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...Prologue: Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus, to all the followers of truth sendeth health. Be it known to your charity, that being dull in intellect and rude of speech, ...

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...cs Series Publication Wild Apples by Henry David Thoreau is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...Series Publication Wild Apples by Henry David Thoreau is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... university. 3 Henry David Thoreau Wild Apples by Henry David Thoreau THE HISTORY OF THE APPLE-TREE I T IS REMARKABLE how closely the history of the ... ..., and so generally distrib- uted, that its name traced to its root in many languages sig- nifies fruit in general. maelon (Melon), in Greek, means an ... ...(or the destruction of the Gods). I learn from Loudon** that “the ancient Welsh bards were rewarded for excelling in song by the token of the apple- ... ... became orchard-birds, and multiplied more than ever. It was an era in the history of their race. The downy woodpecker found such a savory morsel unde... ...t the christening of the wild apples? It would exhaust the Latin and Greek languages, if they were used, and make the lingua vernacula flag. We should...

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...earest Meg, ?It isn?t going to be what we expected. It is old and little, and altogether delightful--red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is, and the dear knows what will happen when Paul (younger son) arrives tomorrow. From hall you go right or left into diningroom or drawing-room. Hall itself is practically a room. You open another door in it, and there are the stair...

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