A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 7Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... round the island Delos . Their situation and number is not so generally agreed upon . Strabo says , they were first reckoned twelve , but that many others were added : yet most of them lie to the south of Delos , and but few to the ...
... round the island Delos . Their situation and number is not so generally agreed upon . Strabo says , they were first reckoned twelve , but that many others were added : yet most of them lie to the south of Delos , and but few to the ...
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... round depression of a whitish color like the impression of a seal , sur- rounded by twelve small pale yellow tubera , by which probably it adheres to the stones like the other species . 2. C. lumpus , the lump fish , cock paddle , or ...
... round depression of a whitish color like the impression of a seal , sur- rounded by twelve small pale yellow tubera , by which probably it adheres to the stones like the other species . 2. C. lumpus , the lump fish , cock paddle , or ...
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... round . Stephen of Byzantium says , that it was first named Apollonia from Cydon the son of Apollo . Pausanias ascribes the found- ing of it to Cydon the son of Tegetus , who tra- velled into Crete . Herodotus affirms , that it was ...
... round . Stephen of Byzantium says , that it was first named Apollonia from Cydon the son of Apollo . Pausanias ascribes the found- ing of it to Cydon the son of Tegetus , who tra- velled into Crete . Herodotus affirms , that it was ...
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... round - leaved Mont- pelier scammony . They abound with a milky juice like the spurge , which issues out wherever they are broken ; and this milky juice when con- creted has frequently been sold for scammony . These plants propagate so ...
... round - leaved Mont- pelier scammony . They abound with a milky juice like the spurge , which issues out wherever they are broken ; and this milky juice when con- creted has frequently been sold for scammony . These plants propagate so ...
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... round , hard galls , found under the oak leaves , generally fastened to the fibres ; that this insect is produced , a single one in each gall . These latter are ligneous , of a hard compact substance , formed like the rest , by the ...
... round , hard galls , found under the oak leaves , generally fastened to the fibres ; that this insect is produced , a single one in each gall . These latter are ligneous , of a hard compact substance , formed like the rest , by the ...
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Page 367 - But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned, Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh : but I spare you.
Page 364 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
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Page 180 - ... penalty of being reputed a deserter, and suffering accordingly. And in case any officer shall knowingly receive and entertain such noncommissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, immediately...