. A tour round my garden . Natural history. 256 A TOUR HOUND MY GARDEN. corrupted, and disinterested citizens, devoted to the public good; and he is believed. To try your faith, the oracle relates to you the most absurd histories; and you believe him. Never was a deity so punctually obeyed. But the day is near its end; the day finishes, the idol sees his altars abandoned. On the morrow morning, he finds nothing but disdainful iconoclasts in those that had been his most fervent adorers; he is exposed to more insults than he has undergone in all that life so full of vicissitudes which we have de
. A tour round my garden . Natural history. 256 A TOUR HOUND MY GARDEN. corrupted, and disinterested citizens, devoted to the public good; and he is believed. To try your faith, the oracle relates to you the most absurd histories; and you believe him. Never was a deity so punctually obeyed. But the day is near its end; the day finishes, the idol sees his altars abandoned. On the morrow morning, he finds nothing but disdainful iconoclasts in those that had been his most fervent adorers; he is exposed to more insults than he has undergone in all that life so full of vicissitudes which we have described. Never was idol so treated, he is out into round pieces to cover pots of preserves, and into long pieces, to light pipes with; into square pieces, for children to make ducks, boats, and salt-boxes of. There is no domestic use to which the idol of yesterday may not be degraded to-day. During this time, another deity, who has likewise been slipped under the door, comes in his turn to utter his oracles; he is listened to and obeyed with the same respect and the same kindness, until on the morrow he goes to the preserve pots and to light the fire. Such is the true unadorned history of the greatness and the fall of flax and hemp. Now, who could believe this, particularly of flax, which has so innocent, so pure an air, when it opens in the morning its little blue flowers, so light and so fragile !. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
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