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... stone , which naturalists have ranked among the semi - transparent precious stones . Agates are distinguished , with reference to their ..AGA 33.
... stone , which naturalists have ranked among the semi - transparent precious stones . Agates are distinguished , with reference to their ..AGA 33.
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... stones entirely opaque . Owing to this variety , and this affinity to other stones , which are its characteristics , the agate has been divided into several kinds . The agate , simply so called , is of one colour , or more , clouding ...
... stones entirely opaque . Owing to this variety , and this affinity to other stones , which are its characteristics , the agate has been divided into several kinds . The agate , simply so called , is of one colour , or more , clouding ...
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... much larger than it ; and if the pipe be a long one , that it should be wider the farther it is from the ajutage . ALABASTER , a stone whose basis is calcareous earth . Its fineness and transparency renders it in some 40 ALA.
... much larger than it ; and if the pipe be a long one , that it should be wider the farther it is from the ajutage . ALABASTER , a stone whose basis is calcareous earth . Its fineness and transparency renders it in some 40 ALA.
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... stone , by which all metals might be transmuted into gold ; and , 2. A potation , called the elixir of life , with which youth might always be renewed . ALCOHOL , an Arabian word , signifying any thing reduced into extremely thin parts ...
... stone , by which all metals might be transmuted into gold ; and , 2. A potation , called the elixir of life , with which youth might always be renewed . ALCOHOL , an Arabian word , signifying any thing reduced into extremely thin parts ...
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... stone . ples will explain what is show , so far as they go , its influence on the sion : The following exam- called alliteration , and expres- " Fields ever fresh , and groves for ever green . " " Ruin seize thee , ruthless king ...
... stone . ples will explain what is show , so far as they go , its influence on the sion : The following exam- called alliteration , and expres- " Fields ever fresh , and groves for ever green . " " Ruin seize thee , ruthless king ...
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Page 380 - The asperity of national prejudice was softened ; and the community of religion and arms spread a similar colour and generous emulation over the face of Christendom. Abroad in enterprise and pilgrimage, at home in martial exercise, the warriors of every country were perpetually associated ; and impartial taste must prefer a Gothic tournament to the Olympic games of classic antiquity.
Page 321 - The fine light blues which appear so often on printed cottons, are produced by applying to the cloth, a block besmeared with a composition, consisting partly of wax, which covers all those parts of 'the cloth which are to remain white. The cloth is then dyed in a cold indigo vat; and after it is dry, the wax composition is removed by hot water.
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