Picciola: the Prisoner of Fenestrella, Or Captivity Captive
Picciola: the Prisoner of Fenestrella, Or Captivity Captive
M Xavier
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principles and appropriate instruments, he often found him- self defeated ; and the spirit of paradox became insensibly roused to existence by the cavilling temper of his mind. He invented half a hnndred théories on the circulation of the sap j on the coloration of the varions parts of the flower ; on the sécrétion of diflFerent kinds of aroma by différent organs of the stem, the leaves, the flowers ; on the nature of the gum and resin emitted by vegetables, and the wax and honey extracted by b...ées froni the nectary. At first, ready answers suggested tbemselves to ail' his inquiries; but new Systems arose to confute, on the morrow, those of the preceding day. Nay, Chamey seemed to take delight in the impotence of his own judgment, as if aflfording wider scope to the eflForts of his imagination, and an indefinite term to the duration of his experiments and inferences. A day of joy and triumph for the enthusiast was now approacbing ! — He had formerly heard, and heard with a smile of incredulity, allusion to the loves of plants, and the sublime discpveries of Ldnnœus conceming vegetable généra- tion.
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