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... ancient as by modern philoso- phers : it was the tenet of Parmenides . It was the opinion of the author of the ... ancients , that sailors have used , every night , to hang fleeces of wool on the sides of their ships , the wool towards ...
... ancient as by modern philoso- phers : it was the tenet of Parmenides . It was the opinion of the author of the ... ancients , that sailors have used , every night , to hang fleeces of wool on the sides of their ships , the wool towards ...
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... ancients to prosper exceedingly , and to be better tasted , if they be sometimes watered with salt . water , and ... ancient tradition of the vine is far more strange : it is , that if you set a stake or prop at some distance from it ...
... ancients to prosper exceedingly , and to be better tasted , if they be sometimes watered with salt . water , and ... ancient tradition of the vine is far more strange : it is , that if you set a stake or prop at some distance from it ...
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... ancients , that rue doth prosper much , and becometh stronger , if it be set by a fig - tree , which , we conceive , is ... ancient and received traditions and observations touching the sympathy and anti- pathy of plants ; for that some ...
... ancients , that rue doth prosper much , and becometh stronger , if it be set by a fig - tree , which , we conceive , is ... ancient and received traditions and observations touching the sympathy and anti- pathy of plants ; for that some ...
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... ancients , and some modern testimony likewise , that there be some plants that grow upon the top of the sea , be- from the water , where the sun beateth hot , and where the sea stirreth little . As for alga marina , sea weed , and ...
... ancients , and some modern testimony likewise , that there be some plants that grow upon the top of the sea , be- from the water , where the sun beateth hot , and where the sea stirreth little . As for alga marina , sea weed , and ...
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... ancients it was scarce known , and little used . that to keep the trees upright from bending , they It is found in canes : Query , whether to the first tie ropes or lines from the one to the other , that knuckle , or further up ? And ...
... ancients it was scarce known , and little used . that to keep the trees upright from bending , they It is found in canes : Query , whether to the first tie ropes or lines from the one to the other , that knuckle , or further up ? And ...
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