The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... especially the harder kinds , and many other fossils are exceedingly durable , even when ex- posed to the air ; and much more so when buried in the earth . But yet they collect a kind of nitre which acts as rust upon them . Precious ...
... especially the harder kinds , and many other fossils are exceedingly durable , even when ex- posed to the air ; and much more so when buried in the earth . But yet they collect a kind of nitre which acts as rust upon them . Precious ...
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... especially if from time to time they are cleared of the moss that covers some of them . 20. In general , the size of a tree and the hardness of its timber have ( if there be nothing adverse in other respects ) some connection with their ...
... especially if from time to time they are cleared of the moss that covers some of them . 20. In general , the size of a tree and the hardness of its timber have ( if there be nothing adverse in other respects ) some connection with their ...
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... especially open air , manifestly dries , but never melts . Thus roads and the soil when moistened by rain are dried ; washed linen exposed to the air is dried ; herbs , leaves , and flowers are dried in the shade . But the air acts much ...
... especially open air , manifestly dries , but never melts . Thus roads and the soil when moistened by rain are dried ; washed linen exposed to the air is dried ; herbs , leaves , and flowers are dried in the shade . But the air acts much ...
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... especially long - lived ; so that it passed into a proverb among the Germans , " older than a wild goose . " " 28. Storks ought to be very long - lived , if the old story is true , that they never went to Thebes , because that city was ...
... especially long - lived ; so that it passed into a proverb among the Germans , " older than a wild goose . " " 28. Storks ought to be very long - lived , if the old story is true , that they never went to Thebes , because that city was ...
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... especially , by name Litorius , a man of gigantic stature , had reached to 300.6 On the top of Mount Tmolus ( anciently called Tempsis ) many of the inhabitants are said to have lived 150 years . The Essenes among the Jews are related ...
... especially , by name Litorius , a man of gigantic stature , had reached to 300.6 On the top of Mount Tmolus ( anciently called Tempsis ) many of the inhabitants are said to have lived 150 years . The Essenes among the Jews are related ...
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