Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... leaves , differs from the wild fort in its duration , being only annual , whereas the wild fort is perennial . Culture , & c . The lait fpecies may be confidered both as an annual and biennial plant . If fown early in the fpring , or ...
... leaves , differs from the wild fort in its duration , being only annual , whereas the wild fort is perennial . Culture , & c . The lait fpecies may be confidered both as an annual and biennial plant . If fown early in the fpring , or ...
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... leaves of the wild fuccory , and feeds of the endive , are articles of the materia medica . The firft has a moderately bitter tafte , with fome degree of roughness ; the leaves are fomewhat lefs bitter ; and the darker coloured and more ...
... leaves of the wild fuccory , and feeds of the endive , are articles of the materia medica . The firft has a moderately bitter tafte , with fome degree of roughness ; the leaves are fomewhat lefs bitter ; and the darker coloured and more ...
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... LEAF , among botanical writers , one furrounded with parallel filaments fomewhat like the hairs of the eye - lids . CILICIA , an ancient kingdom of Afia , lying be- tween the 36th and 40th degree of north latitude : bounded on the eaft ...
... LEAF , among botanical writers , one furrounded with parallel filaments fomewhat like the hairs of the eye - lids . CILICIA , an ancient kingdom of Afia , lying be- tween the 36th and 40th degree of north latitude : bounded on the eaft ...
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... leaf , yet I thought I The battle was therefore foon over , and the whole faw a little withered , pale , crumpled leaf , eaten as it day employed only in the most terrible butchery . An were by caterpillars , flittering from the tree ...
... leaf , yet I thought I The battle was therefore foon over , and the whole faw a little withered , pale , crumpled leaf , eaten as it day employed only in the most terrible butchery . An were by caterpillars , flittering from the tree ...
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... leaves of the herb Chriftopher , bearing a thyrfis of yellow male flowers with a red villous feed , the feed- veffel in form of a horn . This whole plant fo resembles the actea racemofa , that it is difficult to diftinguish them when ...
... leaves of the herb Chriftopher , bearing a thyrfis of yellow male flowers with a red villous feed , the feed- veffel in form of a horn . This whole plant fo resembles the actea racemofa , that it is difficult to diftinguish them when ...
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acid affiftance againſt alfo alſo ancient animals becauſe befides body cafe called calyx caufe Cicero Cimbri circumftances coaft coal cold colour common confequence confiderable confifts court defign degree difcovered diftinguished drupeds Eaft emperor faid falt fame fays fecond feems fenfe fent feparate ferve feven feveral fhall fhip fhort fhould fhow fide fince firft fituation fize flowers fmall fnow folid fome fometimes foon fpecies fpirit fquare ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrata ftrong fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport furface himſelf houfe houſe hyperbola increaſe India itſelf kind king laft leaft lefs likewife Magnentius manner meaſure moft moſt muft natural neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon prefent purpoſe quadrupeds quantity raiſed reafon refpect reft rife Roman Ruffia ſmall thefe themſelves thermometer theſe thofe thoracic duct thoſe tion trade ufually uſed veffels weft wheel whofe