Sylva Florifera: The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically Treated: with Observations on the Formation of Ornamental Plantations, and Picturesque Scenery, Volumen 1Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 333 páginas |
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... covered four acres of land , and the height of them was so considerable , that they resembled a pyramidical mountain covered by a forest . The upper area , which was about thirty feet square , was about three hundred feet distant from ...
... covered four acres of land , and the height of them was so considerable , that they resembled a pyramidical mountain covered by a forest . The upper area , which was about thirty feet square , was about three hundred feet distant from ...
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... covered with reeds cemented together by bitumen . On this covering was laid a double row of bricks united by cement , which were then covered also by sheets of lead , in order to prevent the moisture from penetrating downwards ; and ...
... covered with reeds cemented together by bitumen . On this covering was laid a double row of bricks united by cement , which were then covered also by sheets of lead , in order to prevent the moisture from penetrating downwards ; and ...
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... houses , and un- sightly buildings , may be covered with vines and ornamental climbers . However small the plantation be , those abrupt terminations which c 3 INTRODUCTION . 21 will give a slope or bank about double that ...
... houses , and un- sightly buildings , may be covered with vines and ornamental climbers . However small the plantation be , those abrupt terminations which c 3 INTRODUCTION . 21 will give a slope or bank about double that ...
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... flower in March . the same period , the leafless branches of the almond are covered with blushing petals ; whilst the sloe and plum are most con- At spicuously beautiful with snowy blossoms , which are enhanced by 28 INTRODUCTION .
... flower in March . the same period , the leafless branches of the almond are covered with blushing petals ; whilst the sloe and plum are most con- At spicuously beautiful with snowy blossoms , which are enhanced by 28 INTRODUCTION .
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... covering the banks , and feet of trees and shrubs , with considerable patches of the earliest flowers . In February , " The snowdrop , winter's timid child , Awakes to life , bedew'd with tears , And flings around its fragrance mild ...
... covering the banks , and feet of trees and shrubs , with considerable patches of the earliest flowers . In February , " The snowdrop , winter's timid child , Awakes to life , bedew'd with tears , And flings around its fragrance mild ...
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Página 101 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Página 258 - To kings that fear their subjects' treachery? O, yes, it doth; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys...
Página 284 - Is there under the heavens a more glorious and refreshing object, of the kind, than an impregnable hedge, of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five in diameter, which I can...
Página 36 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view ! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody...
Página 123 - ... mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name: Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame; They grieven sore in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the...
Página 234 - The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the sable yew, The slender fir, that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
Página 72 - Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again, and still find something new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed.
Página 129 - But should he hide his face, the astonish'd sun, And all the extinguish'd stars, would, loosening, reel Wide from their spheres, and Chaos come again. And yet was every faltering tongue of man, Almighty Father ! silent in Thy praise, Thy works themselves would raise a general voice, Even in the depth of solitary woods By human foot untrod ; proclaim Thy power, And to the choir celestial Thee resound, The eternal Cause, Support, and End of all...
Página 269 - Or winds begun through hazy skies to blow. At evening a keen eastern breeze arose ; And the descending rain unsullied froze. Soon as the silent shades of night withdrew, The ruddy morn...