Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 41819 |
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... light and gravelly ; but there is not to be found a stone so big as an egg in the whole country , so far as it has been visited by the Europeans : of farinaceous vege- tables the country yields a plentiful supply , proportionable to the ...
... light and gravelly ; but there is not to be found a stone so big as an egg in the whole country , so far as it has been visited by the Europeans : of farinaceous vege- tables the country yields a plentiful supply , proportionable to the ...
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... lights , as they admit a free circulation of the air . It has , however , been objected , that the former afford access to ... light , and effectually keep out the sun and wind . During the summer , dairy - houses cannot be kept too cool ...
... lights , as they admit a free circulation of the air . It has , however , been objected , that the former afford access to ... light , and effectually keep out the sun and wind . During the summer , dairy - houses cannot be kept too cool ...
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... light sandy earth . In these beds the young plants may remain till the beginning of the second autumn ; when they should be removed , and set out in nursery - rows , at the distance of a foot and a half , and ten or twelve inches in the ...
... light sandy earth . In these beds the young plants may remain till the beginning of the second autumn ; when they should be removed , and set out in nursery - rows , at the distance of a foot and a half , and ten or twelve inches in the ...
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... light ; wanting light ( Haller ) . 2. Not of a showy or vivid colour ( Boyle . 3. Blind ; without the enjoyment of light ' Dryden ) . 4. Opake ; not transparent . 5. Obscure ; not perspicu- ous ( Hooker ) . 6. Not enlightened by know ...
... light ; wanting light ( Haller ) . 2. Not of a showy or vivid colour ( Boyle . 3. Blind ; without the enjoyment of light ' Dryden ) . 4. Opake ; not transparent . 5. Obscure ; not perspicu- ous ( Hooker ) . 6. Not enlightened by know ...
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... light , or the time while the sun is above the horizon . Though sometimes the twilight is included in the term day - light ; in opposition to night or darkness , being the time from the end of twilight to the beginning of day - light ...
... light , or the time while the sun is above the horizon . Though sometimes the twilight is included in the term day - light ; in opposition to night or darkness , being the time from the end of twilight to the beginning of day - light ...
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