cultivage

Example Sentences

• "And on the other part, the Greeks are as unwilling to be induſtrious in Arts, Trafficke or Cultivage; ſeeing what they poſſeſſe is not their owne, but is taken from them at all occaſions, with tyranny & oppreſſion. […] Leaving Ahetzo behind us, and entring the Countrey of the Agaroes, wee found the beſt inhabitants halfe clad, the vulgars naked, the Countrey void of Villages, Rivers, or cultivage:[…]"
• "[…]; ſo in your Cultivage, there be three Infectious Seeds, wherewith you are never to be acquainted, if ever you expect ſucceſs, or a fair account from your harveſt."
• "This as it refers immediately to Land, lays an obligation upon the Nobility and Landed Men to apply their Induſtry and Labour, to its Cultivage and Improvement; […]"
• "Let no hand but his undertake this work of tilling the slopes or wetting the sprigs – and if not for the furling of my sails, turning the prow of my ship to the shore, I might have sung odes to such cultivage, which rivals every rose bush in Pæstum: how endive soaks itself in furtive brooks, how fennel sways itself in verdant fields, how vines and ivies entangle the gourds."