Lectures on Roman Husbandry: Delivered Before the University of Oxford; Comprehending Such an Account of the System of Agriculture, the Treatment of Domestic Animals, the Horticulture &c., Pursued in Ancient Times, as May be Collected from the Scriptores Rei Rusticae, the Georgics of Virgil, and Other Classical Authorities, with Notices of the Plants Mentioned in Columella and VirgilJ. Wright, 1857 - 328 Seiten |
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... land by means of coloni , and by the proprietor himself - cultivation by means of a politor alluded to by Cato , compared to the metairie system now adopted in Italy - why it had gone out in Columella's time - treat- ment of the coloni ...
... land by means of coloni , and by the proprietor himself - cultivation by means of a politor alluded to by Cato , compared to the metairie system now adopted in Italy - why it had gone out in Columella's time - treat- ment of the coloni ...
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... land of two kinds , dry and irrigated - practice of irriga- tion . - Reaping - winnowing - threshing . - What things may be lawfully done on holydays . LECTURE V. COLUMELLA , BOOKS III . IV . V. On the culture of vines - choice of ...
... land of two kinds , dry and irrigated - practice of irriga- tion . - Reaping - winnowing - threshing . - What things may be lawfully done on holydays . LECTURE V. COLUMELLA , BOOKS III . IV . V. On the culture of vines - choice of ...
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... land and water communication contiguous- with an abundant supply of labourers , and with good water . It should lie in a country which is not apt to change its masters , and from which those who have migrated are apt to regret the ...
... land and water communication contiguous- with an abundant supply of labourers , and with good water . It should lie in a country which is not apt to change its masters , and from which those who have migrated are apt to regret the ...
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... land ; . 135 sixthly , the arable ; seventhly , the timber eighthly , the shrubbery ; and ninthly , the oaks , on account of the acorns they yield for the suste- nance of the swine . estimate the culture interpret the pas- done , or ...
... land ; . 135 sixthly , the arable ; seventhly , the timber eighthly , the shrubbery ; and ninthly , the oaks , on account of the acorns they yield for the suste- nance of the swine . estimate the culture interpret the pas- done , or ...
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... land into arable , where the nature of the soil is such as to secure abundant crops of corn , as a profitable specula- tion . But two circumstances must be taken into account , which might alter materially the rela- tive value of these ...
... land into arable , where the nature of the soil is such as to secure abundant crops of corn , as a profitable specula- tion . But two circumstances must be taken into account , which might alter materially the rela- tive value of these ...
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Seite 165 - Redit agricolis labor actus in orbem, atque in se sua per vestigia volvitur annus.
Seite 217 - On ev'ry side you look, behold the Wall ! No pleasing Intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene; Grove nods at grove, each Alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other. The...
Seite 174 - Bacchi mactandus ad aras ducitur ultoris : nocuit sua culpa duobus. 115 quid meruistis, oves, placidum pecus, inque tuendos natum homines, pleno quae fertis in ubere nectar, mollia quae nobis vestras velamina lanas praebetis, vitaque magis, quam morte juvatis? quid meruere boves, animal sine fraude dolisque, 120 innocuum, simplex, natum tolerare labores?
Seite 299 - EXCUDENT alii spirantia mollius aera , Credo equidem ; vivos ducent de marmore vultus ; Orabunt causas melius; cœlique meatus Describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent : Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; Hae tibi erunt artes , pacisque imponere morem , Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos.
Seite 220 - Consult the genius of the place in all ; That tells the waters or to rise or fall ; Or helps th' ambitious hill the heavens to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the vale, Calls in the country, catches opening glades, Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades ; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending lines ; Paints as you plant, and as you work designs.
Seite 177 - Optima torvae forma bovis, cui turpe caput, cui plurima cervix, et crurum tenus a mento palearia pendent; tum longo nullus lateri modus; omnia magna, pes etiam; et camuris hirtae sub cornibus aures.
Seite 145 - Et, quamvis igni exiguo, properata maderent. Vidi lecta diu et multo spectata labore Degenerare tamen, ni vis humana quotannis Maxima quaeque manu legeret ; sic omnia fatis In pejus ruere, ac retro sublapsa referri...
Seite 216 - ... with walking. Near each seat is a little fountain ; and, throughout the whole hippodrome, several small rills run murmuring along, wheresoever the hand of art thought proper to conduct them, watering here and there different spots of verdure, and in their progress, refreshing the whole.
Seite 215 - In one place you have a little meadow, in another the box is cut into a thousand different forms : sometimes into letters expressing the name of the master...
Seite 215 - Beyond these is a walk planted with the smooth and twining acanthus, where the trees are also cut into a variety of names and shapes. At the upper end is an alcove of white marble, shaded with vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars.