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Page 4 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth...
Page 24 - For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give...
Page 32 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 4 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 32 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free...
Page 14 - THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF AMERICA, Or, the Culture, Propagation, and Management in the Garden and Orchard of Fruit Trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country.
Page 8 - Theory and Practice of Horticulture ; or, an Attempt to explain the principal Operations of Gardening upon Physiological Grounds: Being the Second Edition of the Theory of Horticulture, much enlarged ; with 98 Woodcuts.
Page 19 - A general system of gardening and botany; containing a complete enumeration and description of all plants hitherto known, with their generic and specific characters, places of growth, time of flowering...
Page 11 - HORSE-HOEING HUSBANDRY: Or, An Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage. Designed to introduce A New Method of Culture ; Whereby The Produce of Land will be increased, and the usual Expence Lessened.
Page 11 - HUSWIFERIE, over and besides the booke of Huswiferie, corrected, better ordered, and newlie augmented to a fourth part more, with divers other lessons, as a diet for the Farmer, of the properties of Winds, PLANETS, HOPS...