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Page 37
use of it so irritated and chapped the hands , that the less glutinous root of the
wild hyacinth was preferred , when it could be obtained . The root of the arum ,
while in the fresh state , is highly acrid , though a favourite food of the thrush ; but
...
use of it so irritated and chapped the hands , that the less glutinous root of the
wild hyacinth was preferred , when it could be obtained . The root of the arum ,
while in the fresh state , is highly acrid , though a favourite food of the thrush ; but
...
Page 74
It has a long creeping root , and grows either by the sides of ditches , or on other
moist lands . In the fenny districts of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire , it is a very
valuable plant of pasturage ; but when it grows in rivers , its tangling roots and ...
It has a long creeping root , and grows either by the sides of ditches , or on other
moist lands . In the fenny districts of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire , it is a very
valuable plant of pasturage ; but when it grows in rivers , its tangling roots and ...
Page 106
The root is — especially when dried — so powerfully aromatic , as that it might be
used instead of spice , for dishes . The Turks make a sweetmeat of this root , and
think it valuable as a preservative against the plague . The sweet flag root ...
The root is — especially when dried — so powerfully aromatic , as that it might be
used instead of spice , for dishes . The Turks make a sweetmeat of this root , and
think it valuable as a preservative against the plague . The sweet flag root ...
Page 110
It is a pretty flower , growing on a branched stem , and has large leaves at the
root . Its root is prized on account of its sweet odour , and , in several parts of
England , is collected and laid in drawers and chests , to give its scent to linen . It
is also ...
It is a pretty flower , growing on a branched stem , and has large leaves at the
root . Its root is prized on account of its sweet odour , and , in several parts of
England , is collected and laid in drawers and chests , to give its scent to linen . It
is also ...
Page 140
... become of a delicate The devil's bit scabious ( Scabiosa succisa ) grows in
meadow lands , and is remarkable for its abrupt root , which seems as if bitten off
; the fact is , that the top of the root actually dies away , and then a horizontal root
is ...
... become of a delicate The devil's bit scabious ( Scabiosa succisa ) grows in
meadow lands , and is remarkable for its abrupt root , which seems as if bitten off
; the fact is , that the top of the root actually dies away , and then a horizontal root
is ...
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Page 133 - To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Page 100 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 28 - Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; And caused the dayspring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, That the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Page 158 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time. The autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.
Page 191 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 137 - Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread...
Page 114 - ... and care defy. Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye: There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf. The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares cling round the sickly blade; With mingled tints the rocky coasts abound. And a sad splendour vainly shines...
Page 10 - Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Page 93 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomcth a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 53 - Then youthful box, which now hath grace Your houses to renew, Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a fresh and fragrant kin, To honour Whitsuntide.
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| Title | Wild flowers of the year [by A. Pratt]. Volume 3 of Monthly volume |
| Author | Anne Pratt |
| Publisher | Religious Tract Society, 1799 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 284 pages |
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