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As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty…
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Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and…
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Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states,…
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The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all…
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The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and…
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The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps…
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We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain…
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So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the…
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Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like....little person, or vertically challenged,or-" "I'm not…
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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
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He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as…
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Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet my axe…
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At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision, and…
— Thomas S. Monson
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It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and…
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For the rest, they shall represent the other Free Peoples of the World: Elves, Dwarves, and Men, Legolas shall be for the…
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A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.
— Seneca the Younger
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