The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... says , that there is an abundance of manual labour in the neighbourhood , as well as a thriving town ; that there ... Fée says , and nothing has tended more than this notion to the depreciation of the prices of wine . 52 Hence the usual ...
... says , that there is an abundance of manual labour in the neighbourhood , as well as a thriving town ; that there ... Fée says , and nothing has tended more than this notion to the depreciation of the prices of wine . 52 Hence the usual ...
Page 102
... Fée says , apparently the loss is little to be regretted . 86 Rubeta rana . 87 De Re Rust . 129. Cato , however , does not mention chalk , but Virgil ( Georg , i . 178 ) does . Poinsinet thinks that this is a " lapsus memoriæ " Pliny but ...
... Fée says , apparently the loss is little to be regretted . 86 Rubeta rana . 87 De Re Rust . 129. Cato , however , does not mention chalk , but Virgil ( Georg , i . 178 ) does . Poinsinet thinks that this is a " lapsus memoriæ " Pliny but ...
Page 103
... Fée says , the use of it must have been very disadvantageous , in conse- quence of the unequal height of the stalks . The straw , too , was sacrificed by the employment of it . 91 In contrarium juncto . 92 66 Merges . " Supposed to be ...
... Fée says , the use of it must have been very disadvantageous , in conse- quence of the unequal height of the stalks . The straw , too , was sacrificed by the employment of it . 91 In contrarium juncto . 92 66 Merges . " Supposed to be ...
Page 104
... Fée says , the risk is greater from the depredations of birds , and the chance of the grain falling out in cutting ... Fée understands it as meaning straw . 99 The chaff of millet , and not the straw , must evidently be intended here ...
... Fée says , the risk is greater from the depredations of birds , and the chance of the grain falling out in cutting ... Fée understands it as meaning straw . 99 The chaff of millet , and not the straw , must evidently be intended here ...
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... Fée says , which have a farinaceous perisperm . Millet has but one coat . 11 This , in reality , would tend to make them turn rancid all the sooner . 12 bitter , as in the lupine and the chicheling Chap . 73. ] THE METHODS OF STORING ...
... Fée says , which have a farinaceous perisperm . Millet has but one coat . 11 This , in reality , would tend to make them turn rancid all the sooner . 12 bitter , as in the lupine and the chicheling Chap . 73. ] THE METHODS OF STORING ...
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