 How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter, when the frosts disappear and the sunshine warms the earth and waters, to wander forth by some clear stream, to see the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the odours...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2541828Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...hills, or that make their way through the cavities of calcareous strata. How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the odors of the bank perfumed by the violet, and enamelled, as it were, with the primrose and the daisy... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1870 - 334 pages
...hills, or that make their way through the cavities of calcareous strata. How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...primrose and the daisy ; to wander upon the fresh turf below the shade of trees, whose bright blossoms are filled with the music of the bee ; and on the surface... | |
 | 518 pages
...hills, or that make their way through the cavities of calcareous strata. " How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...clear stream, to see the leaf bursting from the purple bed, or scent the odours of the bank perfumed by the violet, and enamelled, as it were, with the primrose... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1877 - 422 pages
...language by the author of Salmonia, with which I will conclude. ' How delightful it is in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...primrose and the daisy; to wander upon the fresh turf below the shade of trees, whose bright blossoms are filled with the music of the bee ; and on the surface... | |
 | 1883 - 382 pages
...hills, or that make their way through the cavities of calcareous strata. How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the odors of the bank perfumed by the violet, and enamelled as it were with the primrose and the daisy... | |
 | 1883 - 356 pages
...hills, or that make their way through the cavities of calcareous strata. How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the odors of the bank perfumed by the violet, and enamelled as it were with the primrose and the daisy... | |
 | William Charles Harris - 1896 - 566 pages
...hills, or that make their way through the cavities of calcareous strata. How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the bank perfumed by the violet, and enameled, as it were, with the primrose and the daisy ; to wander... | |
 | Charles Barker Bradford - 1900 - 112 pages
...hills, or that make their way through the cavities of calcareous strata. How delightful in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the odors of the bank perfumed by the violet, and enameled, as it were, with the primrose and the daisy;... | |
 | Stapleton Martin - 1903 - 324 pages
...calcareous strata. How delightful, in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter, to wander forth by some clear stream, to see the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to wander upon the fresh turf below the shade of trees, whose bright blossoms are filled with the music... | |
 | Charles Bradford - 1908 - 200 pages
...delicate tackle and the very daintiest hand. "How delightful," says the author of Salmonia, "in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,...the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the odors of the bank perfumed by the violet, and enameled, as it were, with the primrose and the daisy;... | |
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