Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... natural ftrong tafte to an agreeably bitter one , are then fit for ufe . They are valued chiefly as in- gredients in autumn and winter falads , and for fome culinary ufes . The principal feafon of them is from the latter end of Auguft ...
... natural ftrong tafte to an agreeably bitter one , are then fit for ufe . They are valued chiefly as in- gredients in autumn and winter falads , and for fome culinary ufes . The principal feafon of them is from the latter end of Auguft ...
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... natural hiftory of the anci- ents , a bituminous fubftance improperly called an earth , which , by boiling , became tough like bird - lime , and was used inftead of that fubftance to cover the ftocks of the vines for preferving them ...
... natural hiftory of the anci- ents , a bituminous fubftance improperly called an earth , which , by boiling , became tough like bird - lime , and was used inftead of that fubftance to cover the ftocks of the vines for preferving them ...
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... natural account of this fable , Feftus fays , there was a valley furrounded with a pretty high ridge , which precluded the morning and evening fun . CIMOLIA TERRA , in natural history ; a name by earth . The cimolia terra of the ...
... natural account of this fable , Feftus fays , there was a valley furrounded with a pretty high ridge , which precluded the morning and evening fun . CIMOLIA TERRA , in natural history ; a name by earth . The cimolia terra of the ...
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... natural appetite , Atrength , and complexion , return . Its uíe is then to be gradually left off , and repeated at proper intervals to fecure a- gainft a relapfe ; to which , however unaccountable , in- dependently of the recovery of ...
... natural appetite , Atrength , and complexion , return . Its uíe is then to be gradually left off , and repeated at proper intervals to fecure a- gainft a relapfe ; to which , however unaccountable , in- dependently of the recovery of ...
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... natural hiftory , is either native or factitious . The native cinnabar is an ore of quick filve , mode- rately compact , very heavy , and of an elegant ftriated red colour . Factitious cinnabar is a mixture of mercury and ful- phur ...
... natural hiftory , is either native or factitious . The native cinnabar is an ore of quick filve , mode- rately compact , very heavy , and of an elegant ftriated red colour . Factitious cinnabar is a mixture of mercury and ful- phur ...
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