| Clement Hoare - 1840 - 152 pagine
...the greatest blessings bestowed by Providence to promote the comfort and enjoyment of the human jace. From the remotest records of antiquity, the vine has...of plenty and the symbol of happiness. The pages of Scripsture abound with allusions to the fertility of the vine as emblatnatical of prosperity ; and... | |
| Clement Hoare - 1845 - 210 pagine
...being the thin-skinned and juicy sorts, as the sweetwater or muscadine." — London's Encyclop&dia of Gardening. Of all the productions of the vegetable...emphatically declared, in describing the peaceful and nourishing state of the kingdom of Israel during the reign of Solomon, that " Judah and Israel dwelt... | |
| Franklin Reuben Elliott - 1855 - 524 pagine
...the dessert as well as for the making of wine, and itself held as symbolic of happiness and plenty. "The pages of Scripture abound with allusions to the...fertility of the vine, as emblematical of prosperity." To trace its introduction and entire history up to this date would occupy more room than the limits... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1857 - 508 pagine
...found wild in our own country, and is now become naturalized in all the temperate regions of the world. From the remotest records of antiquity, the vine has...the peaceful and flourishing state of the kingdom of 449 Israel during the reign of Solomon, that Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine... | |
| Franklin Reuben Elliott - 1858 - 516 pagine
...the dessert as well as for the making of wine, and itself held as symbolic of happiness and plenty. "The pages of Scripture abound with allusions to the...fertility of the vine, as emblematical of prosperity." To trace its introduction and entire history up to this date would occupy more room than the limits... | |
| A. C. Kelly - 1861 - 268 pagine
...and agreeable to all palates, in all its varied shapes, combine to mark it out as one of the great blessings bestowed by Providence to promote the comfort...abound with allusions to the fertility of the vine as emblematic of prosperity ; and it is emphatically declared in describing the peaceful and flourishing... | |
| Albert Nelson Prentiss - 1866 - 158 pagine
...leaves." " From the remotest periods of antiquity, the vine has been celebrated as a type of plenty, and a symbol of happiness. The pages of Scripture abound with allusions to the vine as emblematical of prosperity ; and it is declared, in describing the peaceful and flourishing... | |
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