A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy: Timber trees, fruitsC. Knight, 1829 - 422 |
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... west of Ross- shire , a considerable portion of ground had , between the years 1651 and 1699 , been changed from a forest of barked and leafless pines , to a peat - moss or bog , in which the people were cutting turf for fuel . The ...
... west of Ross- shire , a considerable portion of ground had , between the years 1651 and 1699 , been changed from a forest of barked and leafless pines , to a peat - moss or bog , in which the people were cutting turf for fuel . The ...
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... west winds , which are the most violent in the British isles . After the trees have fallen , and have been soaked by the rains , they are soon covered by various species of fungi . When these begin to decay , the rain washes the ...
... west winds , which are the most violent in the British isles . After the trees have fallen , and have been soaked by the rains , they are soon covered by various species of fungi . When these begin to decay , the rain washes the ...
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... western . When these bogs are situated high , and have their surfaces sloping , they are comparatively compact , though at a little distance from the surface they always contain a great deal of moisture . But when they are on less ...
... western . When these bogs are situated high , and have their surfaces sloping , they are comparatively compact , though at a little distance from the surface they always contain a great deal of moisture . But when they are on less ...
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... west is that of Rannoch , on the confines of the shires of Perth , Inverness and Ar- gyle . The greater part of that forest has , how- ever , been felled , and the timber was floated down the Tummel and the Tay , for a distance of at ...
... west is that of Rannoch , on the confines of the shires of Perth , Inverness and Ar- gyle . The greater part of that forest has , how- ever , been felled , and the timber was floated down the Tummel and the Tay , for a distance of at ...
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... western , as described by Dr. Clarke . The coast of Norway is more wild than that of Sweden , and the temperature is warmer in the same latitude , so that the pine forests extend rather farther to the north . Spruce is hardly found ...
... western , as described by Dr. Clarke . The coast of Norway is more wild than that of Sweden , and the temperature is warmer in the same latitude , so that the pine forests extend rather farther to the north . Spruce is hardly found ...
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Strona 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.
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Strona 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.
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Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.