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Page vii
... trees of Frederica - they are the familiar scenes of his boyhood , linked in with those early associations which are the last erased by time from the tablet of memory ; and with a heart , venerating its great founder , " the Romulus of ...
... trees of Frederica - they are the familiar scenes of his boyhood , linked in with those early associations which are the last erased by time from the tablet of memory ; and with a heart , venerating its great founder , " the Romulus of ...
Page 10
... tree , the wilderness begins to disappear , and the first rude dwellings of Savannah to arise . A few months have rolled away , and a second arrival is Dr. Hewatt , Harris and McCall . greeted and cheered . But who are these ? From 10 ...
... tree , the wilderness begins to disappear , and the first rude dwellings of Savannah to arise . A few months have rolled away , and a second arrival is Dr. Hewatt , Harris and McCall . greeted and cheered . But who are these ? From 10 ...
Page 50
... trees of excellent kinds , and the growth of them is surprizingly swift ; for a peach , apricot , or necta- rine , will , from the stone , grow to be a bearing tree in four or five years time . All sorts of corn yield an amazing in ...
... trees of excellent kinds , and the growth of them is surprizingly swift ; for a peach , apricot , or necta- rine , will , from the stone , grow to be a bearing tree in four or five years time . All sorts of corn yield an amazing in ...
Page 51
... trees do not stand generally thick on the ground , but at considerable dis- tances asunder . When you fell the ... tree a little above the root ; in a year or two , the water getting into the wounds , rots the tim- ber , and a brisk gust ...
... trees do not stand generally thick on the ground , but at considerable dis- tances asunder . When you fell the ... tree a little above the root ; in a year or two , the water getting into the wounds , rots the tim- ber , and a brisk gust ...
Page 52
... trees live , At once they promise , what at once they give . So sweet the air , so moderate the clime , None sickly lives , or dies before his time . Heav'n sure has kept this spot of earth uncurst , To shew how all things were created ...
... trees live , At once they promise , what at once they give . So sweet the air , so moderate the clime , None sickly lives , or dies before his time . Heav'n sure has kept this spot of earth uncurst , To shew how all things were created ...
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