| Edward Gibbon - 1781 - 418 pàgines
...(55) ; and the diligent natives celebrated, either in verfe or profe, the three hundred and fixty ufes to which the trunk, the branches, the leaves, the juice, and the fruit, were fkilfully applied. Several manufactures, efpecially thofe of leather and linen, employed the induftry... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1787 - 454 pàgines
..." ; and the diligent natives celebrated, either in verfe or profe, the three hundred and fixty ufes to which the trunk, the branches, the leaves, the...fruit , were skilfully applied. Several manufactures, efpecially thofe of leather and linen, employed the induftry of a numerous people , and afforded valuable... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 466 pàgines
...exhausted ( Amo.'uitat. Exotics, Ff.scicu1. ivt p. 6GO— 76.i.) the whole subject of palin.tiTe*. CHAR. natives celebrated, either in verse or prose, the...foreign trade ; which appears, however, to have been conducte4 by the hands of strangers. Babylon had been converted into a royal park ; but near the ruins... | |
| Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 pàgines
...hundred. The face of the country was interspersed with groves of innumerable palmtrees ; and the.diligent natives celebrated, either in verse or prose, the...fruit, were skilfully applied. Several manufactures employed the industry of a numerous people. Babylon had been I 3 int° into a royal park ; but new... | |
| Herodotus - 1812 - 478 pàgines
...a traveller, has exhausted the whole subject of palm-trees. The diligent natives, adds Mr. Gibbon, celebrated either in verse or prose the three hundred...leaves, the juice, and the fruit were skilfully applied. 147 The process.'] — Upon this subject the learned and industrious Larcher has exhausted no less... | |
| Herodotus - 1814 - 422 pàgines
...a traveller, has exhausted the whole subject of palm-trees. The diligent natives, adds Mr. Gibbon, celebrated either in verse or prose the three hundred...leaves, the juice, and the fruit were skilfully applied. *** The process.] — Upon this subject the learned and industrious Larcher has exhausted no less than... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pàgines
...innumerable palm-trees" ; and the diligent natives celebrated, either in verse or prose, the three hu ml red and sixty uses to which the trunk, the branches, the...which appears, however, to have been conducted by the bands of strangers. Babylon had been converted into a royal park ; bat near the ruins of the ancient... | |
| Thomas Maurice - 1816 - 452 pàgines
...the ground, it springs up again fairer and stronger than ever. The benefits conferred on mankind by the trunk, the branches, the leaves, the juice, and the fruit, were thought innumerable. It will be recollected that pillars fabricated after the beautiful model of the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 460 pàgines
...exhausted (Amanitat. J'xoliw, Fescicul, iv, p. 660 — 764) th' whole subject of j> aim- trees. CHAP, hundred and sixty uses to which the trunk, the branches, the leaves, the jiiic.0, and the fruit) were skilfully applied. Several manufactures, especially those of leather and... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 pàgines
...traveller, has exhausted the whole subject of palm-trees. " The diligent natives (says Mr. Gibbon) celebrated, either in verse or prose, the three hundred...the juice, and the fruit were skilfully applied." The extensive importance of the date-tree (says Dr. Clarke51) is one of the most curious subjects to... | |
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