 Abbey are believed to have flourished there twelve hundred years ago; the olives in the Garden of Gethsemane were full grown when the Saracens were expelled from Jerusalem; and the cypress of Soma, in Lombardy, is said to have been a tree in the time...  The Lost Cities of Ceylon - Page 58by Geraldine Edith Mitton - 1917 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1859 - 700 pages
...continuous chronicles amongst the most authentic that have been handed down by mankind.1 THE SACRED BO TREE. Compared with it the Oak of Ellerslie is but a sapling...half its years. The yew-trees of Fountains Abbey are 1 A chronological series of historical passages iu which the prolonged existence of the sncred tree... | |
 | sir James Emerson Tennent (bart.) - 1859 - 702 pages
...chronicles amongst the most authentic that have been handed down bv mankind.1 v. TEE SAC L;ED BO TRF.F.. Compared with it the Oak of Ellerslie is but a sapling...numbers half its years. The yew-trees of Fountains Abbey arc 1 A chronological scries of historical pnsnajres in which the prolonged existence of flip sacred... | |
 | tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...that have been handed down by mankind.1 THE SACRED BO-TREE. Compared with it the Oak of Ellei-slie is but a sapling ; and the Conqueror's Oak in Windsor...half its years. The yew-trees of Fountains Abbey are has been recorded, will be found in a note appended to this chapter. believed to have flourished there... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1860 - 746 pages
...amongst the most authentic that have been handed down bv mankind. Compared with it the Oak of Ellershe is but a sapling ; and the Conqueror's Oak in Windsor...half its years. The yew-trees of Fountains Abbey are 1 A chronological series of historical passages in which the prolonged existence of the snored tree... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - Biography - 1861 - 400 pages
...a series of continuous chronicles amongst the most authentic that have been handed down by mankind. Compared with it the Oak of Ellerslie is but a sapling...Fountains Abbey are believed to have flourished there 1200 years ago ; the olives in the Garden of Gethsemane were full-grown when the Saracens were expelled... | |
 | E. A. R. - 1862 - 376 pages
...a series of continuous chronicles amongst the most authentic that have been handed down by mankind. Compared with it, the Oak of Ellerslie is but a sapling...Windsor Forest barely numbers half its years. The Yew trees of Fountain's Abbey are believed to have flourished there twelve hundred years ago. The Olives... | |
 | Primitive Baptists - 1862 - 582 pages
...a series of continuous chronicles amongst the most authentic that have been handed down by mankind. Compared with it the oak of Ellerslie is but a sapling, and the Conqueror's Oak in Windsor forests barely numbers half its years. The yew trees of Fountains Abbey are believed to have flourished... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Antarctic regions - 1871 - 776 pages
...a series of continuous chronicles amongst the most authentic that have been handed down by mankind. The olives in the garden of Gethsemane were full-grown...Saracens were expelled from Jerusalem, and the cypress of Somma in Lombardy is said to have been a tree in the time of Julius Caesar. Yet the Bo-tree is older... | |
 | Joseph Gerson Cunha - Buddhas - 1875 - 110 pages
....Bo-tree is a matter of record, its conservation being an object of solicitude to successive dynasties. Compared with it the Oak of Ellerslie is but a sapling...; the Yew-trees of Fountains Abbey are believed to be twelve hundred years old ; the Olives in the Garden of Gethsemane were full-grown when the Saracens... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - Iceland - 1876 - 554 pages
...now, stands in the year 288 before Christ. It is, consequently, at the present date, 2162 years old. " Compared with it the oak of Ellerslie is but a sapling,...Forest barely numbers half its years. The Yew-trees of Fountain's Abbey are believed to have flourished there twelve hundred years ago ; the Olives in the... | |
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