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... land abso- lutely sterile and incapable of culture . " The northern * This Introduction is confined to England ; the account of Wales will be found in the second volume . i districts are the least fertile , while the midland.
... land abso- lutely sterile and incapable of culture . " The northern * This Introduction is confined to England ; the account of Wales will be found in the second volume . i districts are the least fertile , while the midland.
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... is various , and includes clay , loam , sand , chalk , gravel , and peat . The cultivated land amounts to 25,632,000 acres ; the uncultivated wastes , susceptible of improvement , to 3,454,000 acres ; and the vi INTRODUCTION .
... is various , and includes clay , loam , sand , chalk , gravel , and peat . The cultivated land amounts to 25,632,000 acres ; the uncultivated wastes , susceptible of improvement , to 3,454,000 acres ; and the vi INTRODUCTION .
Página vii
... land to 3,256,400 acres * . Its principal products are wheat , barley , oats , rye , beans , peas , tares , clover , sainfoin , potatoes , and turnips . Hops , hemp , and flax , are partially cul- tivated ; and a great variety of other ...
... land to 3,256,400 acres * . Its principal products are wheat , barley , oats , rye , beans , peas , tares , clover , sainfoin , potatoes , and turnips . Hops , hemp , and flax , are partially cul- tivated ; and a great variety of other ...
Página viii
... land , Durham , Derby , and Cornwall ; in the latter of which , silver and gold , in small quantities , are met with . Marble , freestone , and granite , abound in various parts of the country ; and mines of rock salt , pits of fuller's ...
... land , Durham , Derby , and Cornwall ; in the latter of which , silver and gold , in small quantities , are met with . Marble , freestone , and granite , abound in various parts of the country ; and mines of rock salt , pits of fuller's ...
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... land , and 100 for Ireland . All legislative measures must originate with the Lords or Commons , and must receive their joint consent before they are presented to the King , whose concurrence establishes the enact- ment as a law , but ...
... land , and 100 for Ireland . All legislative measures must originate with the Lords or Commons , and must receive their joint consent before they are presented to the King , whose concurrence establishes the enact- ment as a law , but ...
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Página 87 - Lunebourg table : her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Página 88 - Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread ; when they had kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Página 197 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Página 88 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Página 87 - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English...
Página 88 - As she went along in all this state and magnificence she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers or those who attended for different reasons, in English, French, and Italian ; for, besides being well skilled in Greek, Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch and Dutch.
Página 240 - ... was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions.
Página 188 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
Página 68 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
Página 148 - He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation.