 ... they are such candles as the Indians commonly use, having no other, and they are nothing else but the wood of the pine tree cloven in two little slices something thin, which are so full of the moisture of turpentine and pitch that they burn as clear...  Home Life in Colonial Days - 33. oldalszerző: Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 470 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Peter Force - 1836 - 436 oldal
...Candles, which are verie vsefull in a House: and they are such Candles as the Indians commonly vse, hauing no other, and they are nothing else but the wood of the Pine Tree clouen in two little slices something thin, which are so full of the moysture of Turpentine and Pitch,... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Felt - 1845 - 564 oldal
...most plentifull of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles, which are very usefnll in a house. And they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...turpentine and pitch, that they burne as cleere as a torch. I have sent you some of them, that you may see the experience of them." Though this present was undoubtedly... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1846 - 594 oldal
...most plentiful of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles, which are very useful in a house ; and they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...little slices something thin, which are so full of the moisture of turpentine and pitch that they burn as clear as a torch.1 I have sent you some of them,... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1846 - 590 oldal
...most plentiful of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles, which are very useful ia a house ; and they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...two little slices something thin, which are so full oi the moisture of turpentine and pitch that they bum as clear as a torch.1 I have sent you some of... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1846 - 594 oldal
...most plentiful of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles, which are very useful in a house ; and they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...nothing else but the wood of the pine tree cloven hi two little slices something thin, which are so full of the moisture of turpentine and pitch that... | |
 | 1847 - 340 oldal
...most plentifull of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles which are very usefull in a house : And they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...turpentine and pitch, that they burne as cleere as a torch. I have sent you some of them that you may see the experience of them. Thus of New-England's commodities... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 756 oldal
...most plentiful of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles, which are very useful in a house. And they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...other, and they are nothing else but the wood of the pinetree cloven in two little slices, something thin, which are so full of the moisture of turpentine... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 710 oldal
...most plentiful of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles, which are тегу useful in a house. And they are such candles as the Indians commonly use, having no other, and they are nothing else bnt the wood of the pineam rerrtu quit in botte itymuat .'^ Vimc. Ел. " — SCA granaque (Martr Arripiente... | |
 | Oliver N. Bacon - 1856 - 304 oldal
...most plentifull of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles, which are very usefull in a house. And they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...of the moysture of turpentine and pitch that they burn as cleere as a torch. I have sent you some of them that you may see the experience of them. Thus... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1870 - 336 oldal
...most plentifull of all wood, doth allow us plenty of candles which are very usefull in a house : And they are such candles as the Indians commonly use,...turpentine and pitch, that they burne as cleere as a torch. I have sent you some of them that you may see the experience of them. Thus of New-England's commodities:... | |
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