The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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Page iii
... NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE LATE JOHN BOSTOCK , M.D. , F.R.S. , AND H. T. RILEY , Esq . , B.A. , LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL , CAMBRIDGE . VOL . IV . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCCLVI . LELAND STANFORD ...
... NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE LATE JOHN BOSTOCK , M.D. , F.R.S. , AND H. T. RILEY , Esq . , B.A. , LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL , CAMBRIDGE . VOL . IV . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCCLVI . LELAND STANFORD ...
Page 88
... note of the bird of passage known to us as the cuckoo . For it is looked upon as a disgrace , and one that subjects him to well- merited censure , for that bird , upon its arrival , to find him only then pruning his vines . Hence it is ...
... note of the bird of passage known to us as the cuckoo . For it is looked upon as a disgrace , and one that subjects him to well- merited censure , for that bird , upon its arrival , to find him only then pruning his vines . Hence it is ...
Page 102
... Note . He recommends that it should be turned up with l down with " tenacious chalk , " and levelled with a large ..ng and marc of olives are still employed in some parts of aring the threshing floor . CHAP . 72. ( 30 . ) — THE HARVEST ...
... Note . He recommends that it should be turned up with l down with " tenacious chalk , " and levelled with a large ..ng and marc of olives are still employed in some parts of aring the threshing floor . CHAP . 72. ( 30 . ) — THE HARVEST ...
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... note is continuous : but if , on the other hand , it is smothered , and only heard at broken intervals , we may expect rain , ac- companied with high winds . Jackdaws , when they return late from feeding , give notice of stormy weather ...
... note is continuous : but if , on the other hand , it is smothered , and only heard at broken intervals , we may expect rain , ac- companied with high winds . Jackdaws , when they return late from feeding , give notice of stormy weather ...
Page 137
... Note 37 to c . 2 of this Book . 50 Pausanias , in his Eliaca , goes so far as to say , that byssus was found only in Elis , and nowhere else . Judging from the variable temperature of the climate , it is very doubtful , Fée says , if ...
... Note 37 to c . 2 of this Book . 50 Pausanias , in his Eliaca , goes so far as to say , that byssus was found only in Elis , and nowhere else . Judging from the variable temperature of the climate , it is very doubtful , Fée says , if ...
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