...were also whole fields full of ferns, now rusty and withering, which in older countries are commonly confined to wet ground. There were very few flowers,... ...of our domains before the dew was off, and found that the ground hemlock, or American yew, was the prevailing under shrub. We breakfasted on tea, hard... ...ot the invention of historians and poets. It was a purely wild and primitive American sound, as much as the barking of a chickaree, and I could not un... ...f Maine, foreigners are not allowed to kill moose there at any season; white Americans can 84 The Maine Woods kill them only at a particular season, ... ...ing at all, merely keeping up the idea. He then said that he would sing us a Latin song; but we did not detect any Latin, only one or two Greek words ... ...etect any Latin, only one or two Greek words in it, — the rest may have been Latin with the Indian pronunciation. His singing carried me back to the p... ...le midge called the No see em ( Simulium nocivum, the latter word is not the Latin for no see em), especially over the sand at the water’s edge, for i... ... carries, a sound which I had associated only with more open, if not settled countries. The area for locusts must be small in the Maine woods. We were...

...ssential micronutrients needed for nutrient balance in marginal diets based on staple grain and root crops. The production of more milk in developing countries will help meet the needs of urban families at prices they can afford. With affordable prices, poor families, especially children, are more likely to consume the quality protein and essential micronutrients they need...

... in a changing world H. Schelhaas Introduction Four specific features of the dairy industry Milk production The processing industry in Western countries Dairy policy Consumption of dairy products in Western countries The international dairy markets Conclusions Suggested reading Chapter 2: Dairy production systems in the tropics P. N. de Leeuw, A. Omore, S....

...heir competitors can do to them. The history of the English factories, the American trusts, the exploitation of African gold, diamonds, ivory and rub-... ...om time to time by violent ex- plosions of revolution; so the attempt—will Americans please note—to found moral institutions on a basis of moral in- e... ...but unnatural Reigns of the Saints relieved by licentious Restorations; to Americans who have made divorce a public institution turning the face of Eu... ... The ordinary man, uneducated in social theory even when he is schooled in Latin verse, cannot be set against all the laws of his country and yet pers... ...nt rulers whilst amiable and privately harmless monarchs have ruined their countries by trusting to the hocus-pocus of innocence and guilt, reward and...

...is Pictus) an Orbis Vestitus; or view of the costumes of all mankind, in all countries, in all times. It is here that to the Antiquarian, to the Histo... ... Decoration, as indeed we still see among the barbarous classes in civilized countries. “Reader, the heaven inspired melodious Singer; loftiest Serene... ...’s games, differing apparently by mere superficial shades from those of other countries. Concerning all which, we shall here, for obvious reasons, say ... ...ly, and disproportioned to its breadth? We find, moreover, that his Greek and Latin were “mechanically” taught; He brew scarce even mechanically; much... ...y own rules, produced the following; which however, for an alleged defect of Latinity, a defect never yet fully visible to my self, still remains une... ..., still remains unengraven;”—wherein, we may predict, there is more than the Latinity that will surprise an English reader: HIC JACET PHILIPPUS ZAEHDA... ...t as articulately perhaps as the case admitted. Or call him, if you will, an American Backwoodsman, who had to fell unpenetrated forests, and bat tle... ..., considerably involved in haze. To the first English Edition, 1838, which an American, or two American had now opened the way for, there was slighting... ...ed and pacificated.’ Here is a”...—Sun Newspaper, 1st April, 1834. III. NORTH—AMERICAN REVIEWER. . . . . . “After a careful survey of the whole ground,...

...hese nine worthies have been brought together from many different ages and countries. Not the most erudite of men could be perfectly prepared to deal ... ... history, and religion, but of the growth and liberties of art. Of the two Americans, Whitman and Thoreau, each is the type of some- thing not so much... ...ght them forth, an author would require a large habit of life among modern Americans. As for Yoshida, I have already disclaimed respon- sibility; it w... ...g uneasiness as to what may be our own exploits when we touch upon foreign countries and foreign tongues. It is here that we shall find the famous “fi... ...r its own sake. This is the spirit which leads to the extravagant array of Latin Quarter students, and the proverbial velveteen of the En- glish lands... ...ndignation against the zeal of a Whig clergyman, he writes: “I daresay the American Congress in 1776 will be allowed to be as able and as enlightened ... ... for bribery lay at the root of much that was evil in Japan, as well as in countries nearer home; and once when a merchant brought him his son to edu-... ...m Monstrelet that Charles was a very well educated person. He could string Latin texts together by the hour, and make ballades and rondels better than... ...his secretary, Anthony Astesan, with the text in one column, and Astesan’s Latin version in the other.* Such tastes, with the coming of years, would d...