Travels Through the Low Countries: Germany, Italy and France, with Curious Observations, Natural, Topographical, Moral, Physiological, & C. Also, A Catalogue of Plants, Found Spontaneously Growing in Those Parts, and Their Virtues, Volume 2 |
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... chapter of his twenty fixth book . When I went farther , with an intention to confider the plants that grew in the country , first came before . me fome Sycomores , whereof chiefly Diofcorides and Theo- phraftus make mention , and tell ...
... chapter of his twenty fixth book . When I went farther , with an intention to confider the plants that grew in the country , first came before . me fome Sycomores , whereof chiefly Diofcorides and Theo- phraftus make mention , and tell ...
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... , ( as Theophraftus men- tioneth in the fifth chapter of his fourth book ) Alex- ander the Great forbid his army to eat them , when he went into the Indies . There groweth but very D 4 he Chap : 4. into the Eastern Countries . 39.
... , ( as Theophraftus men- tioneth in the fifth chapter of his fourth book ) Alex- ander the Great forbid his army to eat them , when he went into the Indies . There groweth but very D 4 he Chap : 4. into the Eastern Countries . 39.
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... is mentioned in the firft chapter of Solomon's Song ) is liker to that which Diofcor . defcribeth , than our Liguftrum . Thereabouts Thereabouts is alfo found within and without the gar- dens 40 Part I. Dr Leonhart Rauwolff's Travels.
... is mentioned in the firft chapter of Solomon's Song ) is liker to that which Diofcor . defcribeth , than our Liguftrum . Thereabouts Thereabouts is alfo found within and without the gar- dens 40 Part I. Dr Leonhart Rauwolff's Travels.
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... chapter , under the name of Hacub Alcardeg , whereof they cut in the fpring the young fhoots or fprouts , that grow round about it , boil and eat it as we do Afparagus , corruptly call'd Sparrowgrafs ; the whole plant is very like to ...
... chapter , under the name of Hacub Alcardeg , whereof they cut in the fpring the young fhoots or fprouts , that grow round about it , boil and eat it as we do Afparagus , corruptly call'd Sparrowgrafs ; the whole plant is very like to ...
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... chapter under the name Meifce ; and the very learned and experienced Botanift , Carolus Clufius , calleth it , in his Epitome of the Indian plants , by the name of Mungo . The Turks love these Pulfes very well , chiefly to eat them ...
... chapter under the name Meifce ; and the very learned and experienced Botanift , Carolus Clufius , calleth it , in his Epitome of the Indian plants , by the name of Mungo . The Turks love these Pulfes very well , chiefly to eat them ...
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Page 320 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 254 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Page 162 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 315 - And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
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Page 232 - Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
Page 320 - Fear not : for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which fhall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Chrift the Lord.
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