The Folk-lore of PlantsD. Appleton, 1889 - 328 páginas |
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Página 161
... ( vol . ii . pt . i . 382 ) , speaking of Waltham in Framland Hundred , says : " In this church under every arch a garland is suspended , one of which is customarily placed there whenever any young unmarried woman dies . " It is to this ...
... ( vol . ii . pt . i . 382 ) , speaking of Waltham in Framland Hundred , says : " In this church under every arch a garland is suspended , one of which is customarily placed there whenever any young unmarried woman dies . " It is to this ...
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... ( vol . ii . 228 ) , says that the nightingale has been observed to be met with only where the cowslip grows kindly , and the assertion receives a partial approval from Montagu ; but whether the statement be true or false , its con- verse ...
... ( vol . ii . 228 ) , says that the nightingale has been observed to be met with only where the cowslip grows kindly , and the assertion receives a partial approval from Montagu ; but whether the statement be true or false , its con- verse ...
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Página 65 - Hag. I last night lay all alone On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low ; "" / And as I had done the Cock did,crow. 4 Hag. And I ha...
Página 290 - Above the lowly plants it towers, The fennel, with its yellow flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators, fierce and rude, Mingled it in their daily food ; And he who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore.
Página 19 - DR. PEREIRA'S ELEMENTS of MATERIA MEDICA and THERAPEUTICS, abridged and adapted for the use of Medical and Pharmaceutical Practitioners and Students ; and comprising all the Medicines of the British Pharmacopeia, with such others as are frequently ordered in Prescriptions or required by the Physician.
Página 250 - When daisies pied, and violets blue. And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree.
Página 159 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave. Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweetened not thy breath.
Página 134 - twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : that song to-night Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara.
Página 186 - Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness...
Página 161 - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it ! My part of death, no one so true Did share it.
Página 120 - When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, Why then comes in the sweet o' the year ; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With...
Página 21 - ObstetriC CliniC. A Practical Contribution to the Study of Obstetrics, and the Diseases of Women and Children. By the late GEORGE T.