The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... esteemed kind comes from there ; it derives its name from its being made without the help of the mill.56 Next to the amylum made with three - month wheat , is that which is prepared from the lighter kinds of wheat . In making it , the ...
... esteemed kind comes from there ; it derives its name from its being made without the help of the mill.56 Next to the amylum made with three - month wheat , is that which is prepared from the lighter kinds of wheat . In making it , the ...
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... esteemed , and next to that the Ægyptian . The tests of its goodness are its being light and smooth : it should be used , too , while it is fresh . Cato , 57 among our writers , has made mention of it . CHAP . 18. - THE NATURE OF BARLEY ...
... esteemed , and next to that the Ægyptian . The tests of its goodness are its being light and smooth : it should be used , too , while it is fresh . Cato , 57 among our writers , has made mention of it . CHAP . 18. - THE NATURE OF BARLEY ...
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... esteemed delicacies of the bakers . The best bread that is known in Italy is made from a mixture of Cam- panian winter wheat with that of Pisæ . The Campanian kind is of a redder colour , while the latter is white ; when mixed with ...
... esteemed delicacies of the bakers . The best bread that is known in Italy is made from a mixture of Cam- panian winter wheat with that of Pisæ . The Campanian kind is of a redder colour , while the latter is white ; when mixed with ...
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... esteemed . There , at the foot of mountains capped with clouds , runs a plain , not less in all than forty miles in extent . The land here — to give a description first of the nature of the soil — is dusty on the surface , but spongy ...
... esteemed . There , at the foot of mountains capped with clouds , runs a plain , not less in all than forty miles in extent . The land here — to give a description first of the nature of the soil — is dusty on the surface , but spongy ...
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... esteemed by the natives as a food , whether eaten raw or well boiled ; it bears a strong resem- blance to that of the reed . This plant grows also in Syria and Cilicia , and upon the banks of Lake Torone in Chalcidice . 56 Georg . i ...
... esteemed by the natives as a food , whether eaten raw or well boiled ; it bears a strong resem- blance to that of the reed . This plant grows also in Syria and Cilicia , and upon the banks of Lake Torone in Chalcidice . 56 Georg . i ...
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