| Edward John Russell - 1913 - 168 pages
...their fertility. Already in her eagerness for bones she has turned up the battlefields of Leipsic, and Waterloo, and of the Crimea: already from the catacombs...away the skeletons of many successive generations.... Like a vampire she hangs upon the neck of Europe, nay, of the whole world, and sucks the heart blood... | |
| 1915 - 300 pages
...Already in her eagerness for bones she has turned up the battle fields of Liepsic, of Waterloo, and Crimea. Already from the catacombs of Sicily she has...countries to her own the manurial equivalent of three and one-half millions of men." Explosives. Nitrogen, in the form of nitric acid, is the principal constituent... | |
| George Scott Robertson - 1922 - 144 pages
...their fertility. Already in her eagerness for bones, she has turned up the battlefields of Leipsic and Waterloo and of the Crimea; already from the Catacombs...countries to her own the manurial equivalent of three million and a half of men, whom she takes from us the means of supporting, and squanders down her sewers... | |
| Ralph Barbour Deemer - 1928 - 746 pages
...fertility. Already in her eagerness for bones, she has turned up the battle fields of Leipzig, Waterloo and the Crimea. Already from the catacombs of Sicily she...countries to her own, the manurial equivalent of three million and a half of men, whom she takes from us the means of supporting, and squanders down her sewers... | |
| Ralph Barbour Deemer - 1928 - 862 pages
...fertility. Already in her eagerness for bones, she has turned up the battle fields of Leipzig, Waterloo and the Crimea. Already from the catacombs of Sicily she...countries to her own, the manurial equivalent of three million and a half of men, whom she takes from us the means of supporting, and squanders down her sewers... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Agriculture and Forestry Committee - 1932 - 166 pages
...their fertility. Already in her eagerness for bones, she has turned up the battlefields of Leipsic and Waterloo and of the Crimea; already from the catacombs...away the skeletons of many successive generations. Like a vampire she hands upon the neck of Europe — nay of the whole world — and sucks the heart... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry - 1932 - 164 pages
...their fertility. Already in her eagerness for bones, she has turned up the battlefields of Leipsic and Waterloo and of the Crimea; already from the catacombs...away the skeletons of many successive generations. Like a vampire she hands upon the neck of Europe — nay of the whole world — and sucks the heart... | |
| 1892 - 880 pages
...fertility. Already, in her eagerness for bones, she has turned up the battle-fields of Leipzig, of Waterloo, and of the Crimea; already from the catacombs...own the manurial equivalent of three millions and a half of men, whom she takes from us the means of supporting, and squanders down her sewers to the... | |
| 1865 - 786 pages
...fertility. Already, in her eagerness for bones, she has turned up the battle-fields of Leipzic, of Waterloo, and of the Crimea ; already from the catacombs...own, the manurial equivalent of three millions and a half of men ; whom she takes from us the means of supporting, and squanders down her sewers to the... | |
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