the Louvre...
...trees. At the bottom of the vale, a chattering brook ripple over smooth stones, and hurried on to join the sea. Just above him the course of the brook turned from east to south-east; and where the valley curved, on the north bank, a pretty moss-covered grotto opened toward the sun. Behind this a cliff suddenly rose a score of feet; while before it a large flat stone formed a convenient floor, reaching from the cave quite to the edge of the brook...
Beneath the grotto's arching brow...
Forth from out the grotto there...
Fair to view, a grotto there...