Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... small ifland about two miles from Bononia , form- ed by the river Rhenus , which runs near that city . Here they met , and spent three days in a clofe con- ference to adjust the plan of their accommodation : and the laft thing they ...
... small ifland about two miles from Bononia , form- ed by the river Rhenus , which runs near that city . Here they met , and spent three days in a clofe con- ference to adjust the plan of their accommodation : and the laft thing they ...
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... small and entire : thefe ftalks are di- Cichori . vided in forks upward , and from between them come out the flowers , which are of a pale blue colour , and are fucceeded by feeds fhaped like those of the common forts . The ends of the ...
... small and entire : thefe ftalks are di- Cichori . vided in forks upward , and from between them come out the flowers , which are of a pale blue colour , and are fucceeded by feeds fhaped like those of the common forts . The ends of the ...
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... small hairs , others have a circular fillet ; and moft have a piece which forms a cap ; this piece the larva pushes off when it forces open the egg . Releafed by nature from their prison , they overspread the plant on which they feed ...
... small hairs , others have a circular fillet ; and moft have a piece which forms a cap ; this piece the larva pushes off when it forces open the egg . Releafed by nature from their prison , they overspread the plant on which they feed ...
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... small cognominal diftrict upon it . In breadth 40 ftadia , in length 140. The water fresh and fit to drink , and abounding in Sh . CINQUEFOIL , in botany . See POTENTILLA . CINQUE - PORTS , five havens that lie on the eaft part of ...
... small cognominal diftrict upon it . In breadth 40 ftadia , in length 140. The water fresh and fit to drink , and abounding in Sh . CINQUEFOIL , in botany . See POTENTILLA . CINQUE - PORTS , five havens that lie on the eaft part of ...
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... small buthy head , grow- ing two or three feet high ; small oval leaves in cluf Plate IV . The Trifoliata , or Japonele citron , is a thorny , fhrub growing naturally in Japan , where it is likewife known by the names of Gees , and ...
... small buthy head , grow- ing two or three feet high ; small oval leaves in cluf Plate IV . The Trifoliata , or Japonele citron , is a thorny , fhrub growing naturally in Japan , where it is likewife known by the names of Gees , and ...
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