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... improved on . That the Art of Agriculture was held in high estimation by the Romans is evident , from the number of writers on the suhject ; among them were Cato , Varro , Cicero , Columella , Virgil I have already named , Palladius and ...
... improved on . That the Art of Agriculture was held in high estimation by the Romans is evident , from the number of writers on the suhject ; among them were Cato , Varro , Cicero , Columella , Virgil I have already named , Palladius and ...
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... improvement of the Art of Agriculture ; for , by this event , many thousands of husbandmen were poured into the country , from Flanders , France , and Nor- mandy , who settled on the 60,000 Knight's Fees , into which William the I ...
... improvement of the Art of Agriculture ; for , by this event , many thousands of husbandmen were poured into the country , from Flanders , France , and Nor- mandy , who settled on the 60,000 Knight's Fees , into which William the I ...
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... improvements in Agriculture , some very severe famines were felt . They were partly owing to the dreadful devastation of war ; and some are attributed to pro- digious rains and floods , against which no skill or industry can guard . One ...
... improvements in Agriculture , some very severe famines were felt . They were partly owing to the dreadful devastation of war ; and some are attributed to pro- digious rains and floods , against which no skill or industry can guard . One ...
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... improvement of their lands . A taste for this art was even considered dishonorable and plebeian ; and King Edward II . was bitterly reproached , as well as much despised , for his attachment to it and neglect of military exercises ...
... improvement of their lands . A taste for this art was even considered dishonorable and plebeian ; and King Edward II . was bitterly reproached , as well as much despised , for his attachment to it and neglect of military exercises ...
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... improved . In the succeeding reign of James I. , the Art of Agriculture made considerable progress ; and that monarch passionately ad- dicted to hunting and rural pursuits , extended to it his Royal countenance . The annals of this ...
... improved . In the succeeding reign of James I. , the Art of Agriculture made considerable progress ; and that monarch passionately ad- dicted to hunting and rural pursuits , extended to it his Royal countenance . The annals of this ...
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Page 24 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 27 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 41 - Or of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 9 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 42 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 30 - Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com'ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: and the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Page 43 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was the sight To such a tender ball as...
Page 14 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Page 14 - Hell heard the unsufferable noise ; hell saw Heaven ruining from heaven, and would have fled Affrighted : but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound.
Page 41 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd.