Flowers and their associationsCharles Knight and Company, 22 Ludgate Street, 1840 - 409 páginas |
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... necessary to the vege- table constitution ; but the repose is not of that absolute nature which it is sometimes thought to be . The sap does not , as was formerly sup- posed , cease to flow ; but the fluids of INTRODUCTION . 13.
... necessary to the vege- table constitution ; but the repose is not of that absolute nature which it is sometimes thought to be . The sap does not , as was formerly sup- posed , cease to flow ; but the fluids of INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... SOMETIMES on a morning in March , when the sun and rain may alternately remind us of spring and winter , the inhabitant of a town is surprised to see from his window the countryman carrying into the city the nosegay of primroses ...
... SOMETIMES on a morning in March , when the sun and rain may alternately remind us of spring and winter , the inhabitant of a town is surprised to see from his window the countryman carrying into the city the nosegay of primroses ...
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... sometimes varied with a green or white edge ; it was formerly known by the name of mountain cowslip , or bear's ears . " Pale cowslip fit for maiden's early bier . " Cowslip and Drelip are the old names of this flower , yet it is often ...
... sometimes varied with a green or white edge ; it was formerly known by the name of mountain cowslip , or bear's ears . " Pale cowslip fit for maiden's early bier . " Cowslip and Drelip are the old names of this flower , yet it is often ...
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... sometimes yield a fine but less scented flower at Christmas . Besides the sweet purple violet ( Víola odorata ) and its white variety , there are five native species . The common dog violet ( Víola canína ) often gives a blue or lilac ...
... sometimes yield a fine but less scented flower at Christmas . Besides the sweet purple violet ( Víola odorata ) and its white variety , there are five native species . The common dog violet ( Víola canína ) often gives a blue or lilac ...
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... sometimes found with its petals of a deep purple , or of a mingled tint . This species is always much larger than that of the corn - field , and is pecu- liar to mountainous pastures . It is common in Scotland and Wales , and in the ...
... sometimes found with its petals of a deep purple , or of a mingled tint . This species is always much larger than that of the corn - field , and is pecu- liar to mountainous pastures . It is common in Scotland and Wales , and in the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abundant agave aloe ancient anemone beauty belong Ben Jonson berries bindweed birds bloom blossoms blue botanists bough breath bright carnations climate clusters colour common compound flowers convolvulus covered cowslip crocus cultivated daisy delight earth England Europe favourite field florist foliage fragrant garden gathered grass green grows wild handsome hang hawthorn hedges henna herb hyacinth John's-wort kind land leaf leaves lilac lilac colour lily Linnæus meadow mountain myrtle native nature nosegay odour orchis ornament pale parterre perfume petals pimpernel pink plant pleasant poet pretty primrose pulque purple remarkable resembling rich root rose rosemary saffron salep says scarlet pimpernel scent season seeds shrub snowdrop soil species spot spring stamens stem stream succory summer sweet sweet woodruff thought tint trees vegetable Venus's looking-glass violet wallflower wander white flowers wild flowers winds winter wood wood anemone yellow
Pasajes populares
Página 82 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 166 - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimm'd with trees: see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
Página 226 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears: Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Página 147 - You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Página 96 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers!
Página 166 - To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora.
Página 376 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Página 165 - And sung their thankful hymns: 'tis sin, Nay, profanation, to keep in, — Whenas a thousand virgins on this day, Spring, sooner than the lark, to fetch in May.
Página 165 - In the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind...
Página 301 - The soul of a true Christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year, low and humble, on the ground; opening its bosom to receive the pleasant beams of the sun's glory; rejoicing, as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly in the midst of other flowers round about; all, in like manner, opening their bosoms to drink in the light of the sun.