The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... extremely light and diminutive species of grain , with a remarkably thin stalk , known to them as speudias , and standing in need of an abundance of nutriment . Such , at all events , were the opi- nions generally entertained in the ...
... extremely light and diminutive species of grain , with a remarkably thin stalk , known to them as speudias , and standing in need of an abundance of nutriment . Such , at all events , were the opi- nions generally entertained in the ...
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... extremely pernicious ; there is nothing , in fact , that will more readily predispose the human body to disease . In Gaul and Spain , where they make a drink32 by steeping corn in the way that has been already described — they employ ...
... extremely pernicious ; there is nothing , in fact , that will more readily predispose the human body to disease . In Gaul and Spain , where they make a drink32 by steeping corn in the way that has been already described — they employ ...
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... extremely brittle , and the grain is enclosed in a husk of re- markable thinness . It is said , too , that a better polenta 63 is made from it , if it is gathered before it is perfectly ripe . 63 CHAP . 19. ( 8 . ) - ARINCA , AND OTHER ...
... extremely brittle , and the grain is enclosed in a husk of re- markable thinness . It is said , too , that a better polenta 63 is made from it , if it is gathered before it is perfectly ripe . 63 CHAP . 19. ( 8 . ) - ARINCA , AND OTHER ...
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... extremely hot , and destitute of water . This was the earliest food of the ancient inhabitants of Latium ; a strong proof of which is the distributions of adorea that were made in those times , as already stated . 7 4 It is evident ...
... extremely hot , and destitute of water . This was the earliest food of the ancient inhabitants of Latium ; a strong proof of which is the distributions of adorea that were made in those times , as already stated . 7 4 It is evident ...
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... extremely heavy . Spelt is mixed . with this grain to modify its bitterness , " and even then it is very disagreeable to the stomach . It will grow upon any soil , and yields a hundred - fold ; it is employed also as a manure for ...
... extremely heavy . Spelt is mixed . with this grain to modify its bitterness , " and even then it is very disagreeable to the stomach . It will grow upon any soil , and yields a hundred - fold ; it is employed also as a manure for ...
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