A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Band 2J. Carfrae & Son; [etc., etc.,], 1829 |
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... minute inquirer , -some peculiarity in structure fitting it for its destined place and purpose , and yet not patent to a casual glance . Many are full of remem brances and associations , in which it is good for us to indulge . To the ...
... minute inquirer , -some peculiarity in structure fitting it for its destined place and purpose , and yet not patent to a casual glance . Many are full of remem brances and associations , in which it is good for us to indulge . To the ...
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... minute attention it may be observable † . In this part of our survey , the most striking and important feature of the scenery is Cockburn Law , a beautiful hill about 900 feet above the le- vel of the sea , and equally interesting in an ...
... minute attention it may be observable † . In this part of our survey , the most striking and important feature of the scenery is Cockburn Law , a beautiful hill about 900 feet above the le- vel of the sea , and equally interesting in an ...
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... minute inspection , to give any thing like a satisfactory account of the geology of this hill . Looking from the slope of these heights , which overlooks the ocean , we observe far below a broad flat terrace , or table . land ...
... minute inspection , to give any thing like a satisfactory account of the geology of this hill . Looking from the slope of these heights , which overlooks the ocean , we observe far below a broad flat terrace , or table . land ...
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... minute particles of which each group consists , possess double refraction , and have regular neutral and depolarizing axes . He also found that the plants were phosphorescent when laid upon heated iron , so as to display their entire ...
... minute particles of which each group consists , possess double refraction , and have regular neutral and depolarizing axes . He also found that the plants were phosphorescent when laid upon heated iron , so as to display their entire ...
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... minute spines . At- tached to the leaves are numerous crested vesicles of a green purple or pink colour , with an aperture closed by a valve , and having its margin armed with a few long spines . These vesicles are filled with water ...
... minute spines . At- tached to the leaves are numerous crested vesicles of a green purple or pink colour , with an aperture closed by a valve , and having its margin armed with a few long spines . These vesicles are filled with water ...
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apothecia Baird banks base beneath Berwick Berwickshire Blackadder bogs bracteas branched Brit brown calyx capsule capsule ovate catkins cells clusters Coldingham colour common compressed convex corolla Crypt cylindrical deans DILLW downy Edin epidermis filaments florets flower-stalks flowers frequent frond fruit fruitstalks Fung gills globular Goswick green GREV greywacke hairy heart-shaped heaths hedges Holy Island Hook imbricated inches high irregularly July June Lamberton lanceolate leaf leaflets leaves lanceolate leaves ovate Lichen LIGHTF linear lobed Longformacus margin meadows membranous minute moist moors Musc naked nearly numerous oblong obtuse panicle pastures pellucid petals pileus pinnate pinnatifid plant plentiful purple rare rocks root round roundish Scot seeds segments serrated sessile short side simple slender smooth species specimens spikes spots spreading Spring stalk stamens stem erect stigmas stipulas surface ternate Thomp toothed trees tufts umbels upper whorled woods Wooler Water yellow
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Seite 205 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Seite 192 - Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them...
Seite 190 - Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him.
Seite 194 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Seite 1 - Fair angel, thy desire, which tends to know The works of God, thereby to glorify The great Work-master, leads to no excess That reaches blame, but rather merits praise The more it seems excess, that led thee hither From thy empyreal mansion thus alone, To witness with thine eyes what some, perhaps, Contented with report, hear only in heaven: For wonderful indeed are all his works! Pleasant to know, and worthiest to be all Had in remembrance always with delight.
Seite 149 - One Spirit — his, Who wore the platted thorns with bleeding brows. Rules universal nature. Not a flower But shows some touch in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil.
Seite 186 - Tis Flora's page: — In every place, In every season, fresh and fair, It opens with perennial grace, And blossoms everywhere. On waste and woodland, rock and plain, Its humble buds unheeded rise; The Rose has but a summer reign, — The Daisy never dies.
Seite vii - ... cherished woodbine. I thought I never could be sated with the sweetness and freshness of a country so completely carpeted with verdure ; where every air breathed of the balmy pasture and the honeysuckled hedge.
Seite 186 - They saw, and thitherward they bent their way ; To this both knights and dames their homage made, And due obeisance to the daisy paid. And then the band of flutes began to play, To which a lady sung a virelay : And still at every close she would repeat The burden of the song, The daisy is so sweet.
Seite 40 - And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.