The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... Earth , in her bounteousness , affords us — a boundless field for contemplation , if even we regard the herbs alone , when we take into consideration the varieties of them , their numbers , the flowers they produce , their odours ...
... Earth , in her bounteousness , affords us — a boundless field for contemplation , if even we regard the herbs alone , when we take into consideration the varieties of them , their numbers , the flowers they produce , their odours ...
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... earth . " Money , too , received its name of " pecunia , " from " pecus , " " cattle . " At the present " " 14 Four Roman feet in width , and 120 in length . 15 Quartarius . 16 " Faba , " a bean ; " Lens , " a lentil ; and " Cicer , " a ...
... earth . " Money , too , received its name of " pecunia , " from " pecus , " " cattle . " At the present " " 14 Four Roman feet in width , and 120 in length . 15 Quartarius . 16 " Faba , " a bean ; " Lens , " a lentil ; and " Cicer , " a ...
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... Earth is not deaf to our adjurations , when we address her by the name of " parent , " and say that she receives our homage41 in being tilled by hands such as these ; as though , forsooth , we ought not to be- lieve that she is ...
... Earth is not deaf to our adjurations , when we address her by the name of " parent , " and say that she receives our homage41 in being tilled by hands such as these ; as though , forsooth , we ought not to be- lieve that she is ...
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... earth ; and the more so , from the fact that those writers who have hitherto treated of them with any degree of exact- ness , seem to have written their works for the use of any class of men but the agriculturist . 44 43 In the First ...
... earth ; and the more so , from the fact that those writers who have hitherto treated of them with any degree of exact- ness , seem to have written their works for the use of any class of men but the agriculturist . 44 43 In the First ...
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... 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 .
... 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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