 | William Salisbury - Botany - 1816 - 476 pages
...certainly a striking instance of medical men neglecting so far the study of botany, as not to know one of the most useful as well as one of the most dangerous plants of the present Pharmacopoeia. 641. HELLEBORUS/o>(iefc«. BEABSFOOT. — The country-people... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - Calendars - 1824 - 298 pages
...attentive observer they present more than beauty ; they strike immediately upon his imagination as one of the most useful, as well as one of the most imposing spectacles in nature. Let us therefore direct our attention to this subject, and we shall... | |
 | Periodicals - 1837 - 260 pages
...the Celtic, may admit of some doubt. CARTLAND CRAIGS AND BRIDGE. THE annexed engraving illustrates one of the most useful, as well as one of the most elegant works of art which adorns Scotland. The bridge connecting Cartland Craigs is a bold and splendid... | |
 | 1837 - 538 pages
...the Celtic, may admit of some doubt. CARTLAND CRAIGS AND BRIDGE. THE annexed engraving illustrates one of the most useful, as well as one of the most elegant works of art which adorns Scotland. The bridge connecting Cartland Craigs is a bold and splendid... | |
 | George William Francis - Botany - 1839 - 236 pages
...usitatissimum. Plate i—Fig. 5. Leaves alternate, lanceolate. Flowers large and blue. Of all plants this is one of the most useful, as well as one of the most beautiful. It grows in almost every country in the world, and was known even at the most distant times.... | |
 | 1841 - 608 pages
...will include the whole of the sacred writings; and if tbe work proceeds as it commences, it will be one of the most useful as well as one of the most handsome editions of the Bible. A Brief Exposition of the Epistles of Paul to the oalatîans, Ephesians,... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - Mythology, Classical - 1849 - 516 pages
...conceived the idea of imitating the sharp teeth in iron, and thus became the inventor of the saw ; one of the most useful, as well as one of the most necessary instruments to man. Another invention of Tal6s was the potter's wheel. Daedalos, jealous... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 582 pages
...The curious state of the social relations in the upper ranks at this period may be imagined from the fact that Walpole's most intimate friend, Lord Hervey,...such circumstances is very problematical. And if Lord Hervey 's amiable and accomplished wife detested her admirer, as his lordship also asserts, but of... | |
 | James Fergusson - Architecture - 1855 - 542 pages
...always attach themselves more or less to the objects of architectural art, the study of it ought to be one of the most useful as well as one of the most attractive which can occupy the attention of the public, and no doubt would be much more extensively... | |
 | English essays - 1856 - 848 pages
...always attach themselves more or less to the objects of architectural art, the study of it ought to be one of the most useful as well as one of the most attractive which can occupy the attention of the public, and no doubt would be much more extensively... | |
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... one of the most useful as well as one of the most eminent traits in the human character. 
