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" ... perfection than a crab : that our melons, our peaches, our figs, our apricots, and cherries, are strangers among us, imported in different ages, and naturalized in our English gardens ; and that they would all degenerate... "
The Craftsman - Page 196
by Caleb D'Anvers - 1737
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The Craftsman, Volume 10

1737 - 582 pages
...Cherries are Strangers among us, im-- " ported in different Ages, and naturalized in our Eng" //,(5. Gardens ; and that they would all degenerate' " and fall away into the Traih of our own Country, " if they were wholly neglected by the Planter and" left to the Mercy of...
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The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].

1744 - 348 pages
...and carries an Apple to no greater a Perfeftion than a Crab: That our Melons, our Peaches, our Figs, our Apricots, and Cherries, are Strangers among us,...that they would all degenerate and fall away into the Trafh of our own Country, if they were wholly neglefted by the Planter, and left to the Mercy of our...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...and our cherries, are ftrangers among us, imported in different ages, and naturalized' in our Englifh gardens ; and that they would all degenerate and fall away into the trad) of our own country, if they were wholly neglected by the planter, and left to the mercy of our...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 508 pages
...apricots, and cherries, are ftrangers among us, imported in different ages, and naturalized in our Englifh gardens -, and that they would all degenerate and fall away into the trafh of our own country, if they were wholly neglected by the planter, and left to the mercy of our...
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The Addisonian miscellany, a selection from the Spectator, Tatler, and ...

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...perfection than a crab : that our melons, our peaches, our figs, our apricots, and cherries, are ftrangers among us, imported in different ages, and naturalized...that they would all degenerate and fall away into the trafh of our own country, if they were wholly neglected by the planter, and left to the mercy of our...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 pages
...and carries an apple to no greater perfection than a crab: that our melons, our peaches, our figs, our apricots, and cherries, are strangers among us,...imported in different ages, and naturalized in our English gardens ; and that they would all degenerate and tall away into the trash of our own country,...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...and carries an apple to no greater perfection than a crab: that our melons, our peaches, our figs, our apricots, and cherries, are strangers among us,...imported in different ages, and naturalized in our English gardens ; and that they would all degenerate and fall away into the trash of our own country,...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

1803 - 434 pages
...sloe, and carries an apple to nogreater perfection than a crab; that our melons, our peaches, our figs, our apricots, and cherries, are strangers among us,...imported in different ages, and naturalized in our English gardens; and that they would all degenerate and fall away into the trash of our own country,...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 pages
...apricots, and cherries, are strangers among us, imported in different ages, and naturalized in our English gardens; and that they would all degenerate and fall away into the trash of our own country, if they were wholly neglected by the planter, and left to the mercy of our...
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The Spectator in miniature: being a collection of the principle ..., Volume 1

Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...and carries an apple to no greater a perfection than a crah : that our melons, our peaches, our figs, our apricots, and cherries, are strangers among us,...imported in different ages, and naturalized in our English gardens; and that they would alt degenerate and fall away into the trash of our own country,...
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