The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... dried figs , ten pounds of olive oil , and twelve pounds of flesh meat . Nor did this cheapness originate in the wide - spread domains of individuals encroaching con- tinually upon their neighbours , for by a law proposed by Lici- nius ...
... dried figs , ten pounds of olive oil , and twelve pounds of flesh meat . Nor did this cheapness originate in the wide - spread domains of individuals encroaching con- tinually upon their neighbours , for by a law proposed by Lici- nius ...
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... dried in the sun , and then pounded with the pestle ; the same plan , he says , should be adopted in the preparation of barley . In the latter case , however , twenty sextarii of grain require only two sextarii of water . When lentils ...
... dried in the sun , and then pounded with the pestle ; the same plan , he says , should be adopted in the preparation of barley . In the latter case , however , twenty sextarii of grain require only two sextarii of water . When lentils ...
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... dried in the sun , after which it is made into small cakes . When re- quired for making bread , these cakes are first soaked in water , 16 The Tartars still employ millet as one of their principal articles of food . They also extract a ...
... dried in the sun , after which it is made into small cakes . When re- quired for making bread , these cakes are first soaked in water , 16 The Tartars still employ millet as one of their principal articles of food . They also extract a ...
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... dried in the sun till they have regained their original size , after which they are lightly sprinkled with water , and then ground in a mill . A better granæum 48 is made from zea than from wheat , although it is nothing else , in fact ...
... dried in the sun till they have regained their original size , after which they are lightly sprinkled with water , and then ground in a mill . A better granæum 48 is made from zea than from wheat , although it is nothing else , in fact ...
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... is difficult to cook , and hard of digestion . See c . 26 . 67 This must be said in reference to some of the pease when in a dried state . CHAP . 33. THE KIDNEY - BEAN . 68 In 46 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
... is difficult to cook , and hard of digestion . See c . 26 . 67 This must be said in reference to some of the pease when in a dried state . CHAP . 33. THE KIDNEY - BEAN . 68 In 46 [ Book XVIII . PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY .
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