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Stranica 171
... Essay on the natural history of Virginia ( English Philosoph . Trans . No. 126. ) treats of the cultivated plants , and of the more exquisite indigenous ones ; more especially of tobacco and its culture . 1683. Louis Hennepin , in his ...
... Essay on the natural history of Virginia ( English Philosoph . Trans . No. 126. ) treats of the cultivated plants , and of the more exquisite indigenous ones ; more especially of tobacco and its culture . 1683. Louis Hennepin , in his ...
Stranica 172
... essays on tobacco , and on the medicinal plants of Virginia , may be seen , ibidem , No. 205 , 206 , and 454. It has been asked whether this was the same man who collected for Gronovius , to be no- ticed afterward ? 1696. Now it was ...
... essays on tobacco , and on the medicinal plants of Virginia , may be seen , ibidem , No. 205 , 206 , and 454. It has been asked whether this was the same man who collected for Gronovius , to be no- ticed afterward ? 1696. Now it was ...
Stranica 179
... Essay on the poison tree of Carolina , injuring both by contact and odour . And in No. 385 , is contained Henry Cane's Tract on the summer fruits of New England . 1721. The Dominican Friar , John Baptist La- bat , came out with his ...
... Essay on the poison tree of Carolina , injuring both by contact and odour . And in No. 385 , is contained Henry Cane's Tract on the summer fruits of New England . 1721. The Dominican Friar , John Baptist La- bat , came out with his ...
Stranica 180
... essay on procur- ing sugar from the maple . He observes , that the best time for collecting the juice is , when the roots are so covered with snow as to freeze during the night , and to thaw during the day ; an observation which modern ...
... essay on procur- ing sugar from the maple . He observes , that the best time for collecting the juice is , when the roots are so covered with snow as to freeze during the night , and to thaw during the day ; an observation which modern ...
Stranica 182
... essay on the natural history of equinoctial France . It is principally a catalogue of the plants he gathered upon that island of Guiana ; and con- tains a considerable number of new articles . A second volume appeared in 1743 , which ...
... essay on the natural history of equinoctial France . It is principally a catalogue of the plants he gathered upon that island of Guiana ; and con- tains a considerable number of new articles . A second volume appeared in 1743 , which ...
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Stranica 40 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Stranica 147 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Stranica 149 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; Camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Stranica 147 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Stranica 53 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Stranica 85 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Stranica 102 - ... company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming. He says, that he only came to the lake to smoke on the great calumet with the Onondagas. But Grangvla says, that he sees the contrary.; that it was to knock them on the head, if sickness had not weakened the arms of the French.
Stranica 98 - ... considering the wonderful events of the past and present times, and the inscrutable dispensations of an over-ruling Providence, may we not look forward into futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendent genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature*, may rally...
Stranica xi - An Act instituting a lottery for the promotion of literature and for other purposes,