The months; a rural poem; and other pieces1813 |
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Page 3 - ... spring. Shrubs and trees, which are exposed to the open air, have all their soft and tender parts closely wrapt up in buds, which by their firmness resist all the power of frost ; the larger...
Page 29 - About fifteen degrees to the northward the sun does not rise at all, and a continued night lasts weeks or months, according to the distance from the north pole. But, on the contrary, to the countries near the south pole, it is at this period perpetual day ; and every where to the south of the equator it is summer. As our summer advances, their winter approaches. • ; The festival of Christmas seasonably cheers this comfortless period.
Page 6 - THE great operations of nature, during this month, seem to be to dry up the superabundant moisture of February, thereby preventing the roots and seeds from rotting in the earth, and gradually to bring forward the process of evolution in the swelling buds...
Page 4 - They do much mischief in gardens, by loosening and devouring flower-roots; but in the fields they do no other damage than rendering the surface of the ground unequal by their hillocks, which obstruct the scythe in mowing. They are said, also, to pierce the sides of dams and canals, and let out the water j but this can only be an accidental occurrence, attended with their own destruction.
Page 20 - An eclipse of the moon is caused by its entering into the earth's shadow, and consequently it must happen at the full moon, or when she is in opposition to the sun, as the shadow of the earth must lie opposite to the sun. An eclipse of the sun is caused...
Page 17 - O'er him the humid hay, with flowers perfum'd." JULY is the hottest month in the year. The direct influence of the sun, indeed, is diminishing ; but the earth and air have been so thoroughly heated, that the warmth which they retain, more than compensates for the gradual diminution of the solar rays.
Page 16 - ... the civilized nations of the world. In Europe, the principal kinds of corn are wheat, rye, barley, and oats. In Asia, rice is most cultivated. In Africa and the West Indies maize or Indian corn. The smaller kinds, called grasses, are most valuable for their leaves and stalks, or herbage, which make the principal food of all domestic cattle.
Page 24 - In most of the wine countries of Europe, the vintage takes place in October. The grape is one of the latest fruits in ripening. When gathered, they are immediately pressed, and the juice is fermented, like that of apples in making Cyder. A great variety of wines are produced from the different kinds of grapes, and the diversity of climates in which they grow. In England, this fruit does not ripen constantly enough, to be worth cultivation for the purpose of making wine.
Page 18 - ... are formed, which, at length, let fall their collected liquor in extremely copious showers, which frequently beat down the full-grown corn, and sometimes deluge the country with sudden floods. Thunder and lightning generally accompany these Summer storms. Lightning is a collection of electric fire drawn from the heated air and earth, and accumulated in the clouds, which, at length overcharged, suddenly let go their contents in the form of broad flashes or fiery darts. These are attracted again...
Page 25 - The melancholy sensations which attend this gradual death of vegetable nature, by which the trees are stripped of all their beauty, and left so many monuments of decay and desolation, forcibly suggest to the reflecting mind an apt comparison for the fugitive generations of man.