The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... trees , and the like . The clearness of the grain makes it also fit for all kinds of carved works , and most ornaments relating to ar- chitecture . ELOCUTION , in rhetoric , the adapting words and sentences to the things or senti- ments ...
... trees , and the like . The clearness of the grain makes it also fit for all kinds of carved works , and most ornaments relating to ar- chitecture . ELOCUTION , in rhetoric , the adapting words and sentences to the things or senti- ments ...
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... tree , exerting himself to cheer her confinement by his song , which , however , is harsh and monotonous in the extreme ; at short intervals he utters a sort of trembling shriek , several times repeated . E. oryzi- vora , or the rice ...
... tree , exerting himself to cheer her confinement by his song , which , however , is harsh and monotonous in the extreme ; at short intervals he utters a sort of trembling shriek , several times repeated . E. oryzi- vora , or the rice ...
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... tree , cinnamon tree , camphor tree , benja- min tree , sassafras tree , and the avocado or avogato pear . ENS martis , an old name given by che- mists to sal ammoniac sublimed with iron filings , and therefore consisting of muriate of ...
... tree , cinnamon tree , camphor tree , benja- min tree , sassafras tree , and the avocado or avogato pear . ENS martis , an old name given by che- mists to sal ammoniac sublimed with iron filings , and therefore consisting of muriate of ...
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... tree , growing in the forests of Guiana , where it flowers in the month of October . EPIBATERIUM , in botany , a genus of the Monoecia Hexandria class and order . Essential character : calyx double ; outer six - leaved , small ; inner ...
... tree , growing in the forests of Guiana , where it flowers in the month of October . EPIBATERIUM , in botany , a genus of the Monoecia Hexandria class and order . Essential character : calyx double ; outer six - leaved , small ; inner ...
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... trees , or shrubs ; leaves as in dolichos , ternate , stipulaceous ; the petio- lules jointed and awned , or glandular , sel- dom simple ; flowers in fascicles from the axils , or in spikes at the ends of the ERR ERY.
... trees , or shrubs ; leaves as in dolichos , ternate , stipulaceous ; the petio- lules jointed and awned , or glandular , sel- dom simple ; flowers in fascicles from the axils , or in spikes at the ends of the ERR ERY.
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Page 13 - The next Ulysses, measuring pace with pace; Behind him, diligently close, he sped, As closely following as the running thread The spindle follows, and displays the charms Of the fair spinster's breast, and moving arms : Graceful in motion thus his foe he plies, And treads each footstep ere the dust can rise: His glowing breath upon his shoulders plays ; Th...