The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... wine dries as well as fire ; so as to blanch the white of an egg put into it , and to toast bread . 10. Powders dry , like sponges , by sucking up the moisture ; as is seen in the powder thrown on ink after writing . The polished ...
... wine dries as well as fire ; so as to blanch the white of an egg put into it , and to toast bread . 10. Powders dry , like sponges , by sucking up the moisture ; as is seen in the powder thrown on ink after writing . The polished ...
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... wine , oil , or lees of oil keep long ; much longer in honey and spirit of wine , but the longest of all ( according to some ) in quicksilver . 20. Fruits covered with wax , pitch , plaster , paste , or other coat or covering , long ...
... wine , oil , or lees of oil keep long ; much longer in honey and spirit of wine , but the longest of all ( according to some ) in quicksilver . 20. Fruits covered with wax , pitch , plaster , paste , or other coat or covering , long ...
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... wine . 5. Tobias the Elder lived 158 years : the Younger , 127 years ; both men compassionate and charitable . At the time of the captivity likewise , many of the Jews who returned from Babylon appear to have been of a great age ; since ...
... wine . 5. Tobias the Elder lived 158 years : the Younger , 127 years ; both men compassionate and charitable . At the time of the captivity likewise , many of the Jews who returned from Babylon appear to have been of a great age ; since ...
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... wine - bibber . Pindar the Theban completed his 80th year ; 6 a sublime poet , with a certain novelty and originality of mind , and a great worshipper of the gods . Sophocles the Athenian lived to the same age ; a poet of a lofty style ...
... wine - bibber . Pindar the Theban completed his 80th year ; 6 a sublime poet , with a certain novelty and originality of mind , and a great worshipper of the gods . Sophocles the Athenian lived to the same age ; a poet of a lofty style ...
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... wine , are reputed to live as long as 130 years.2 Euphranor the grammarian continued to teach in his school till he was above 100.3 The elder Ovid , the father of the poet , lived 90 years ; he was of a differ- ent character from his ...
... wine , are reputed to live as long as 130 years.2 Euphranor the grammarian continued to teach in his school till he was above 100.3 The elder Ovid , the father of the poet , lived 90 years ; he was of a differ- ent character from his ...
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