Wherever their myriads spread, the verdure of the country disappears ; trees and plants stripped of their leaves, and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of the spring. The Oriental Herald - الصفحة 471825عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| William Bingley - 1803 - عدد الصفحات: 624
...as if a curtain had been removed ; trees and plants, stripped of their leaves, and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of winter to succeed ia an instant, to the rich scenery of the spring. — When these clouds of locusts take their flight,... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 474
...disappears; trees and plants stripped of their leaves and reduced to their naked boughs and steins, cause the dreary image of winter to succeed in an...clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles, or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 598
...almost intantaneously disappears. The trees and plants, stripped of their leaves, and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of...winter to succeed in an instant, to the rich scenery of spring ; and the whole country puts on the appearance of being burnt. Fire itself devours not so fast... | |
| Andrew Thomson (of Bristol) - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 394
...as if a covering had been removed ; trees and plants stripped of their leaves, and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of...succeed, in an instant, to the rich scenery of the spring.—Should the inhahitants dig pits and trenches, and fill them with water, or kindle fires of... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...the dreary image of winter * SYNONYMS. Gryllus migratorius. Linn. — Locust. Far. succeeds, almost in an instant, to the rich scenery of the spring. When these clouds of Locusts take their flight, the heavens may sometimes literally be said to be obscured by them. Happily, this calamity is not frequently... | |
| William Greenfield - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...verdure of the country disappears ; trees and plants stripped of their leaves, and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of...winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles, or to traverse more... | |
| William Greenfield - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 300
...verdure of the country disappears ; trees and plants stripped of their leaves, and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of...winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles, or to traverse more... | |
| George Bush - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 250
...verdure of the country disappears ; trees and plants stripped of their leaves and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of...winter to succeed in an instant to the rich scenery of spring. When these clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles, or to traverse more... | |
| William Carpenter - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...verdure of the country disappears ; trees and plants stripped of their leaves, and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of...clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles, or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 394
...verdure of the country disappears : trees and plants stripped of their leaves and reduced to their naked boughs and stems, cause the dreary image of...clouds of locusts take their flight, to surmount any obstacles, or to traverse more rapidly a desert soil, the heavens may literally be said to be obscured... | |
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