The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Volume 7Luthur Tucker, 1852 |
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If this is true of what may be called the wealthier classes of the community , it is , we are sorry to say , still more true of the agricultural class . The agricultural class is continually complimented by the press and public debaters ...
If this is true of what may be called the wealthier classes of the community , it is , we are sorry to say , still more true of the agricultural class . The agricultural class is continually complimented by the press and public debaters ...
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... called by the settlers in that part of California where it grows - Red - wood - or bastard Cedar . Even in the midst of these thick forests , it attains a height of 180 feet . The trunk has a circumference of from 15 feet to 21 feet ...
... called by the settlers in that part of California where it grows - Red - wood - or bastard Cedar . Even in the midst of these thick forests , it attains a height of 180 feet . The trunk has a circumference of from 15 feet to 21 feet ...
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... called plant itself . But , say the gardeners , the inducements are not held out to us by our Societies - the arrangement of our Horticultural Society is too limi- • Though there is some truth in our correspondent's criticism of the ...
... called plant itself . But , say the gardeners , the inducements are not held out to us by our Societies - the arrangement of our Horticultural Society is too limi- • Though there is some truth in our correspondent's criticism of the ...
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... called upon to take up the chase . The skill of the common hound , though less striking , is still proportioned to the exigencies of the service , and is something more than a mere instinct ; for when a young dog is entirely at fault ...
... called upon to take up the chase . The skill of the common hound , though less striking , is still proportioned to the exigencies of the service , and is something more than a mere instinct ; for when a young dog is entirely at fault ...
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... called the Newfoundland dog a Distinguished Member of the Humane Society ; ' and he has richly earned the tribute that has been paid to him by that happy genius . His element is water , and his business to rescue those who are not at ...
... called the Newfoundland dog a Distinguished Member of the Humane Society ; ' and he has richly earned the tribute that has been paid to him by that happy genius . His element is water , and his business to rescue those who are not at ...
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Page 285 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 283 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 278 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Page 281 - I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Page 281 - Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou ? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Page 418 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 282 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Page 27 - Sirrah had been unable to manage, until he came to that commanding situation. But what was our astonishment when we discovered by degrees that not one lamb of the whole flock was wanting ! How he had got all the divisions collected in the dark, is beyond my comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising...
Page 282 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 312 - ... in order to give him habits of thought and mental discipline for the pulpit; yet, this is not half as ridiculous, in reality, as the reverse absurdity of attempting to educate the man of work in unknown tongues, abstract problems and theories, and metaphysical figments and quibbles.