The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Частина 2,Том 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... color . Sage must still be slipped and planted . Seeds of all sorts nearly ripe will often require staking , and defending from birds . Slugs and snails may easily be found and de- stroyed after rain , or early in the morning . Sow ...
... color . Sage must still be slipped and planted . Seeds of all sorts nearly ripe will often require staking , and defending from birds . Slugs and snails may easily be found and de- stroyed after rain , or early in the morning . Sow ...
Сторінка 408
... color it . If the beds be not warm enough , line them with fresh dung . Boorcole , broccoli , and cabbages must be well earthed up , to keep them upright , and all decayed leaves picked off . Cauliflower plants must have air while the ...
... color it . If the beds be not warm enough , line them with fresh dung . Boorcole , broccoli , and cabbages must be well earthed up , to keep them upright , and all decayed leaves picked off . Cauliflower plants must have air while the ...
Сторінка 409
... color ; the pulp whitish , firm , and juicy . The Salonica is nearly spheri- cal , with a smooth face , and of a gold color ; the pulp of the same general appearance as the Valentia , but more abundant in saccharine . 6. Mushrooms are ...
... color ; the pulp whitish , firm , and juicy . The Salonica is nearly spheri- cal , with a smooth face , and of a gold color ; the pulp of the same general appearance as the Valentia , but more abundant in saccharine . 6. Mushrooms are ...
Сторінка 410
... color : as they begin to dry , they shrivel or contract in some degree ; from which circumstance the name of wrinkled pea has been given them among seedsmen . The flavor , when boiled , is peculiarly rich , no pea indeed has hitherto ...
... color : as they begin to dry , they shrivel or contract in some degree ; from which circumstance the name of wrinkled pea has been given them among seedsmen . The flavor , when boiled , is peculiarly rich , no pea indeed has hitherto ...
Сторінка 412
... color , and firm but melting vinous pulp . Braddick's American peach is recommended in the London Horticultural Transactions , vol . ii . It is a large yellow fruit , red next the sun ; the pulp yellow , and of high flavor . It is not ...
... color , and firm but melting vinous pulp . Braddick's American peach is recommended in the London Horticultural Transactions , vol . ii . It is a large yellow fruit , red next the sun ; the pulp yellow , and of high flavor . It is not ...
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Сторінка 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Сторінка 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Сторінка 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Сторінка 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Сторінка 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Сторінка 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Сторінка 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Сторінка 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Сторінка 746 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Сторінка 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.