Flowers and Flower-gardensD'Rozario and Company, 1855 - 232 Seiten |
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... plant that suggested the idea of the Corinthian capital . The root of the Acanthus produced the leaves which overhanging the sides of the basket struck the fancy of the Architect . This was , indeed , what I meant to say , and though I ...
... plant that suggested the idea of the Corinthian capital . The root of the Acanthus produced the leaves which overhanging the sides of the basket struck the fancy of the Architect . This was , indeed , what I meant to say , and though I ...
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... plants , he observed that " they had nothing else to do . " Oh , yes - they had something else to do , -they had to adorn the earth , and to charm the human eye , and through the eye to soften and cheer the heart and elevate the soul ...
... plants , he observed that " they had nothing else to do . " Oh , yes - they had something else to do , -they had to adorn the earth , and to charm the human eye , and through the eye to soften and cheer the heart and elevate the soul ...
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... Though Evelyn dearly loved a garden , his chief delight was not in flowers but in forest trees , and he was more anxious to improve the growth of plants indigenous to the soil than 24 ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER - GARDENS .
... Though Evelyn dearly loved a garden , his chief delight was not in flowers but in forest trees , and he was more anxious to improve the growth of plants indigenous to the soil than 24 ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER - GARDENS .
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David Lester Richardson. improve the growth of plants indigenous to the soil than to introduce exotics . * Sir William Temple was so attached to his garden , that he left directions in his will that his heart should be buried there . It ...
David Lester Richardson. improve the growth of plants indigenous to the soil than to introduce exotics . * Sir William Temple was so attached to his garden , that he left directions in his will that his heart should be buried there . It ...
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... plant , inoculate and graft , to show so many several kinds of pears , apples , plums , peaches , & c . " The Romans of all ranks made use of flowers as ornaments and emblems , but they were not generally so fond of directing or ...
... plant , inoculate and graft , to show so many several kinds of pears , apples , plums , peaches , & c . " The Romans of all ranks made use of flowers as ornaments and emblems , but they were not generally so fond of directing or ...
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Seite 172 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, 'Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Seite 173 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Seite 15 - Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied : for though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted the sooner it wears.
Seite 163 - It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Seite 131 - Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one...
Seite 197 - To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers...
Seite 196 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new; Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers!
Seite 168 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...
Seite 134 - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Seite 50 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.