| John Frederick Boyes - 1859 - 302 pages
...something of everything which is either grateful, or needful to the intellectual life of man. The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat, and trencher, drink,...and can, Boat, cable, sail, and needle, all in one. HERBERT. It would be endless to describe the various uses to which this valuable tree is convertible,... | |
| A retired merchant - 1859 - 436 pages
...spoken, the Coco Palm is applied in the East to an infinite variety of uses. It is the Indian nut which alone " Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can ; Boat, cable, sail and needle all in one." Europeans know of no less than forty-three uses to which this palm is applied, and the natives of the... | |
| 1861 - 734 pages
...the fruit, one of them forming the hole through which the germ sprouts when the nut is * " The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail, mast, needle, all in one." planted in the ground eyes upivards. From the position of the eyes giving... | |
| 1861 - 368 pages
...the fruit, one of them forming the hole through which the germ sprouts when the nut is * " The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail, mast, needle, all in one." planted in the ground eyes upwards. From the position of the eyes giving... | |
| Selections - 1862 - 348 pages
...north with furs and woods. 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. But who hath praise enough ? nay, who hath any ? None can express thy works, but he that knows them... | |
| George Herbert - 1863 - 372 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 hi one. Most herbs that grow in brooks are hot and dry ; Cold fruits warm kernells help against the... | |
| George Herbert - 1865 - 348 pages
...yet make no good foundation. Sometime 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... | |
| 1865 - 362 pages
...to pears! and yet they make 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... | |
| Beauties - 1866 - 310 pages
...Herbert, one of our early poets, quaintly refers to it in a poem on " Providence : " • The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can, Boat, cable, sail, and needle, all in one. Its far-famed nuts afford oil, a kind of milk, and fruit ; from the shell, spoons, cups, bowls, and... | |
| 1867 - 276 pages
...sugar, and arrack is securely stowed away, with nut food for the voyage, — " The Indian's nut alone la clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can ; Boat, cable, sail, and needle all in one." The fresh breeze fills the mat sail, and thrills in plaintive cadence through the harp, the cocoa wood... | |
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