All about the MonthsHarper & Row, 1966 - 222 oldal Stories and legends about the months of the year, including those about symbolic flowers and precious stones, as evolved by man over the centuries. |
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137. oldal
... beautiful and strange though it was , did not seem nearly so remarkable to Jane as its leaves . She was astonished by their extraordinary size and shape . They lay spread on the water like gigantic green platters measuring some five ...
... beautiful and strange though it was , did not seem nearly so remarkable to Jane as its leaves . She was astonished by their extraordinary size and shape . They lay spread on the water like gigantic green platters measuring some five ...
140. oldal
... beautiful flower forever . From Paolo Mantegazza , an Italian physiologist and anthropol- ogist , comes this story of some especially fine roses that grew in a garden high on a cliff : A young girl had refused some roses her youth had ...
... beautiful flower forever . From Paolo Mantegazza , an Italian physiologist and anthropol- ogist , comes this story of some especially fine roses that grew in a garden high on a cliff : A young girl had refused some roses her youth had ...
175. oldal
... beautiful and valuable gem stone . These hues , it is said , are not in the opal itself , and can be seen only in a white light . The optical effect is due to " the breaking up of white light by interference " ; also the colors change ...
... beautiful and valuable gem stone . These hues , it is said , are not in the opal itself , and can be seen only in a white light . The optical effect is due to " the breaking up of white light by interference " ; also the colors change ...
Tartalomjegyzék
ye Foreword | 9 |
ye Birthstones and Flowers of the Months | 11 |
JANUARY | 13 |
Copyright | |
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
alexandrite American amethyst ancient April aster beautiful believed birthstone blooms blossoms blue British Isles calendar California called carats celebrated centuries Christmas chrysanthemum color crown cultivated daffodil daisy December declared diamond early EDMUND SPENSER emeralds England English Europe famous favorite February festival flowers fragrance France gardens garnets gems gladiolus gold Greek green grow grown hawthorn Helen Hunt Jackson holiday holly honeysuckle honor hybrid inches India January jewelry jewels John John Clare Julian calendar July June King known leaves legend Leigh Hunt London March marigold month narcissus native noted Numa Pompilius October once opal pearls petals pink plant poet poppies popular primrose purple Queen ring Romans rose ruby sapphire season seeds September shades sometimes South species spring stone sweet peas Today topaz turquoise United varied varieties violets water lily weather wild William William Hone wore writer wrote yellow York zircon
Hivatkozások erre a könyvre
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic Scott Cunningham Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2002 |