The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... PARTICULARLY . 1. The nature of flowers and gardens .. 304 2. Garlands and chaplets ib . 3. Who invented the art of making garlands : when they first re- ceived the name of " corollæ , " and for what reason 305 4. Who was the first to ...
... PARTICULARLY . 1. The nature of flowers and gardens .. 304 2. Garlands and chaplets ib . 3. Who invented the art of making garlands : when they first re- ceived the name of " corollæ , " and for what reason 305 4. Who was the first to ...
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... particularly regarded as gods ; while to other divinities they gave the names of Seia , 12 from " sero , , " " to sow , " and of Segesta , from the " segetes , " or crops of standing corn , " the statues of which goddesses we still see ...
... particularly regarded as gods ; while to other divinities they gave the names of Seia , 12 from " sero , , " " to sow , " and of Segesta , from the " segetes , " or crops of standing corn , " the statues of which goddesses we still see ...
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... particularly for the purpose . " The dwarf - elder , " says he , " the wild plum , the bramble , the small bulb , trefoil , meadow grass , 6 the quercus , and the wild pear and wild apple , are all of them indicative of a corn land ...
... particularly for the purpose . " The dwarf - elder , " says he , " the wild plum , the bramble , the small bulb , trefoil , meadow grass , 6 the quercus , and the wild pear and wild apple , are all of them indicative of a corn land ...
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Pliny (the Elder.) particularly that maxim of Cato , as profitable as it is humane : " Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neigh- bours . " He then proceeds to state his reasons for giving this advice , but it appears ...
Pliny (the Elder.) particularly that maxim of Cato , as profitable as it is humane : " Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neigh- bours . " He then proceeds to state his reasons for giving this advice , but it appears ...
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... particularly , it is naked and exposed ; the same , too , with arinca , 20 but most of all , the oat . The stem is taller in wheat than it is in barley , but the ear is more bearded " in the last . Wheat , barley , and winter - wheat ...
... particularly , it is naked and exposed ; the same , too , with arinca , 20 but most of all , the oat . The stem is taller in wheat than it is in barley , but the ear is more bearded " in the last . Wheat , barley , and winter - wheat ...
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