Rural HoursG.P. Putnam, 1850 - 521 pages Reminiscences of a city woman's experiences in the country revealing the nostalgia of a rapidly urbanizing and industrializing nation for rural life. |
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Page 17
... fragrant violet of other lands . Long before the earliest trees are in bud , or the grass shows the faintest tinge of green , the dark spathe of the skunk - cabbage makes its way in the midst of snow and ice . It is singular that at a ...
... fragrant violet of other lands . Long before the earliest trees are in bud , or the grass shows the faintest tinge of green , the dark spathe of the skunk - cabbage makes its way in the midst of snow and ice . It is singular that at a ...
Page 30
... fragrant blossoms at different seasons . Some ferns have been preserved , as usual , under the snow ; though they are sensitive to the frost , yet in favorable spots they seem to escape until the snow falls and shields them , 30 RURAL ...
... fragrant blossoms at different seasons . Some ferns have been preserved , as usual , under the snow ; though they are sensitive to the frost , yet in favorable spots they seem to escape until the snow falls and shields them , 30 RURAL ...
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... fragrant ; our own pines and cedars are highly so ; even the fallen pine leaves preserve their peculiar odor for some time . There is an ancient allusion to the fragrance of the cedar of Lebanon , in the last chapter of the prophet ...
... fragrant ; our own pines and cedars are highly so ; even the fallen pine leaves preserve their peculiar odor for some time . There is an ancient allusion to the fragrance of the cedar of Lebanon , in the last chapter of the prophet ...
Page 33
... fragrant than among their deciduous companions ; it cannot , however , be the strength of the plant which gives it this additional charm , for what is so sweet as the mignionette , or the European violet , both fragile plants ? Saturday ...
... fragrant than among their deciduous companions ; it cannot , however , be the strength of the plant which gives it this additional charm , for what is so sweet as the mignionette , or the European violet , both fragile plants ? Saturday ...
Page 46
... fragrant ; not only sweet , but with a wild freshness in the perfume , which is very agreeable . Our search began in an old pine grove , on the skirts of the vil- lage , but we found nothing in flower there ; the sol is good , and there ...
... fragrant ; not only sweet , but with a wild freshness in the perfume , which is very agreeable . Our search began in an old pine grove , on the skirts of the vil- lage , but we found nothing in flower there ; the sol is good , and there ...
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