Pomarium Britannicum: An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits Known in Great BritainH. Colburn, 1821 - 378 pagini |
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Pagina 14
... equal to the Peruvian bark . - Chambers . The gall nuts of the oak , are of many kinds , but they have all the same medicinal virtue . I learn from Pliny that they were used by the Romans to colour their hair black . John Ellis , Esq ...
... equal to the Peruvian bark . - Chambers . The gall nuts of the oak , are of many kinds , but they have all the same medicinal virtue . I learn from Pliny that they were used by the Romans to colour their hair black . John Ellis , Esq ...
Pagina 25
... equal to £ 70 of our money ; and he particularises a table of citron - wood that came from Ptolemæus , king of Mauritania , which was made in two demi- rounds , or half circles , joined together so cleverly , that the joints could not ...
... equal to £ 70 of our money ; and he particularises a table of citron - wood that came from Ptolemæus , king of Mauritania , which was made in two demi- rounds , or half circles , joined together so cleverly , that the joints could not ...
Pagina 38
... equal to £ 12 . 10s . of our money ; " and some of them , ” says this author , " yield more profit to the owner than a small farm , and which brought about the invention of grafting . There are apples that have ennobled the countries ...
... equal to £ 12 . 10s . of our money ; " and some of them , ” says this author , " yield more profit to the owner than a small farm , and which brought about the invention of grafting . There are apples that have ennobled the countries ...
Pagina 54
... equal to the cider made from Golden Pippins , which , when given in good condition , and well timed , surpasses every other refreshing drink , The spirit extracted from cider is equal to brandy for preserving fruit , or mixing in made ...
... equal to the cider made from Golden Pippins , which , when given in good condition , and well timed , surpasses every other refreshing drink , The spirit extracted from cider is equal to brandy for preserving fruit , or mixing in made ...
Pagina 66
... equal in flavour to the best olive oil , with the advantage of keeping longer without becoming rancid , may be obtained from the nuts by pressure . It is very com- mon in Picardy and other parts of France where the masts abound : in ...
... equal in flavour to the best olive oil , with the advantage of keeping longer without becoming rancid , may be obtained from the nuts by pressure . It is very com- mon in Picardy and other parts of France where the masts abound : in ...
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Pagina 15 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away.
Pagina 32 - And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness ; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Pagina 186 - The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Pagina 142 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees : and they encamped there by the waters.
Pagina 263 - Th' inspiring breeze ; and meditate the book Of Nature ever open; aiming thence, Warm from the heart, to learn the moral song. Here, as I steal along the sunny wall, Where Autumn basks, with fruit empurpled deep, My pleasing theme continual prompts my thought : Presents the downy peach ; the shining plum ; The ruddy, fragrant nectarine ; and dark, Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig.
Pagina 85 - was so well stocked ," says Pliny, " that in less than twenty-six years after, other lands had cherries, even as far as Britain beyond the Ocean.
Pagina 264 - The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
Pagina 223 - And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
Pagina 185 - And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow ; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Pagina 315 - I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.