 | 1798 - 542 pages
...constant motion from the least breath -rif airl ' It fe the sweetest and most nutritious pasture fot cattle; and 'its usefulness added to its beauty induced the Hindus, in their ages, td believe, that it was the mansion of a benevolent nymph. Even thcFeda celebrates it; as in... | |
 | Walter Wade - 1808 - 134 pages
...Lumbert, Linn. Trans, v. 6. " Its flowers in their perfect ftate ítate are among the lovelieft objefts in the vegetable world, and appear through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in conilant motion from the lead breath of air. It is the fweeteil and moil nutritious pafture for cattle,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 458 pages
...delineation of its leaves only. Its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest oblects in the vegetable world; and appear, through a lens,...and its usefulness, added to its beauty, induced the Hindoos, in their earliest ages, to believe that it was the mansion of a benevolent nymph." Even the... | |
 | John Dudley - 1810 - 182 pages
...through a magnifying glass, like minute rubies and emeralds, La constant motion from the least breaih of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle, and so readily propagated by its creeping loots, that land* sown with pieces of them become completely... | |
 | 1809 - 448 pages
...appear, through a lens, like minute ruhies and emeralds in 40 J 403 canstant motion from the least hreath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle; and its usefulness, added to its heauty, induced the Hindoos, in their earliest ages, to helieve that it was the mansion of a henevolent... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts - 1814 - 282 pages
...catalogue of Indian plants, when speaking of this, observes " its flowers in their perfect state are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world,...induced the Hindus in their earliest ages, to believe it the mansion of a benevolent nymph. Even the Veda (or holy and immortal book) celebrates it in the... | |
 | Jacob Green - 1814 - 94 pages
...catalogue of Indian plants, when speaking of this, observes " its flowers in their perfect state are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world,...induced the Hindus in their earliest ages, to believe it the mansion of a benevolent nymph. Even the Veda (or holy and immortal book) celebrates it in the... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts - 1814 - 282 pages
...catalogue of Indian plants) when speaking of this, observes " its flowers in their perfect state are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear through a tens like minute rubies and emeralds, in constant motion from the least breath of air — It is the... | |
 | Quintin Craufurd - 1817 - 416 pages
...likewise Amanta, belongs to the genus Agrostis of Linnaeus. " Its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world,...sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle, and its utility, added to its beauty, induced the Hindus in their earliest ages to believe that it was the... | |
 | Quintin Craufurd - 1817 - 758 pages
...Its flowers, in their perfect state, are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, * Jones. and appear, through a lens, like minute rubies and...sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle, and its utility, added to its beauty, induced the Hindus in their earliest ages to believe that it was the... | |
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Its flowers in their perfect state are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world, and appear through a lens, like minute rubies and emeralds in constant motion from the least breath of air. It is the sweetest and most nutritious pasture for cattle... 
