The birch forests with their tremulous, silvery aspect, delicate and graceful, increase as one penetrates towards central Russia upon this line; and there is ample evidence of fair fertility of soil, which is by no means made the most of.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
"It penetrates," he shouted.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
Very little sunshine or light penetrates the rows, and some of the inhabitants have a faded, washed-out look, like that of a plant shut in a dark place, which shows but a faint colour of either leaves or blossom.
"Little Miss Joy"
Emma Marshall