The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... xxvii . c . 76 . 4 In B. viii . c . 36. 41 , 42. The works of the ancients , Fée remarks , are full of these puerilities . prevent us from employing our energies or becoming useful to 2 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
... xxvii . c . 76 . 4 In B. viii . c . 36. 41 , 42. The works of the ancients , Fée remarks , are full of these puerilities . prevent us from employing our energies or becoming useful to 2 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
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... this goddess , who might only be named in the field , was Tutelina . Hardouin thinks that it was Segesta , here mentioned . which was capable of being ploughed by a single " 4 [ Book XVIII , PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
... this goddess , who might only be named in the field , was Tutelina . Hardouin thinks that it was Segesta , here mentioned . which was capable of being ploughed by a single " 4 [ Book XVIII , PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
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... the " Nundinæ , " or ninth - day holiday : similar to our market- days . According to our mode of reckoning , it was every eighth day . the Nunding ; the object being that the country people 6 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY . [ Book XVIII .
... the " Nundinæ , " or ninth - day holiday : similar to our market- days . According to our mode of reckoning , it was every eighth day . the Nunding ; the object being that the country people 6 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY . [ Book XVIII .
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... Books should be translated into the Latin language , and this , although M. Cato had already compiled his Book of Precepts ; it took every care also to entrust the execution of this task to men who were well versed in the Carthaginian ...
... Books should be translated into the Latin language , and this , although M. Cato had already compiled his Book of Precepts ; it took every care also to entrust the execution of this task to men who were well versed in the Carthaginian ...
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... that mentioned in the next line . 63 Sub - soil drainage is now universally employed , with the agency of draining - tiles , made for the purpose . with earth , and made to run into others of 18 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
... that mentioned in the next line . 63 Sub - soil drainage is now universally employed , with the agency of draining - tiles , made for the purpose . with earth , and made to run into others of 18 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
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