On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clu…

Charles Dickens
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On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . . ✨ Charles Dickens (1867). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, p.5
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