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 19
... covered with the kermes oak ; and many of the inhabitants of the province of Murcia have no other mode of living than gathering the kermes . Latreille has united this insect to the cochineal family , which it resembles , not only in its ...
... covered with the kermes oak ; and many of the inhabitants of the province of Murcia have no other mode of living than gathering the kermes . Latreille has united this insect to the cochineal family , which it resembles , not only in its ...
Pàgina 23
... covered by pine forests . There has been much con- troversy amongst the learned whether the pine was indigenous to England . Cæsar expressly says that Britain had all the trees of Gaul , except the beech and fir . It is remarkable ...
... covered by pine forests . There has been much con- troversy amongst the learned whether the pine was indigenous to England . Cæsar expressly says that Britain had all the trees of Gaul , except the beech and fir . It is remarkable ...
Pàgina 27
... covered by various species of fungi . When these begin to decay , the rain washes the adhesive matter into which they are reduced between the fallen tree and the ground , and a dam is thus formed which collects and contains the water ...
... covered by various species of fungi . When these begin to decay , the rain washes the adhesive matter into which they are reduced between the fallen tree and the ground , and a dam is thus formed which collects and contains the water ...
Pàgina 29
... covered with grass , they are often of very soft consistence below , while the grass forms a tough skin on the surface . In Ireland these are called moving - bogs , and in Scotland quaking mosses . They are very perilous to travellers ...
... covered with grass , they are often of very soft consistence below , while the grass forms a tough skin on the surface . In Ireland these are called moving - bogs , and in Scotland quaking mosses . They are very perilous to travellers ...
Pàgina 30
... covering , but was very soft beneath , and vibrated very much when trod upon . So dangerous was its surface , that a number of the army of Sinclair , in the time of Henry VIII . , were lost in it , more especially those who were on ...
... covering , but was very soft beneath , and vibrated very much when trod upon . So dangerous was its surface , that a number of the army of Sinclair , in the time of Henry VIII . , were lost in it , more especially those who were on ...
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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.