 | 1833 - 610 páginas
...plant before me. So that if these writers had had it in view, thev could scarcely have contrived a more apposite fable. Andromeda is represented by them...perfection only so long as she retains her virgin purity. The same is .also applicable to the plant now preparing to celebrate its nuptials. This plant is always... | |
 | Sir Joseph Paxton - 1834 - 384 páginas
...plant before me, so that if these writers had had it in view, they could scarcely have contrived a more apposite fable. " Andromeda is represented by them as a virgin of most exquisite beauty and unrivalled charms, but these charms remain in perfection only so long as she retains her... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 788 páginas
...if these writers had it in view, they could scarcely have contrived a more apposite fable. Amlrumeda is represented by them as a virgin of most exquisite...but these charms remain in perfection only so long a> she retains her virgin purity, which is also applicable to the plant now preparing to celebrate... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 786 páginas
...plant, before me ; so that, if these writers had it in view, they could scarcely have con, , trived a more apposite fable. Andromeda is represented by them...as a virgin of most exquisite and unrivalled charms i but these charms remain in perfection only so long as she retains her virgin puritv, which is also... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 810 páginas
...by the poets ; and the more I meditated upon their descriptions, the more applicable they seemed to purity, which is also applicable to the plant now preparing to celebrate its nuptials. Tim plant is alwayn fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as Andromeda herself... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 796 páginas
...scarcely have contrived a more appmite Table, Andromeda i* represented by them a* a virgin of mo« exquisite and unrivalled charms ; but these charms remain in perfection only so long ля she retain» her virgin purity, which ie also applicable to the plant now preparing to celebrate... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 442 páginas
...little plant before me ; so that, if these writers had it in view, they could scarcely have contrived a more apposite fable. Andromeda is represented by them...charms, but these charms remain in perfection only as long as she retains her virgin purity, which is also applicable to the plant now preparing to celebrate... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1846 - 548 páginas
...little piant before me; so that, if these writers had it in view, they could scarcely have contrived a more apposite fable. Andromeda is represented by them...these charms remain in perfection only so long as sha retains her virgin purity, which is also applicable to the piant now preparing to celebrate its... | |
 | 1848 - 606 páginas
...little plant before me ; so that if these writers had it in view, they could scarcely have contrived a more apposite fable. Andromeda is represented by them...applicable to the plant now preparing to celebrate ite nuptials. The plant is always fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 862 páginas
...little plant before me; so that, if these writers had it in view, they could scarcely have contrived a more apposite fable. Andromeda is represented by them...virgin of most exquisite and unrivalled charms, but those charms remain in perfection only as long as she retains her virgin purity, which is also applicable... | |
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As I contemplated it, I could not help thinking of Andromeda as described by the poets; and the more I meditated upon their descriptions, the more applicable they seemed to the little plant before me: so that, if these writers had had it in view, they... 
