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... feet thick at bottom and one foot at top ; height at back three feet , at front one foot , width of pit five feet ; he would then put some gravel on the sloping bank , beat it firm , eover it with coal - tar , hot , by means of a brush ...
... feet thick at bottom and one foot at top ; height at back three feet , at front one foot , width of pit five feet ; he would then put some gravel on the sloping bank , beat it firm , eover it with coal - tar , hot , by means of a brush ...
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... feet stumble on the dark mountains , " before we " begin to say to the mountains , fall on us , and to the hills , cover us . " Let us , as we stand admiring the beauty of our varied British scenery , think of these things , for they ...
... feet stumble on the dark mountains , " before we " begin to say to the mountains , fall on us , and to the hills , cover us . " Let us , as we stand admiring the beauty of our varied British scenery , think of these things , for they ...
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... feet apart , and two feet and a half deep . It is quite impossible to be more specific unless we knew the place . DISEASE IN CHICKENS ( W. Barnard ) .- Your chickens with swollen crops , drooping wings , and disordered bowels , are ...
... feet apart , and two feet and a half deep . It is quite impossible to be more specific unless we knew the place . DISEASE IN CHICKENS ( W. Barnard ) .- Your chickens with swollen crops , drooping wings , and disordered bowels , are ...
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... feet in diameter , sent very high polish ; so much so , indeed , that a table formed by Dr. Wallich to the late Mr. Lambert , has been compared to a slab of brown agate . " It is also stated that the wood of it has been known to have ...
... feet in diameter , sent very high polish ; so much so , indeed , that a table formed by Dr. Wallich to the late Mr. Lambert , has been compared to a slab of brown agate . " It is also stated that the wood of it has been known to have ...
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... feet from the plant . For the future I think of increasing Mr. Turner's width of trench , and for the convenience of watering , suffering ( with deference to him ) the level on which the plants are set to be somewhat below the surface ...
... feet from the plant . For the future I think of increasing Mr. Turner's width of trench , and for the convenience of watering , suffering ( with deference to him ) the level on which the plants are set to be somewhat below the surface ...
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Seite 311 - Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
Seite 15 - ... that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction,' and had lately declared, that 'the whole world was made for man, but only the twelfth part of man for woman;' and, that 'man is the whole world, but woman only the rib or crooked part of man.
Seite 15 - ... me go with him to Norwich, promising to convey me back, after a day or two; this, as I could not refuse, I was not hard to be persuaded to, having a desire to see that famous scholar and physician, Dr. T. Browne, author of the " Religio Medici," and " Vulgar Errors,
Seite 196 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Seite 121 - tis true, as you say, that I've injured a letter, I'll change my note soon, and I hope, for the better. May the just rights of letters as well as of men, Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen ; Most devoutly I wish that they both have their due, And that I may be never mistaken for u.
Seite 57 - The works of the Creator, and the mimic labours of the creature, were all objects of his pursuit. He unfolded the perfection of the one, and assisted the imperfections of the other.
Seite 169 - Boil eighteen pounds of white powder sugar, with six gallons of water, and two whites of eggs well beaten ; then skim it, and put in a quarter of a peck of elder-flowers from the tree that bears white berries ; do not keep them on the fire. When near cold, stir it, and put in six spoonfuls of...
Seite 311 - You might observe I sent a plate of victuals behind the screen. There skulked the biographer, ant Johnson, whose dress was so shabby, that he, durst not make his appearance. He overheard our conversation ; and your applauding his performance, delighted him exceedingly.
Seite 261 - Kewensis," of which a new and enlarged edition was given to the world by his son, Mr. William T. Aiton. In this work, originally issued in 1789, is given an account of the several foreign plants which had been introduced into the English gardens at different times, amounting to 5,600 in number ; and so much was it esteemed that the whole impression was sold off within two years. Mr. Aiton did not long survive this publication, for he died in 1793, in the sixtythird year of his age, and lies buried...
Seite 283 - Who some time made the Points of Husbandry; By him then learn thou mayst, here learn we must, When all is done, we sleep and turn to dust ; And yet, through Christ, to heaven we hope to go : Who reads his books, shall find his faith was so.