The Forest Legendary: Or, Metrical Tales of the North American WoodsJohn Keese W. Van Norden and J. Adams, 1845 - 96 pages |
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Page 95 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade, High overarched, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat.
Page 55 - When the Genoese were assembled together, and began to approach, they made a great leap and cry, to abash the Englishmen ; but they stood still, and stirred not for all that. Then the Genoese...
Page 99 - There is, indeed, hardly any part of the tree which is not serviceable to man, either as a necessary or a luxury. When the fruit is completely ripened, it will, by strong pressure, yield a delicious syrup, which serves for preserving dates and other fruits ; or the fruit may be made into jellies and tarts. The stalks of the bunches of dates, hard as they are in their natural state, as well as the kernels, are...
Page 55 - English archers stept forth one pace and let fly their arrows so wholly and so thick that it seemed snow ; when the Genoese felt the arrows...
Page 21 - ... annual additions are in general clearly discernible." " One thing, Sir," said Harry, " I have observed ; but I do not quite understand it ; in looking at the end of a piece of timber, or the arm of a tree newly cut, the parts within two or three inches round the edge look whitish, whilst that towards the middle is much darker.
Page 94 - Birman empire, the teak forests are unrivalled ; and they rise so far over the jungle or brushwood, by which tropical forests are usually rendered impenetrable, that they seem almost as if one forest were raised on gigantic poles over the top of another. The teak has not the broad strength of the oak, the cedar, and some other trees ; but there is a grace in its form which they do not possess.
Page 127 - ... opening the door of the lantern into the balcony, a flame instantly burst from the inside of the cupola. He immediately endeavoured to alarm his companions, but they being in bed and asleep, were not so ready in coming to his assistance as the occasion required.
Page 58 - Constantine, showed no sign of decay when, after the lapse of eleven hundred years, Pope Eugenius IV. took them down to replace them by gates of brass. In order to preserve the remains of their heroes, the Athenians buried them in coffins of cypress; and the chests or coffins in which the Egyptian...