A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy: Timber trees, fruitsC. Knight, 1829 - 422 sider |
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Side 18
... seasons , to contain the young for much longer periods , even occasionally to furnish a supply of food , or be a storehouse to afford it when wanted by the infant brood * . " Reaumur , the distinguished naturalist , in his Me- moirs on ...
... seasons , to contain the young for much longer periods , even occasionally to furnish a supply of food , or be a storehouse to afford it when wanted by the infant brood * . " Reaumur , the distinguished naturalist , in his Me- moirs on ...
Side 29
... seasons which are very rainy , those bogs are apt to imbibe a greater portion of moisture than the surface can retain ; but as the surface is not of a kind through which the water can percolate and escape quietly , a disruption takes ...
... seasons which are very rainy , those bogs are apt to imbibe a greater portion of moisture than the surface can retain ; but as the surface is not of a kind through which the water can percolate and escape quietly , a disruption takes ...
Side 32
... seasons . We are thence led to conclude , that , after the one species was formed , a pause of some years at least must have taken place before the soil and climate were in a fit state for the production of the others . There may be ...
... seasons . We are thence led to conclude , that , after the one species was formed , a pause of some years at least must have taken place before the soil and climate were in a fit state for the production of the others . There may be ...
Side 39
... season . In times of drought there is , however , a good deal of difficulty in getting the timber to the Spey ; and , in order to accomplish that object , the workmen collect the trees in the dell , or den , build up a temporary dam ...
... season . In times of drought there is , however , a good deal of difficulty in getting the timber to the Spey ; and , in order to accomplish that object , the workmen collect the trees in the dell , or den , build up a temporary dam ...
Side 51
... season in England . But be- tween this , which was the greatest height that I climbed , and the limit of perpetual snow , there is doubtless ample space for many other species of plants , to some of which a Dropmore winter must be a season ...
... season in England . But be- tween this , which was the greatest height that I climbed , and the limit of perpetual snow , there is doubtless ample space for many other species of plants , to some of which a Dropmore winter must be a season ...
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Side 51 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Side 282 - And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Side 266 - My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there ; I do beseech you send for some of them.
Side 281 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Side 289 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they...
Side 252 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Side 54 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Side 234 - And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink.
Side 68 - Then anon the air began to wax clear and the sun to shine fair and bright, the which was right in the Frenchmen's eyes and on the Englishmen's backs. When the Genoese were assembled together, and began to approach, they made a great leap and cry to abash the Englishmen, but they stood still, and stirred not for all that.
Side 244 - Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and sunny glade amid the wood, And in the midst an aged Banian grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree; For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head; And many a long, depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root, Straight, like a plummet, grew towards the ground.