| Oceania - 1785 - 468 pages
...or labour but climbing a tree : the tree which produces it, does not indeed moot up fpontaneoufly ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which...his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our lefs temperate climate tan do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the... | |
| 1796 - 446 pages
...of climbing the tree. This tree, however, does not fhoot up fpontaneoufly ; but if a man plants ten in his life-time, which he may do in about an hour,...temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold winter, thofe iflands, a veffel, proper for the undertaking, was bought, and taken into dock at Deptford,... | |
| History - 1803 - 598 pages
...produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his life time, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fuU fil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can... | |
| James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...labour, except that of climbing up a tree. The tree which produces it does not indeed grow spontaneously; but if a man plants ten of them in his life-time,...his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the middle of winter and reaping in the summer's heat,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 pages
...produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously : but if a man plants ten of them in his life time, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generation?, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter,... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...indeed shoot up spontaneously, yet, as Captain Cook observes, if a man plant ten trees in his life time, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold winter, and reaping in the summer's heat, as... | |
| Joseph Guy - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1810 - 548 pages
...tree. The tree, indeed, grows not spontaneously ; but if a man plant ten of them in his life time, which he may do in about an hour, he •will as completely...his duty to his own and future 'generations, as the natives of our climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in' the summer's heat... | |
| General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which...his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which...his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the... | |
| Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1815 - 550 pages
...or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which...he may do in about an hour, he will as completely nilfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the natives of our less temperate climate can... | |
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