The grain which they chiefly cultivate is a kind of millet: a small quantity of Indian corn and some pumpkins are likewise grown; but a species of sugar-cane is produced in great abundance, and of this they are extremely fond.

It was as when the sunbeams shine through a crevice in the wall in a dark space, and appear to us a revolving column of myriads of grains of dust; but every grain of dust here was a world!

The grain was sown broadcast, and was trodden in by goats.

Their only grain is rice.

The white grain of which he would have his bread made is the ordinary dhura, and the red grain is the red species of the same plant, which is not so common as the white.

The Italians, like the Greeks,[50] were then as now almost entirely vegetarians; cattle and sheep were used for the production of cheese, leather, and wool or for sacrifices to the gods; the only animal commonly eaten, until luxury came in with increasing wealth, was the pig, and grain and vegetables were the staple food of the poor man, both in town and country.

The little white grains found with raisins are grape sugar, or glucose.

The white grain of which he would have his bread made is the ordinary dhura, and the red grain is the red species of the same plant, which is not so common as the white.

Ten grains made into two pills are the dose for a full-grown person. 2591.

The superb moulding of the lips, pouting like a ripe mulberry, and the exquisite grain of the skin were manifesttreasures such as men risk death and crime to win.

How dark and stuffy it is, and how we are crowded, and what a stupid lot the other grains are!

But in a world where all is imperfect, this grain of true feeling is such an ennobling influence that it gives some warrant for calling those relations by the name of friendship, for they stand far above the ordinary friendships that prevail amongst mankind.

A grain of mustard-seed is the kingdom of heaven in a figure; the wandering winds a symbol of the Pentecostal power: a dove did signify the descent of God to man.

Upon a mushroom's head Our tablecloth we spread; A grain of rye or wheat Is manchet, which we eat; Pearly drops of dew we drink, In acorn cups, fil'd to the brink.

With regard to the dose of opium, one grain is generally sufficient, and often too large a one; maniacal persons, and those who have been long accustomed to take it, require three or more grains to have the due effect.

The grain of dust is a thought of God; God's power made it; God's wisdom gave it whatsoever properties or qualities it may possess; God's providence has put it in the place where it is now, and has ordained that it should be in that place at that moment, by a train of causes and effects which reaches back to the very creation of the universe.

I was so provoked, that I could not have patience to stay till more came on, knowing that every grain they eat now was, as it might be said, a peck-loaf to me in the consequence; so coming up to the hedge, I fired again, and killed three of them.

There is a tiny fall that crosses the river just above here, whose waters turn the wheels of an old mossy mill, where for centuries the family grain has been ground.

I can assure you that every grain of thought, that every drop of your affection, is divisible ad infinitum: and that in proportion as your ideas are divisible, so you are wise.

There are innumerable exquisite passages scattered through the work, which make us ready to believe in the figurative comparison of the prefacer, when he tells us that "the coral-grains of the 'Opened Pomegranate' will become in Provence the chaplet of lovers.

Spiral grain is a very common defect in a tree, and when excessive renders the timber valueless for use except in the round.

The pond where skating once I fell Upon the ice so hard I lost my senses for a spell, And hence became a bard Is dry land now where grain or grass Is growing year by year; I see the spot, as oft I pass, No ice nor pond is there.

The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed, Reserve their fruit for the next age's taste; There a small grain in some few months will be 50 A firm, a lofty, and a spacious tree.

"I nearly always can judge an ounce," said Hassan; "a grain is another matter.

Then in a whisper he said: "The grain is the army which will rise up from the hills and descend from the heavens to destroy the power of the Government.