The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... given ; in addition to which , this mode of sharpening them against hard substances would only wear away the enamel , and ultimately destroy them . The acts of animals in a moment of rage or frenzy have evidently been mistaken here for ...
... given ; in addition to which , this mode of sharpening them against hard substances would only wear away the enamel , and ultimately destroy them . The acts of animals in a moment of rage or frenzy have evidently been mistaken here for ...
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... given of " adorea . " 26 For my own part , I greatly admire 27 the modes of expres- sion employed in our ancient language : thus , for instance , we read in the Commentaries of the Priesthood to the follow- ing effect : — " For deriving ...
... given of " adorea . " 26 For my own part , I greatly admire 27 the modes of expres- sion employed in our ancient language : thus , for instance , we read in the Commentaries of the Priesthood to the follow- ing effect : — " For deriving ...
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... given of all to evil designs . — Do not be too eager in buying a farm.— In rural operations never be sparing of your trouble , and , above all , when you are purchasing land . — A bad bargain is always a ground for repentance . — Those ...
... given of all to evil designs . — Do not be too eager in buying a farm.— In rural operations never be sparing of your trouble , and , above all , when you are purchasing land . — A bad bargain is always a ground for repentance . — Those ...
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... given utterance to these other precepts , to the effect that he is a bad agriculturist who has to buy what his farm might have supplied him with ; that the man is a bad manager who does in the day - time what he might have done in the ...
... given utterance to these other precepts , to the effect that he is a bad agriculturist who has to buy what his farm might have supplied him with ; that the man is a bad manager who does in the day - time what he might have done in the ...
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... given signs of forming , the plant begins to flower , and in the course of as many days or a little more , sheds its blossom : barley blossoms at the end of seven days at the very latest . Varro says that the grains are perfectly formed ...
... given signs of forming , the plant begins to flower , and in the course of as many days or a little more , sheds its blossom : barley blossoms at the end of seven days at the very latest . Varro says that the grains are perfectly formed ...
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ancients applied topically arrests barley bean beaten beneficial bladder blossom boiled bowels bulbs cabbage Cæsar calends called CHAP chaplets colour Columella corn cucumber cultivated cunila cure decoction defluxions Dioscorides diseases diuretic doses dried dysentery effect efficacious Egypt emmenagogue employed endive erysipelas esteemed extremely fact Fée remarks Fée says Fée thinks flatulency flavour flower garden given grain Greeks grows head head-ache Heliotropium Hippocrates honey Italy jugerum juice kind known leaf leaves lettuce liniment Linnæus maladies medicinal properties mentioned mixed moon nature numerous oxymel pains parsley particularly persons plant Pliny poison polenta poppy Portrait pounded present day probably produce purpose radish REMEDIES DERIVED resemblance root saffron scorpions seed sextarii similar smell soil sores sowing sown Sprengel stalk stem stings stings of serpents stomach strangury taken in drink taken in wine Theophrastus Trans tumours ulcers uterus varieties vine vinegar vols wheat wild wind winter