 But there is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees, has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself; and when he...  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - 197 ページSamuel Johnson 著 - 1792 - 235 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 622 ページ
...georgick writers prescribe to planters. Trees certainly have covered the earth with very little culture. They wave their tops among the rocks of Norway, and might thrive as well in the Highlands and Uvlmdcs. \\\u there ib u frightful interval between the seed ami He that calculates the growth of trees,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 ページ
...forcible reflection of Johnson on the planting of trees : " There is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself;... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 490 ページ
...forcible reflection of Johnson on the planting of trees : " There is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself;... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 494 ページ
...forcible reflection of Johnson on the planting of trees : " There is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself ;... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 ページ
...existence. Washington Irving, Bracebridge Hall. PLANTING. THERE is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees, has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself ;... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 604 ページ
...forcible reflection of Johnson on the planting of trees : " There is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself;... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 ページ
...himselfj in realitVj deserted as fast, if not faster, by the world. — Lives of the Poets. Young. He that calculates the growth of trees has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself;... | |
 | Ada Goodrich-Freer - 1902 - 546 ページ
...calls these " naked regions." There are now fine woods in that island, and as he truly remarks " trees wave their tops among the rocks of Norway and might thrive as well in the Highlands and Hebrides." In Ulva, too, successful planting has been accomplished since his visit. In a pamphlet published by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1906 - 270 ページ
...Georgic writers prescribe to planters. Trees certainly have covered the earth with very little culture. They wave their tops among the rocks of Norway, and...Hebrides. But there is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness... | |
 | Robert William Chapman - 1920 - 166 ページ
...watch them sprout is neither costly nor laborious : But there is a frightful interval between the seed and timber. He that calculates the growth of trees, has the unwelcome remembrance of the shortness of life driven hard upon him. He knows that he is doing what will never benefit himself;... | |
| |
