Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God, in the Phenomena of the Year |
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Page 52
... cultivation . The operation of this providential arrangement has been already explained in relation to agriculture ; †and the principle holds no less true as regards the produce of the garden . The herbs plants , and flowers , which ...
... cultivation . The operation of this providential arrangement has been already explained in relation to agriculture ; †and the principle holds no less true as regards the produce of the garden . The herbs plants , and flowers , which ...
Page 53
... cultivate the succulent food destined for his use ; and in the exertion of the bodily and mental faculties which his Maker has be- stowed , while his toil is rewarded , he finds a thousand col- lateral advantages accruing to him , and ...
... cultivate the succulent food destined for his use ; and in the exertion of the bodily and mental faculties which his Maker has be- stowed , while his toil is rewarded , he finds a thousand col- lateral advantages accruing to him , and ...
Page 54
... cultivation of the field of con- templation which such studies unfold to him . There is in this delightful ... cultivating the little patches of garden ground devolved almost exclusively on the 54 HORTICULTURE . Principles on which ...
... cultivation of the field of con- templation which such studies unfold to him . There is in this delightful ... cultivating the little patches of garden ground devolved almost exclusively on the 54 HORTICULTURE . Principles on which ...
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... cultivation was rewarded then , as it is still , by forms of beauty becoming , under the plastic hand of man , still more beautiful , and objects of utility still more useful . It would be easy and delightful to expatiate on a theme so ...
... cultivation was rewarded then , as it is still , by forms of beauty becoming , under the plastic hand of man , still more beautiful , and objects of utility still more useful . It would be easy and delightful to expatiate on a theme so ...
Page 56
... cultivation , and we hear from histori- ans only of those gardens which were erected to gratify the profuse taste of monarchs , or to contribute to their oriental splendour . From Theophrastus and Aristophanes , we learn that the Greeks ...
... cultivation , and we hear from histori- ans only of those gardens which were erected to gratify the profuse taste of monarchs , or to contribute to their oriental splendour . From Theophrastus and Aristophanes , we learn that the Greeks ...
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