| Joseph Guy - 1810 - 548 sider
...tree. The tree, indeed, grows not spontaneously ; but if a man plant ten of them in his life time, which he may do in about an hour, he •will as completely...his duty to his own and future 'generations, as the natives of our climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in' the summer's heat... | |
| General history - 1814 - 798 sider
...The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour,...his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 sider
...The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour,...his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 sider
...The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely nilfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our less temperate climate can... | |
| Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 sider
...grow spontaneously; but if a roan plants ten of them in his life time, which he may do in an hour, be will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do, by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the summer's heat,... | |
| William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 sider
...indeed shoot up spontaneously, yet, as captain Cook observes, if a man plant ten trees in his life time, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold winter, and reaping in the summer's heat, as... | |
| 1823 - 888 sider
...produces it does not indeed grow spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his life time, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his owe and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 sider
...The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour,...his duty to his own and future generations. as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 884 sider
...The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but, if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour,...his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold winter, and reaping in the summer's... | |
| 1837 - 538 sider
...propagated with so much ease, that " If a man plant ten trees in his life-time, which he may do in one hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do, by ploughing in the cold Winter, and reaping in the Summer's heat, as... | |
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