| Henry Woodward - 1874 - 646 lehte
...season lasts from May till January, where the cold sleep of winter is unknown, and perennial moisture reigns in the soil, perennial summer in the air and...ceaseless activity and verdure all the year round (p. 59). Thus, daily surrounded by a vast luxuriance of vegetable and animal existences, all new and... | |
| 1874 - 806 lehte
...life. The eastern belt of the country is described as one unbroken forest, where perennial moisture reigns in the soil, perennial summer in the air, and vegetation luxuriates in ceaseless activity. Unknown are the autumn tints of English woods and the unrivaled splendors of the foliage of Canada.... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 382 lehte
...is also the cause of a monotony that in time becomes oppressive. To quote the words of Mr. Belt : " Unknown are the autumn tints, the bright browns and...unknown the lovely awakening of vegetation at the first gentle touch of spring. A ceaseless round of ever-active life weaves the fairest scenery of the... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 518 lehte
...vegetation is also the cause of a monotony that in time becomes oppressive. To quote the words of Mr. Belt: "Unknown are the autumn tints, the bright browns and...unknown the lovely awakening of vegetation at the first gentle touch of spring. A ceaseless round of ever-active life weaves the fairest scenery of the... | |
| George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - 1892 - 672 lehte
...— " Unknown are the autumn tints, the bright browns and yellows of * Wallace's " Tropical Nature." English woods : much less the crimsons, purples, and...unknown the lovely awakening of vegetation at the first gentle touch of spring. A ceaseless round of ever-active life weaves the fairest scenery of the... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1892 - 492 lehte
...is also the cause of a monotony that in time becomes oppressive." To quote the words of Mr. Belt : " Unknown are the autumn tints, the bright browns and...unknown the lovely awakening of vegetation at the first gentle touch of spring. A ceaseless round of everactive life weaves the fairest scenery of the... | |
| Henry Woodward - 1874 - 630 lehte
...season lasts from May till January, where the cold sleep of winter is unknown, and perennial moisture reigns in the soil, perennial summer in the air and...ceaseless activity and verdure all the year round (p. 59). Thus daily surrounded by a vast luxuriance of vegetable and animal existences, all new and... | |
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