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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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Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of…
— Anzia Yezierska
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On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data…
— Unknown Author
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Whatever you think people are withholding from you-praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on-give it to them.
— Eckhart Tolle
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Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
— Eckhart Tolle
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Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star Trek series after the first season. Fed up with racist harassment and limitation, culminating…
— Nichelle Nichols
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Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information,
— Ian Mcewan
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Not to employ prayer with my patients was the equivalent of deliberately withholding a potent drug or surgical procedure.
— Larry Dossey
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Faith is a withholding of conclusion so that you allow what is to arise.
— Adyashanti
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I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I love the combination of smartness, pain, and what one might call conscious postmodern trashiness in this book: a version of the…
— Alicia Ostriker
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Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our…
— Greg Boyle
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There is a beauty that arises from withholding judgment and evading comparison, a grace in not demanding consensus.
— Unknown Author
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