 | Flavius Josephus - 1809 - 658 pages
...more temperate. One may call this place the ambition of nature, where it forces thofe plants that are naturally enemies to one another to agree together : It is a happy contention of the feafons, as if every one of them laid claim to this country ; for it not only Bourifhes different forts... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 486 pages
...more temperate. One may call this place the ambition of nature, where it forces those plants that are naturally enemies to one another to agree together...it not only nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruits beyond men's expectation, but preserves them also a great while; it supplies men with the principal... | |
 | William Brown - 1823 - 536 pages
...the ambition of nature, for it forces those plants that are naturally enemies to one another to grow together. It is a happy contention of the seasons,...nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruit beyond men's expectations, but preserves them also a great while. It supplies men with grapes and figs during ten... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1824 - 398 pages
...more temperate. One may call this place the ambition of nature, where it forces those plants that are naturally enemies to one another, to agree together. It is a happy contention of the seaeons, as if every one of them laid claim to this country; for H not only nourishes different sorts... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 610 pages
...more temperate. One may call this place the ambition of nature, where it forces those planta that are naturally enemies to one another to agree together...it not only nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruils beyond men's expectation, but preserves them also a great while ; it supplies men with the principal... | |
 | 1850 - 458 pages
...planted in abundance, and flourished together." He calls the place " the ambition of nature," and " the happy contention of the seasons, as if every one of them laid claim to this country," where the soil and the climate forced plants that were the natural enemies of each other to agree together.... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1851 - 416 pages
...to perfection in this delightful region. "It is a kindly contention of the seasons, as if each one laid claim to this country ; for it not only nourishes...fruit beyond men's expectation, but preserves them a great while ; it supplies men with the principal fruits, with grapes and figs continually, during... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1852 - 712 pages
...more temperate. One may call this place the ambition of nature, where it forces those plants that are naturally enemies to one another to agree together...contention of the seasons ; as if every one of them hiid claim to this country ; for it not only nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruit beyond men's... | |
 | James Mason Hoppin - 1854 - 276 pages
...more temperate. One may call this place the ambition of nature ; for it forces those plants that are naturally enemies to one another to agree together....of autumnal fruit, beyond men's expectation ; but pro. serves them also a great while. It supplies men with the principal fruits. with grapes and figs.... | |
 | 1856 - 552 pages
...where it forces those plants that are naturally enemies to one another to agree together It not onlv nourishes different sorts of autumnal fruit beyond men's expectation, but preserves them a great while; it supplies men with the principal fruits, with grapes and figs con* Jewish Ware, iii.... | |
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One may call this place the ambition of nature, where it forces those plants that are naturally enemies to one another to agree together ; it is a happy contention of the seasons, as if every one of them laid claim to this country... 
