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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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Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields…
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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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A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price;…
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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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Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided…
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The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet…
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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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There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but…
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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 are principally kept in large pots arranged in rows along the sides of narrow paved walks, with the houses of…
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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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If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we…
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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Vladimir Nabokov was a writer who cared nothing for music and whose favorite sport was the pursuit, capture, and murder of butterflies.…
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Now architecture consists of order, which in Greek is called taxis ... Order is the balanced adjustment of the details of the…
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We endeavour to employ only symmetrical figures, such as should not only be an aid to reasoning, through the sense of sight,…
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There was something alike terrifying and piteous in the spectacle of these frail old morsels of humanity consecrating their last flickering energies…
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Goodwill to others is constructive thought. It helps build you up. It is good for your body. It makes vour blood purer,…
— Prentice Mulford
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If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.
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Actors do have good and bad sides. It's because the passage down the birth canal distorts the face. People born by caesarean…
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