...the ruins of the Deluge. SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER: " Rural Hours." THE monarch oak, the patriot of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and then he stays Supreme in state; and in three more decays. DBYDEN. THE young oak grew, and proudly grew,...

...is landed by Dryden with equal complacency, when he writes : " The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays Supremo in state, and in three more decays." But were these two poets to rise from the dead, few things...

...die, his will ordains ; The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, 1060 Supreme in state, and in three more decays : So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns...

...complacency, when he writes : " The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, aud spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows,...stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays." But were these two poets to rise from the dead, few things would amaze them more than to find how nearly...

...the ruins of the Deluge. SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER : " Rural Hours." THE monarch oak, the patriot of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and then he stays Supreme in state; and in three more decays. DBYDEN. THE young oak grew, and proudly grew,...

...The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees : Throe centuries he grows, and three he stays Supreme in state; and in three more decays. Dryden. OATHS. DEFINITION OF AN. An oath is a recognizance to heaven, Binding us over in the courts...

...shew signs of decay. His lines on the life of this tree divide it into three well-defined stages — " Three centuries he grows, and three he stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays." As a proof that, if unmolested, the oak will linger for many generations after its prime, before all...

...come. May their thoughtful example be followed by others. PRIMARY CLASSES AND INTRODUCTION OF SLOYD. The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees. — DRVDEN. Since the occupation of the new buildings our course of training has been rearranged, and...

...age of oak ; " which would make about 630 years. With this estimate Dryden's may be compared — " Three centuries he grows, and three he stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays. " A firm belief in feiries was held by the Highlanders, and between the fairies and several plants...

...years old, and to exceed all other British trees in longevity with the probable exception of the yew. The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays. How grand a growth is an English oak that has had plenty of space to develop its roots and branches,...