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 33
... original surface on which the bog rests . The stratum of peat in which the oak is contained is , as has been mentioned , of a compact texture , and some of it forms a fuel but little inferior to coal . Above it there is often found a ...
... original surface on which the bog rests . The stratum of peat in which the oak is contained is , as has been mentioned , of a compact texture , and some of it forms a fuel but little inferior to coal . Above it there is often found a ...
Pàgina 98
... original sterility , whenever it has been allowed to lie in grass ; but when so sheltered , the pastures have retained their greenness for years , and , instead of being deteriorated , have been improved by remaining for a few years out ...
... original sterility , whenever it has been allowed to lie in grass ; but when so sheltered , the pastures have retained their greenness for years , and , instead of being deteriorated , have been improved by remaining for a few years out ...
Pàgina 137
... original country of the walnut is not recorded . Some are of opinion that it is the " Persian nut " mentioned by Theophrastus ; and that , therefore , Persia is the country from which it was first intro- Walnut Juglans regia . duced ...
... original country of the walnut is not recorded . Some are of opinion that it is the " Persian nut " mentioned by Theophrastus ; and that , therefore , Persia is the country from which it was first intro- Walnut Juglans regia . duced ...
Pàgina 165
... original varieties and even species are lost and confounded ; and man contests with nature in the production of the varied fruits that appear in our markets , not only as respects the sorts , but as regards the times at which they are ...
... original varieties and even species are lost and confounded ; and man contests with nature in the production of the varied fruits that appear in our markets , not only as respects the sorts , but as regards the times at which they are ...
Pàgina 187
... original proportions have been a little deranged by the raising of the floor , —which became necessary , as the vast accumulation of ships in the river downwards , probably the deposi- tion of silt in the bed of the river , and ...
... original proportions have been a little deranged by the raising of the floor , —which became necessary , as the vast accumulation of ships in the river downwards , probably the deposi- tion of silt in the bed of the river , and ...
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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.