 ... that once furnished happy homes for a dozen white families. Indeed, a country in its infancy, where fifty years ago scarce a forest tree had been felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay apparent...  THE COTTON KINGDOM - Page 298by FEDERICK LAW OLMSTED - 1862Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 656 pages
...years ago, scarce a forest tree had beca felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay apparent in Virginia...the freshness of its agricultural glory is gone, the vigor of its youth is extinct, nnd the spirit of desolation seems brooding over it.' "..."' There is... | |
 | 1855 - 778 pages
...apparent in Virginia and the Carolina* ; the freshness of its agricultural glory is gone, the vigor of its youth is extinct, and the spirit of desolation seems brooding over it. The prospect is calculated to fill the patriot's heart with painful emotions, and to impress upon the... | |
 | Frederick Law Olmsted - 1856 - 756 pages
...years ago, scarce a forest tree had been felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay, apparent in Virginia...freshness of its agricultural glory is gone ; the vigor of its youth is extinct, and the spirit of desolation seems brooding ovtr it" 25 CHAPTER XI.... | |
 | Henry Chase - 1856 - 148 pages
...years ago scarce a forest tree had been felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay, apparent in Virginia...the freshness of its agricultural glory is gone; the vigor of its youth is extinct, and the spirit of desolation seems brooding over it." Enough of these... | |
 | Henry Chase - 1856 - 150 pages
...years ago scarce a forest tree had been felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay, apparent in Virginia...freshness of its agricultural glory is gone ; the vigor of its youth is extinct, and the spirit of desolation seems brooding over it." Enough of these... | |
 | Frederick Law Olmsted - 1856 - 766 pages
...years ago, scarce a forest tree had been felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay, apparent in Virginia and the Carolinas; the freslmess of its agricultural glory is gone ; the vigor of its youth is extinct, and the spirit of... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1856 - 46 pages
...where fifty years ago scarce a foresttree had been felled by the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay apparent in Virginia and the Carolinas." These are specimens of the statistics which are to be found in books that any man can read. All the... | |
 | Philo Tower - 1856 - 438 pages
...years ago scarce a forest tree had been felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay, apparent in Virginia and the Carolinas." It is undoubtedly--true that the condition of the south would be vastly ameliorated if its pursuits... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 432 pages
...years ago scarce a forest tree had been felled by the axe of the pioneer, is already exhibiting the painful signs of senility and decay, apparent in Virginia and the Carolinas." Some one has said that " an honest confession is good for the soul," and if the adage be true, as we... | |
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