 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 624 Seiten
...more than in 1778. But the beft increafe of thefe three years is low, as there are but twenty of the ninety-three trees that were not planted by me, and greater increafe is reafonably expected in ymmgthan old trees; yet I have an oak, now two hundred years old * (17SO) which is fixteen feet and... | |
 | 1783 - 524 Seiten
...increafe is reaionably expefted in young than old trees: yet I have an oak now twa hundred years old*, (1780) which is fixteen feet and five inches in circumference, or one hundred and ninetyfeven inches in two hundred years. But this oak cannot properly be called old. The annual... | |
 | 1783 - 424 Seiten
...there are but twenty of the '* See Phil. Tianf. Vol. LXVII. for the year 1777,' Part I. p. 12. ninety. ninety-three trees that were not planted by me, and greater increafe is reafonably expefted in young than old trees : yet. I have an oak now tyvo hundred years old*, (1780) which is... | |
 | 1798 - 492 Seiten
...than in 1778. But the greateft increafe of thefe three years is low, as there are but twenty of the ninety-three trees that were not planted by me, and...an oak, two hundred years old in 1780 *, which is lixtcen feet and five inches in circumference, or one hundred * I cannct miftake in the age of this... | |
 | 1800 - 624 Seiten
...more than in 1778. But the beft increafe of thefe three years is low, as there are but twenty of the ninety-three trees that were not planted by me, and greater increafe is reafonabiy expected in young than old trees; yet I have an oak, now two hundred years old * (1780)... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1783 - 624 Seiten
...is reafcnably ехч pefted in young than old trees ; yet I have an oak now two hundred years old* (1780), which is fixteen feet and five inches in circumference, or one hundred and ninety-fevcn inches in two hundred years. But this oak cannot properly be called old. The annual... | |
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... inches in two hundred years. But this oak cannot properly be called old. The annual increafe of very... 