A Description and History of Vegetable Substances: Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy : Timber Trees, Fruits, Volum 1C. Knight, 1830 - 422 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... considered a defect , and is gene- rally removed by a subsequent chemical process . In the United States , the bark of almost every sort of tree is used for tanning ; the abundance with which it is procured rendering selection less ...
... considered a defect , and is gene- rally removed by a subsequent chemical process . In the United States , the bark of almost every sort of tree is used for tanning ; the abundance with which it is procured rendering selection less ...
Pàgina 38
... considered as the highest summit of the Grampians , amidst the immense mountains of Cairn- gorm , Brae , Riach , and Ben - mhuic - dhu , there are very extensive forests in the glens or valleys of the rivers that flow northward to the ...
... considered as the highest summit of the Grampians , amidst the immense mountains of Cairn- gorm , Brae , Riach , and Ben - mhuic - dhu , there are very extensive forests in the glens or valleys of the rivers that flow northward to the ...
Pàgina 45
... considered that this substance may be the turpentine of decayed pines , changed by the length of time it has been buried in the earth . The northern slopes of the Alps , and the secondary mountains in the south of Germany , abound in ...
... considered that this substance may be the turpentine of decayed pines , changed by the length of time it has been buried in the earth . The northern slopes of the Alps , and the secondary mountains in the south of Germany , abound in ...
Pàgina 64
... considered to be , employs also a vast number of people in the British colonies , whose manner of liv- · ing , owing to the nature of the business they follow , is entirely different from that of the other inhabitants of North America ...
... considered to be , employs also a vast number of people in the British colonies , whose manner of liv- · ing , owing to the nature of the business they follow , is entirely different from that of the other inhabitants of North America ...
Pàgina 67
... considered synonymous with the charac- ter of a spendthrift , and with villainous and vagabond principles . After selling and delivering up their rafts , they pass some weeks in idle indulgence ; drinking , smoking , and dashing off ...
... considered synonymous with the charac- ter of a spendthrift , and with villainous and vagabond principles . After selling and delivering up their rafts , they pass some weeks in idle indulgence ; drinking , smoking , and dashing off ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 272 - 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.
Pàgina 57 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Pàgina 288 - 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.
Pàgina 287 - 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.
Pàgina 224 - And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised : three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you : it shall not be eaten of.
Pàgina 258 - 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.
Pàgina 318 - ... but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Pàgina 60 - 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.
Pàgina 240 - 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.
Pàgina 74 - 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.