 | English literature - 1837 - 604 pages
...unexposed to the atmosphere or to water, will hold out remarkably well : witness the old distich — " Though heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I'll see him out." But the citizen ought to love the poplar, for the poplar loves the citizen. It has no fastidiousness... | |
 | Gardening - 1831 - 774 pages
...purposes it is, however, said to be excellent. Hence the following couplet appertaining to it : — " Though heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I'll see him out." We believe we have been told that poplar wood, moreover, ignites very slowly ; and that it is, therefore,... | |
 | Gardening - 1831 - 780 pages
...purposes it is, however, said to be excellent. Hence the following couplet appertaining to it : — " Though heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I'll see him out." We believe we have been told that poplar wood, moreover, ignites very slowly; and that it is, therefore,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1832 - 780 pages
...purposes it is, however, said to be excellent. Hence the following couplet appertaining to it : — ' Though heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I'll see him out.' " I cannot speak from experience of the timber, but have always heard it represented as the most worthless... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 794 pages
...catches fire, and the slowness with which it burns. In these respects, it is the very reverse of deal. Poplar, like other soft woods, is generally considered...Though heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I '11 see him out," may be considered as strictly correct. One of the most valuable properties of the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 796 pages
...catches fire, and the slowness with which it burns. In these respects, it is the very reverse of deal. Poplar, like other soft woods, is generally considered...to be inscribed on a poplar plank, — • " Though hoart of oak be e'er so itout, Keep me dry, and I '11 see him out," may be considered as strictly correct.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1842 - 1320 pages
...catches fire, and the slowness with which it burns. In these respects, it is the very reverse of deal. Poplar, like other soft woods, is generally considered...but this is only the case when it is exposed to the changes of the external atmosphere, or to water. One of the most valuable properties of the poplar... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1842 - 1248 pages
...catches fire, and the slowness with which it burns. In these respects, it is the very reverse of deal. Poplar, like other soft woods, is generally considered...but this is only the case when it is exposed to the changes of the external atmosphere, or to water. One of the most valuable properties of the poplar... | |
 | 1842 - 488 pages
...it proves durable, and hence the old adage, said to have been inscribed on a plank of poplar . — Though heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I'll see him out. The leaves, young shoots, andbuds of all the species, are given as fodder to cattle and sheep ; they... | |
 | 1849 - 492 pages
...requires to be seasoned two or three years. He considers the old * Penny Magazine. distich quite correct, said to be inscribed on a poplar plank : " Though...heart of oak be e'er so stout, Keep me dry, and I'll §ee him out.'1 In January, 1756, my grandfather, William Sheppard, composed some lines, which I have... | |
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... cabinet and toy making, and for boarded floors; for which last purpose it is well adapted, from its whiteness, and the facility with which it is scoured ; and, also, from the difficulty with which it catches fire, and the slowness with which it burns.... 
