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Page 394
Vines should not be pruned till towards wall , for the first crop , should have the
earth the end of the month . drawn up to them in a dry day , and sticks placed
Greenhouse .-- Air may be given to the plants . to them to defend them from the ...
Vines should not be pruned till towards wall , for the first crop , should have the
earth the end of the month . drawn up to them in a dry day , and sticks placed
Greenhouse .-- Air may be given to the plants . to them to defend them from the ...
Page 396
Weed potatoes , neglect to attend upon her . and plant the principal crop . Sow
radishes , the Kitchen garden .-- Alisanders sown in autumn , fourth crop , and
rampions . Sow angelica , should be hoed to a foot asunder , and more basil ...
Weed potatoes , neglect to attend upon her . and plant the principal crop . Sow
radishes , the Kitchen garden .-- Alisanders sown in autumn , fourth crop , and
rampions . Sow angelica , should be hoed to a foot asunder , and more basil ...
Page 399
Prick out the and green : hautboys , three rows , at sixteen second crop of kale ,
and be sure to have plenty inches asunder . Bath Chili , Devonshire Chili , of
plants , for in all long frosty winters its utility Carolina and pine - apple Chilis ,
three ...
Prick out the and green : hautboys , three rows , at sixteen second crop of kale ,
and be sure to have plenty inches asunder . Bath Chili , Devonshire Chili , of
plants , for in all long frosty winters its utility Carolina and pine - apple Chilis ,
three ...
Page 401
Sow radishes the seventh crop , and turnip - rooted , JUNE . and black Spanish ,
in a cold place . Rape In this month the gardener begins to find some and
coleseed may now be sown . Seeds of all pause to his labor . The ground is now
fully ...
Sow radishes the seventh crop , and turnip - rooted , JUNE . and black Spanish ,
in a cold place . Rape In this month the gardener begins to find some and
coleseed may now be sown . Seeds of all pause to his labor . The ground is now
fully ...
Page 403
Grass and gravel make some more beds to allow for this double walks must be
frequently weeded , mowed , and crop . Beans : plant the fifth crop of Mazagan ,
rolled . Hyacinths should be examined to see and the fourth of Windsor , for late ...
Grass and gravel make some more beds to allow for this double walks must be
frequently weeded , mowed , and crop . Beans : plant the fifth crop of Mazagan ,
rolled . Hyacinths should be examined to see and the fourth of Windsor , for late ...
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Page 387 - 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 Poured forth profuse on hill and dale and plain...
Page 121 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 124 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 355 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 24 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Page 33 - Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 187 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 122 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep.
Page 80 - Poured through the mellow horn her pensive soul : And, dashing soft from rocks around, Bubbling runnels joined the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Page 389 - Kent ; painter enough to taste the charms of landscape, bold and opinionative enougli to dare and to dictate, and born with a genius to strike out a great system from the twilight of imperfect essays. He leaped the fence, and saw that all nature was a garden.
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| Title | The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mechanics, Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 11 The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mechanics, Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis |
| Publisher | T. Tegg, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Oct 2007 |
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