The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen10Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... wood , germander , sage , and the like . Fennel dies in the stalk , but springs again from the root . Basil and sweet marjoram stand age better than cold ; for if they are planted in a warm and well sheltered spot they will live more ...
... wood , germander , sage , and the like . Fennel dies in the stalk , but springs again from the root . Basil and sweet marjoram stand age better than cold ; for if they are planted in a warm and well sheltered spot they will live more ...
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... wood or timber even more durable than those just mentioned ; but they are not so long - lived . Such are the cypress , fir , pine , box , and juniper ; but the cedar , being as- sisted by its enormous bulk , almost equals the former in ...
... wood or timber even more durable than those just mentioned ; but they are not so long - lived . Such are the cypress , fir , pine , box , and juniper ; but the cedar , being as- sisted by its enormous bulk , almost equals the former in ...
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... wood , cloth , skins , and all bodies that cannot be melted . It melts metals , wax , gums , butter , tallow , and the like . 2. But if the fire be very strong it will in the end 1 Aristot . De Long . et Brevit . Vitæ , c . 6 . 2 Virgil ...
... wood , cloth , skins , and all bodies that cannot be melted . It melts metals , wax , gums , butter , tallow , and the like . 2. But if the fire be very strong it will in the end 1 Aristot . De Long . et Brevit . Vitæ , c . 6 . 2 Virgil ...
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... wood , which at first lay close together , when dried start asunder ; bowls and the like crack from dryness ; for the parts of the body contract them- selves together , and being contracted necessarily leave vacant spaces between them ...
... wood , which at first lay close together , when dried start asunder ; bowls and the like crack from dryness ; for the parts of the body contract them- selves together , and being contracted necessarily leave vacant spaces between them ...
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... Wood - pigeons are long - lived , sometimes reaching to fifty years ; a bird of the air , that builds and sits on high . Doves and turtle - doves are short - lived , not ex- ceeding eight years.2 35. Pheasants and partridges sometimes ...
... Wood - pigeons are long - lived , sometimes reaching to fifty years ; a bird of the air , that builds and sits on high . Doves and turtle - doves are short - lived , not ex- ceeding eight years.2 35. Pheasants and partridges sometimes ...
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