A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy: Timber trees: fruitsC. Knight, 1830 - 422 sivua |
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... Beautiful as this species is , it produces , however , timber very inferior to our Quercus robur . It is probable that the species which is indifferently de- signated by French botanists Quercus robur , and Quercus sessiliflora , is a ...
... Beautiful as this species is , it produces , however , timber very inferior to our Quercus robur . It is probable that the species which is indifferently de- signated by French botanists Quercus robur , and Quercus sessiliflora , is a ...
Sivu 13
... beautiful : decay in this case looks pleasing . To such an oak Lucan compared Pompey in his declining state . The CORK CAK ( Quercus suber ) is not so large a tree as the common oak . There are several varieties : a broad leaved and a ...
... beautiful : decay in this case looks pleasing . To such an oak Lucan compared Pompey in his declining state . The CORK CAK ( Quercus suber ) is not so large a tree as the common oak . There are several varieties : a broad leaved and a ...
Sivu 59
... beautiful little tufts ; and the whole upper surface of the branch , which droops in a graceful curve towards the extremity , has the semblance of velvet . The colour is also fine ; it is a rich green , wanting the bluish tint of the ...
... beautiful little tufts ; and the whole upper surface of the branch , which droops in a graceful curve towards the extremity , has the semblance of velvet . The colour is also fine ; it is a rich green , wanting the bluish tint of the ...
Sivu 79
... beautiful in its colour , it is stronger , resists the worm equally , and its odour repels insects from whatever may be contained in a cabinet or chest made of it . For building , there is no timber superior to the cypress , which lasts ...
... beautiful in its colour , it is stronger , resists the worm equally , and its odour repels insects from whatever may be contained in a cabinet or chest made of it . For building , there is no timber superior to the cypress , which lasts ...
Sivu 92
... beautiful as well as a valuable tree . The close texture of the beech renders it a very fit timber for machinery , for the stocks and handles of tools , and for many other purposes . It is not proof against the worm , how- ever ; and ...
... beautiful as well as a valuable tree . The close texture of the beech renders it a very fit timber for machinery , for the stocks and handles of tools , and for many other purposes . It is not proof against the worm , how- ever ; and ...
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 286 - 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.
Sivu 285 - 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.
Sivu 270 - 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 291 - 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...
Sivu 314 - ... but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.