The Spectator, No. 69 (19 May 1711) [ Places ]
… their own Families, by bringing into their Country whatever is wanting, and carrying out of it whatever is superfluous. Nature seems to have taken a particular Care to disseminate her Blessings among the different Regions of the World, with … that no Fruit grows Originally among us, besides Hips and Haws, Acorns and Pig-Nutts, with other Delicates of the like Nature; That our Climate of itself, and without the Assistances of Art, can make no further Advances towards a Plumb than … Mercy of our Sun and Soil. Nor has Traffick more enriched our Vegetable World, than it has improved the whole Face of Nature among us. Our Ships are laden with the Harvest of every Climate: Our Tables are stored with Spices, and Oils, and …
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