The Eastern Arboretum: Or, Register of Remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens, &c. in the County of Norfolk : with Popular Delineations of the British Sylva |
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... woods , lawn , and water , and the noble pile in its character of the olden time stood before us in such perfect stillness and loveliness , that but for the musical murmuring of the river as it proceeded over its pebbly bed , one might ...
... woods , lawn , and water , and the noble pile in its character of the olden time stood before us in such perfect stillness and loveliness , that but for the musical murmuring of the river as it proceeded over its pebbly bed , one might ...
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... woods in awful sovereignty . " As a specimen of vegetable beauty , this imperial plant is perhaps the grandest that rises in our country . There is an air of romance belonging to the oak which other trees ( if we except the elm ...
... woods in awful sovereignty . " As a specimen of vegetable beauty , this imperial plant is perhaps the grandest that rises in our country . There is an air of romance belonging to the oak which other trees ( if we except the elm ...
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... woods , holding sway over all the others , which , compared to it , appear to be but the saplings of yesterday . Yet this magnificent fabric was once in the narrow compass of an acorn ! This tree , the chief of the vegetable empire ...
... woods , holding sway over all the others , which , compared to it , appear to be but the saplings of yesterday . Yet this magnificent fabric was once in the narrow compass of an acorn ! This tree , the chief of the vegetable empire ...
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... wood , it should be remembered that the strength of every tree depends upon the surface of leaves it exhibits to the light ; and that whilst all the larger branches should be re- moved from the trunk , due care should be taken to leave ...
... wood , it should be remembered that the strength of every tree depends upon the surface of leaves it exhibits to the light ; and that whilst all the larger branches should be re- moved from the trunk , due care should be taken to leave ...
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... wood which we import from America is not half so useful as British timber ; and that brought from the continent of Europe is much inferior to our own in point of durability , being particularly subject to the dry rot ; so that we have ...
... wood which we import from America is not half so useful as British timber ; and that brought from the continent of Europe is much inferior to our own in point of durability , being particularly subject to the dry rot ; so that we have ...
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admiration amongst ancient appearance Arboretum arborist Aylsham beauty beech branches cedar of Lebanon character charming chestnut church cluster pine common common hawthorn considerable Crataegus delightful distance districts elegant England English elm evergreen feet high feet in circumference feet in height finest five feet flowers foliage forest front garden goodly grandeur green ground growing growth hall handsome inches in circumference lake land larch lawn lofty magnificent mansion measuring Nature neighbourhood noble Norfolk Norwich notice object observed ornamental park perfect picturesque Pinus Pinus sylvestris plantations planted Platanus pleasure-ground poplar present proprietor quarter racter remarkable residence rising scenery scenes Scotch pine season seat seen shelter shrubs side silver firs situated sixteen feet soil species specimens spot Sprowston stands stem Stratton Strawless surrounded sweet chestnut sylvan taste thriving timber trees tribe trunk twelve feet variety verdure weeping whilst willow Winfarthing wood worthy yards
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Page 104 - The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Page 107 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 108 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Page 247 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 109 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Page 195 - Here I am, probably for the last time of my life, though not for the last time, every clock that strikes tells me I am an hour nearer to yonder church — that church, into which I have not yet had courage to enter, where lies that mother on whom I doated, and who doated on me ! There are the two rival mistresses...
Page 196 - What a dissonant idea of pleasure! those groves, those allees, where I have passed so many charming moments, are now stripped up or overgrown— many fond paths I could not unravel, though with a very exact...
Page v - There is a serene and settled majesty in woodland scenery, that enters into the soul, and dilates and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations. The ancient and hereditary groves, too, that embower this island, are most of them full of story. They are haunted by the recollections of great spirits of past ages, who have sought for relaxation among them from the tumult of arms, or the toils of state, or have wooed the muse beneath their shade.
Page iv - 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 rural economy. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line of husbandry. It is worthy of liberal, and freeborn, and aspiring men.
Page vii - How many fond and how many lively thoughts have been nurtured under this tree ! how many kind hearts have beaten here ! Its branches are not so numerous as the couples they have invited to sit beside it, nor its blossoms and leaves as the expressions of tenderness it has witnessed. What appeals to the pure all-seeing heavens ! what similitudes to the everlasting mountains ! what protestations of eternal truth and constancy ! from those who now are earth ; they, and their shrouds, and their coffins...