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... seen growing on rocks in new England . " " Grass , " she observes , “ is an art and a science in England - it is an institution . The pains that are taken in sowing , tending , cutting , clipping , rolling and otherwise nursing and ...
... seen growing on rocks in new England . " " Grass , " she observes , “ is an art and a science in England - it is an institution . The pains that are taken in sowing , tending , cutting , clipping , rolling and otherwise nursing and ...
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... seen , White cots on the meadows green , Open to the sky and breeze , Or peeping through the sheltering trees , On a light gate , loosely hung , Laughing children gaily swung ; Oft their glad shouts , shrill and clear , Came upon the ...
... seen , White cots on the meadows green , Open to the sky and breeze , Or peeping through the sheltering trees , On a light gate , loosely hung , Laughing children gaily swung ; Oft their glad shouts , shrill and clear , Came upon the ...
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... seen in such exquisite perfection as on the broad meadows and softly- swelling hills of England . And perhaps in no country in the world could pic - nic holiday - makers or playful children with more perfect security of life and health ...
... seen in such exquisite perfection as on the broad meadows and softly- swelling hills of England . And perhaps in no country in the world could pic - nic holiday - makers or playful children with more perfect security of life and health ...
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... seen either at home or abroad . Evelyn , the author of " Sylva , or a Discourse of Forest Trees , " dwells with fond admiration , and a pleasing egotism , on the charms of his own beautiful and highly cultivated estate at Wooton in the ...
... seen either at home or abroad . Evelyn , the author of " Sylva , or a Discourse of Forest Trees , " dwells with fond admiration , and a pleasing egotism , on the charms of his own beautiful and highly cultivated estate at Wooton in the ...
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... seen any tree larger than a British oak . What would he have thought of the Baobab tree in Abyssinia , which measures from 80 to 120 feet in girth , and sometimes reaches the age of five thousand years . We have no such sylvan patriarch ...
... seen any tree larger than a British oak . What would he have thought of the Baobab tree in Abyssinia , which measures from 80 to 120 feet in girth , and sometimes reaches the age of five thousand years . We have no such sylvan patriarch ...
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Flowers and Flower-Gardens: With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and ... David Lester Richardson No preview available - 2017 |
Flowers and Flower Gardens: With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and ... David Lester Richardson No preview available - 2008 |
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Page 172 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, 'Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Page 173 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Page 15 - Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied : for though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted the sooner it wears.
Page 163 - It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Page 131 - Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one...
Page 197 - To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers...
Page 196 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new; Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers!
Page 168 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...
Page 134 - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Page 50 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.