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... natural shape , to drag the offender to the infernal regions , to expiate his dreadful crimes . Even this attempt fails , and P. is left trium- phant over Doctors , Death , and the Devil . The curtain falls amid the shouts of the ...
... natural shape , to drag the offender to the infernal regions , to expiate his dreadful crimes . Even this attempt fails , and P. is left trium- phant over Doctors , Death , and the Devil . The curtain falls amid the shouts of the ...
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... natural order Portulacea , having a bifid calyx , 4 or six petals , 8 or 16 stamens , and a capsule lividing around the middle . COMMON P. ( P. oleracea ) grows in cultivated and waste grounds on the sea - shore , in almost all tropical ...
... natural order Portulacea , having a bifid calyx , 4 or six petals , 8 or 16 stamens , and a capsule lividing around the middle . COMMON P. ( P. oleracea ) grows in cultivated and waste grounds on the sea - shore , in almost all tropical ...
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... natural order Liliacea , nearly allied to squills and hyacinths . It is a North American plant , abounding on the great prairies west of the Mississippi . The roasted bulbs are agreeable and nutritious , and are much used as an article ...
... natural order Liliacea , nearly allied to squills and hyacinths . It is a North American plant , abounding on the great prairies west of the Mississippi . The roasted bulbs are agreeable and nutritious , and are much used as an article ...
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... natural repositories of gold , for though the precious metal is chiefly obtained from alluvial sands and gravels , these are the weathered and abraded fragments of the under - lying , or neighbouring Paleozoic rocks . Small quantities ...
... natural repositories of gold , for though the precious metal is chiefly obtained from alluvial sands and gravels , these are the weathered and abraded fragments of the under - lying , or neighbouring Paleozoic rocks . Small quantities ...
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... natural order Rosacea , sub - order Pome , nearly allied to Pyrus , with which many botanists have united it , but distinguished by having many instead of two seeds in each cell , and by their very mucilaginous nature . The COMMON Q ...
... natural order Rosacea , sub - order Pome , nearly allied to Pyrus , with which many botanists have united it , but distinguished by having many instead of two seeds in each cell , and by their very mucilaginous nature . The COMMON Q ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1868 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
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