 | Washington Irving - Indians of North America - 1835 - 360 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" for...the sea shore, while the flowers with which they are enA BEE HUNT. 63 amelled render them a very paradise for the nectar-seeking bee. We had not been long... | |
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" for...herds of cattle as countless as the sands upon the sea-shore, while the flowers with which they are enamelled render them a very paradise for the nectar-seeking... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 272 pages
...answer literully to the description of the land of promise, "a land flowing with milk and honey j" for the rich pasturage of the prairies is calculated...herds of cattle as countless as the sands upon the sea-shore, while the flowers with which they are enamelled render them a very paradise for the nectarseeking... | |
 | William Charles Cotton - Bee culture - 1842 - 434 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" for...herds of cattle as countless as the sands upon the sea-shore, while the flowers with which they are enamelled render them a very paradise for the nectar-seeking... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise — "A land flowing with milk and honey;"...which they are enamelled render them a very paradise to the nectar-seeking bee. We had not been long in the camp, when a party set out in quest of a bee-tree,... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey;" for...shore, while the flowers with which they are enamelled reader them a very paradise for the nectar seeking bee. We had not been long in the camp when a party... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey ; "...herds of cattle as countless as the sands upon the sea-shore, while the flowers with which they are enamelled render them a very paradise for the nectar-seeking... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, American - 1849 - 394 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" for...herds of cattle as countless as the sands upon the sea-shore, while the flowers with which they are enamelled render them a very paradise for the nectar-seeking... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 396 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" for...herds of cattle as countless as the sands upon the sea-shore, while the flowers with which they are. enamelled render them a very paradise for the nectar-seeking... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1849 - 276 pages
...rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of the land of promise, " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" for...herds of cattle as countless as the sands upon the sea-shore, while the flowers with which they are enamelled render them a very paradise for the nectar-seeking... | |
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At present the honey-bee swarms in myriads in the noble groves and forests that skirt and intersect the prairies, and extend along the alluvial bottoms of the rivers. It seems to me as if these beautiful regions answer literally to the description of... 
