 ... the whole region becomes a luxuriant wood of enormous thistles, which have suddenly shot up to a height of ten or eleven feet, and are all in full bloom. The road or path is hemmed in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal...  The London Magazine - Page 2361826Full view - About this book
 | Decorative arts - 1826 - 470 pages
...in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so...that, independent of the prickles with which they arc armed, they form an impenetrable barrier. The sudden growthof these plants is quite astonishing... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 544 pages
...in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so-...yet it is really possible, that an invading army, uuacquainted with this country, might be imprisoned by these thistles before they had time to escape... | |
 | 1826 - 726 pages
...tides, the view Is completely obstructed ; not an animal Is to be seen, and the stems of the thlatlo are so close to each other, and so strong, that independent...an Impenetrable barrier. The sudden growth of these plante is quite astonishing ; and though it would be an unusual misfortune in military history, yet... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - Andes - 1826 - 354 pages
...on both B 2 sides; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so strong, that, indepeadent of the prickles with which they are armed, they form an impenetrable barrier. The sudden... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 648 pages
...in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems Of the thistles are so close to each other, and so...country, might be imprisoned by these thistles before it had time to escape from them. The summer is not over before the scene undergoes another rapid change... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 650 pages
...in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so...country, might be imprisoned by these thistles before it had time to escape from them. The summer is not over before the scene undergoes another rapid change... | |
 | John Sims - Botany - 1828 - 370 pages
...in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so...country, might be imprisoned by these thistles, before it had time to escape from them. The summer is not over before the scene undergoes another rapid change... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so...that, independent of the prickles with which they were armed, they form an impenetrable barrier. The sudden growth of these plants is quite astonishing,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Civilization - 1836 - 588 pages
...obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, aftd so strong, that, independent of the prickles with...are armed, they form an impenetrable barrier. The sfidden growth of these plants is quite astonishing; and though it would be an unusual misfortune in... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Commercial geography - 1837 - 612 pages
...in on both sides ; the view is completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ; and the stems of the thistles are so close to each other, and so...country, might be imprisoned by these thistles before it had time to escape from them. The summer is not over before the scene undergoes another rapid change... | |
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