Historical Memoir of a Mission to the Court of Vienna in 1806

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Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - Europe - 532 pages
 

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Page 15 - Encyclopaedia of Agriculture ; comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture; Including all the latest Improvements, a general History of Agriculture in all Countries, a Statistical View of its present State, and Suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.
Page 15 - OF PLANTS; Including all the Plants which are now found in, or have been introduced into, Great Britain ; giving their Natural History, accompanied by such descriptions, engraved figures, and elementary details, as may enable a beginner, who is a mere English reader, to discover the name of every Plant which he may find in flower, and acquire all the information respecting it which is useful and interesting.
Page 506 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Page 3 - Hints to Mothers, for the Management of their Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room: With an Exposure of Popular Errors in connexion with those subjects, &c.
Page 11 - Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with Wood Engravings, 25s. The Rural Life of England.
Page 19 - PORTLOCK. - REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and descrihed under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance.
Page 11 - England," &c. Med. 8vo. with above 50 Illustrations, 21s. cloth. HOWITT.— WANDERINGS OF A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR, through EUROPE and the EAST, during the years 1824 to 1840. By PD HOLTHAUS, from Werdohl, in Westphalia. Translated from the Third German Edition, by WILLIAM HOWITT, Author of " The Rural and Social Life of Germany,
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Page 9 - DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF A NEW METHOD of PLANTING and MANAGING the ROOTS of GRAPE VINES. By CLEMENT HOARK, Author of " A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open Walls.
Page 27 - TURTON'S (DR.) MANUAL OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SHELLS of the BRITISH ISLANDS. A New Edition, thoroughly revised and with considerable Additions.

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