sylva

The argumentum a sylva is a prevailing one with the slaveholder.

Anthony Burns : a history, 1856

Capilli retia Cupidinis, sylva caedua, in qua nidificat Cupido, sub cujus umbra amores mille modis se exercent.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Hortus principis et domus ad delectationem facia, cum sylva, monte et piscina, vulgo la montagna: the prince's garden at

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Cicero calleth sylva and supellex, stuff and variety, to begin with those arts (as if one should learn to weigh, or to measure, or to paint the wind) doth work but this effect, that the wisdom of those arts, which is great and universal, is almost made contemptible, and is degenerate into childish sophistry and ridiculous affectation.

The Advancement of Learning 2003

As usual with the sylva, flora, and fauna, this also is found lowest along the coast, where it finds the requisite temperature and other essentials, with combined moisture.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Various

This was designated the "ingens sylva" by the ancient Romans.

Byeways in Palestine James Finn

Penn - sylva - nia 11.0 35.3 33.3 8.6 3.5 0 1.8 6.5

The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography George D. Wolf

Of the sylva we will only say, it is equal in value and variety to that of any section of our country.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

The "Nativity", in Berlin, is a sylva rerum unequalled in art.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

He read of cities with silver walls and golden towers waiting on the discoverer, and of a river on whose banks "virescit sylva vitae."

The Path of the King John Buchan 1907