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Page 50 - great variety of curious plants and shrubs ; some grew in a greenhouse, over the door of which were written these lines:— " Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature, up to nature's God." He informed me that he had often followed General BOUQUET to
Page 191 - all the medical men of note in London, were summoned. So high did political animosities run, that the presence of some Whig physicians was regarded as an extraordinary circumstance. One Roman Catholic, whose skill was then widely renowned, Doctor THOMAS SHORT, was in attendance. Several of the prescriptions have been preserved. One of
Page 52 - I am but a ploughman), and being weary, I ran under the shade of a tree to repose myself. I cast my eyes on a daisy ; I plucked it mechanically, and viewed it with more curiosity than common country farmers are wont to do, and observed therein very many distinct parts, some
Page 46 - delighted; because a diffusive happiness appears in every part,— happiness which is established on the broadest basis. The wisdom of LYCURGUS and SOLON never conferred on man one-half of the blessings and uninterrupted prosperity which the Pennsylvanians now possess: the name of PENN, that simple but illustrious citizen, does more
Page 560 - On his return, the University of Oxford conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. In 1778, he obtained the Order of the Bath, and the Presidency of the Royal Society.
Page 56 - the only essential things which I observed. Neither pulpit nor desk, fount nor altar, tabernacle nor organ, were there to be seen: it is merely a spacious room, in which these good people meet every Sunday. A profound silence ensued, which lasted about half an hour; every one had his head reclined, and seemed absorbed in profound
Page 289 - devoted himself to Science; and in 1782, was elected Professor of Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, which post he declined, in consequence of the state of his health. In 1786, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society; and he was also a member of several other learned Societies in
Page 51 - &c., and twice a week I let it run, thus impregnated. I regularly spread on this ground, in the fall, old hay, straw, and whatever damaged fodder I have about my barn. By these simple means I mow, one year with another, fifty-three hundreds of excellent hay per acre, from a soil which scarcely produced five fingers [ie, Cinquefoil,
Page 403 - plants, and remain safe and quiet at home, employing your leisure hours in a work that is much wanted, and which no one besides is so capable of performing—I mean the writing a Natural History of our country. I imagine it would prove profitable to you, and I am sure it would do you honour.
Page 106 - but his coining a set of new names for plants, tends but to embarrass and perplex the study of Botany. As to his system, on which they are founded, botanists are not agreed about it. Very few like it. Be that as it will, he is certainly a very ingenious man, and a great naturalist.