 | George Herbert - 1703 - 450 pages
...Foundation. Sometimes thou doft divide thy Gifts to Man, Sometimes unite. The IndtM Nut alone Is Cloathing, Meat and Trencher, Drink and Can, Boat, Cable, Sail and Needle, all in one. Moft Herbs that grow in Brooks, are hot and dry. Cold Fruits warm Kernels help againft the wind. The... | |
 | 1867 - 878 pages
...nut-shells make convenient drinking cupa and water bottles. " Tbo Indian's mil alone Is clothing, meat aod trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail and needle all in one." Music is not lacking to complete the list of the gifts of the good palm, for from the fibres of the... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 448 pages
...used in making various kinds of cinet and cordage, especially a valuable BOUNTY OF THE CREATOR. 59 coiar rope ; and, as the pious Herbert sung two hundred...impossible to contemplate either the breadfruit or cocoa-nut tree, in their gigantic and spontaneous growth, their majestic appearance, the value and... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 pages
...make no good foundation. Sometimes thou dost divide thy gifts to man ; Sometimes unite. The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail and needle; all in one. Most herbs, that grow in brooks, are hot and dry ; Cold fruits warm kernels help against the wind;... | |
 | William Ellis - 1833 - 342 pages
...; and, as the pious Herbert sung- two hundred years ago, " The Indian's nut alone Is clothing, meal and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail and...benevolence of the Creator, and his distinguishing kindness towards the inhabitants of these interesting islands. CHAPTER III. Varieties and Appearance of the... | |
 | F. B. Miller - 1833 - 220 pages
...they are very appropriate to our subject, and I am glad you have recollected them so seasonably." " ' The Indian's nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher,...sail and needle, all in one.' " "It is impossible, my dear children, to contemplate either the bread-fruit, or cocoa-nut tree, in their gigantic and spontaneous... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 pages
...make no good foundation. Sometimes thou dost divide thy gifts to man ; Sometimes unite. The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail and needle, all in one. Most herbs that grow in brooks are hot and dry ; Cold fruits warm kernels help against the wind : The... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 400 pages
...make no good foundation. Sometimes thou dost divide thy gifts to man ; Sometimes unite. The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail and needle, all in one. Most herbs that grow in brooks are hot and dry ; Cold fruits warm kernels help against the wind : The... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...yet make no good foundation. Sometimes thou dost divide thy gifts to man, Sometimes unite. The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail and needle, all in one. Most herbs that grow in brooks, are hot and dry. Cold fruit's warm kernels help against the wind. The... | |
 | 1840 - 488 pages
...being applied to three hundred and sixty different purposes. -The Indian's nut alone Is clothing, food, and trencher, drink, and can, Boat, cable, sail, and needle, all in one." Hence he derives timber for the walls, and thatch for the roof of his hut, fuel for his fire, and weapons... | |
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Sometimes unite; the Indian nut* alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail, and needle, all in one. 
