A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy: Timber trees, fruitsC. Knight, 1829 - 422 Seiten |
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... durable , whether in air , in earth , or in water ; and it is said that no insects in the island will eat into the heart of oak , as they do , sooner or later , into most of the domestic and many of the foreign kinds of timber ...
... durable , whether in air , in earth , or in water ; and it is said that no insects in the island will eat into the heart of oak , as they do , sooner or later , into most of the domestic and many of the foreign kinds of timber ...
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... durable . This dif- ference was noticed so early as the time of Ray ; and Martyn , in his Flora Rustica , and Sir James Smith , in his Flora Britannica , have added their testimonies to the fact . The second species is supposed to have ...
... durable . This dif- ference was noticed so early as the time of Ray ; and Martyn , in his Flora Rustica , and Sir James Smith , in his Flora Britannica , have added their testimonies to the fact . The second species is supposed to have ...
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... durable , as that sown by the hand of nature , or where it is to be allowed to remain without transplanting . Of the various European oaks , the Quercus pedun- culata is the most esteemed on the continent . It is a magnificent tree ...
... durable , as that sown by the hand of nature , or where it is to be allowed to remain without transplanting . Of the various European oaks , the Quercus pedun- culata is the most esteemed on the continent . It is a magnificent tree ...
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... durable the colder the situation is , and the slower the tree grows ; and in peculiar positions it is not unusual to find the northern half of a common pine hard and red , while the southern half , though con- siderably thicker from the ...
... durable the colder the situation is , and the slower the tree grows ; and in peculiar positions it is not unusual to find the northern half of a common pine hard and red , while the southern half , though con- siderably thicker from the ...
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... durable than of those of Europe , it is employed for ship- building , as well as for domestic purposes . The pine found in the bogs of Ireland is of a very supe- rior quality , and used by the inhabitants for many purposes . Some ...
... durable than of those of Europe , it is employed for ship- building , as well as for domestic purposes . The pine found in the bogs of Ireland is of a very supe- rior quality , and used by the inhabitants for many purposes . Some ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.