The Natural History of Pliny, Volum 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 sider |
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... better , from being attended to with a scrupulous exactness . The honours awarded to Serranus 38 found him engaged in sowing his fields , a circumstance to which he owes his surname . " 39 Cincinnatus was ploughing his four jugera of ...
... better , from being attended to with a scrupulous exactness . The honours awarded to Serranus 38 found him engaged in sowing his fields , a circumstance to which he owes his surname . " 39 Cincinnatus was ploughing his four jugera of ...
Side 13
... better than blind.60 It is generally agreed , that a farm - house ought neither to be built near a marsh , nor with a river in front of it ; for , as 55 “ Alienâ insaniâ frui . " We have a saying to a similar effect : “ Fools build ...
... better than blind.60 It is generally agreed , that a farm - house ought neither to be built near a marsh , nor with a river in front of it ; for , as 55 “ Alienâ insaniâ frui . " We have a saying to a similar effect : “ Fools build ...
Side 27
... better the kind the thicker it is . In Thrace , the stem of the wheat is covered with several coats , " which are rendered absolutely necessary by the excessive cold of those regions . It is the cold , also , that led to the discovery ...
... better the kind the thicker it is . In Thrace , the stem of the wheat is covered with several coats , " which are rendered absolutely necessary by the excessive cold of those regions . It is the cold , also , that led to the discovery ...
Side 30
... better for it , the object being to let it imbibe the water gradually and equally . When it is quite soft , but before it turns sour , it is passed through linen cloth , or else wicker - work , after which it is poured out upon a tile ...
... better for it , the object being to let it imbibe the water gradually and equally . When it is quite soft , but before it turns sour , it is passed through linen cloth , or else wicker - work , after which it is poured out upon a tile ...
Side 31
... better polenta 63 is made from it , if it is gathered before it is perfectly ripe . 63 CHAP . 19. ( 8 . ) - ARINCA , AND OTHER KINDS OF GRAIN THAT 67 ARE GROWN IN THE EAST . 66 The several kinds of corn are not everywhere the same ; and ...
... better polenta 63 is made from it , if it is gathered before it is perfectly ripe . 63 CHAP . 19. ( 8 . ) - ARINCA , AND OTHER KINDS OF GRAIN THAT 67 ARE GROWN IN THE EAST . 66 The several kinds of corn are not everywhere the same ; and ...
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