 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1896 - 386 pages
...England which enjoy very extensive celebrity among tree-fanciers from being perfect in their kind. There is something nobly simple and pure in such a...friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. i is .IGracebriJuK tall There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. It... | |
 | American Forestry Association - Forests and forestry - 1896 - 72 pages
...that — " There is something noble, simple, and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to...friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. He who plants an oak looks forward to future generations and* plans for posterity. Nothing can be less... | |
 | Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston - Arbor Day - 1896 - 100 pages
...a taste for trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have th is strong relish for beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There ¡sa grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. It is worthy of liberal and freeborn... | |
 | Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston - Arbor Day - 1896 - 90 pages
...—[Ben Jonson. THE TASTE FOR TREES. There is something noble, simple, and pure in a taste for trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have this strong relish for beau ties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is... | |
 | Agriculture - 1896 - 360 pages
...—[Ben Jonaon. THE TASTE FOR TREES. There is something noble, simple, and pure in a taste for trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have this strong relish for beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sont« of the forest. There... | |
 | Arbor Day - 1896 - 92 pages
...—[Ben Jonson. THE TASTE FOR TREES. There is something noble, simple, and pure in a taste for trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have this strong relish for'beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There... | |
 | Arbor Day - 1898 - 68 pages
...impulses. He says: "There is something nobly simple and pure in taste for the cultivation of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to...thought connected with this part of rural economy. * * * He who plants an oak looks forward to future ages and plants for posterity. Nothing can be less... | |
 | Mary Grace Fickett - Trees in literature - 1902 - 208 pages
...that there are some in England which enjoy very extensive celebrity, from being perfect in their kind. There is something nobly simple and pure in such a...taste. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature FOREST TREES 9 to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the... | |
 | Arbor Day - 1903 - 108 pages
...phllanthropy. There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cuitivation of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to...for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There IB a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. It is, If I may be allowed the... | |
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It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of riral economy. 
