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Page 6
... beaten at the discretion of the prætor ; a penalty double the amount of the damage was also exacted . The various ranks , too , and distinctions in the state had no other origin than the pursuits of agriculture . The rural tribes held ...
... beaten at the discretion of the prætor ; a penalty double the amount of the damage was also exacted . The various ranks , too , and distinctions in the state had no other origin than the pursuits of agriculture . The rural tribes held ...
Page 37
... beaten 66 11 This would rather grate the grain than pound it , as Beckmann ob- serves . See his Hist . Inv . , vol . i . pp . 147 and 164 , Bohn's Ed . , where the meaning of this passage has been commented upon . Gesner , also , is his ...
... beaten 66 11 This would rather grate the grain than pound it , as Beckmann ob- serves . See his Hist . Inv . , vol . i . pp . 147 and 164 , Bohn's Ed . , where the meaning of this passage has been commented upon . Gesner , also , is his ...
Page 103
... beaten out by machines upon the threshing - floor , in others by the feet of mares , and in 90 Palladius gives a long description of this contrivance , which seems to have been pushed forward by the ox ; the teeth , which were sharp at ...
... beaten out by machines upon the threshing - floor , in others by the feet of mares , and in 90 Palladius gives a long description of this contrivance , which seems to have been pushed forward by the ox ; the teeth , which were sharp at ...
Page 136
... beaten out upon a stone ; and after it is woven into a tissue , it is again beaten with heavy maces : indeed , the more roughly it is treated the better it is . chap . 4. — linen made of asbestos . There has been invented also a kind of ...
... beaten out upon a stone ; and after it is woven into a tissue , it is again beaten with heavy maces : indeed , the more roughly it is treated the better it is . chap . 4. — linen made of asbestos . There has been invented also a kind of ...
Page 175
... beaten up with oil and vinegar , it is quite surprising what a quantity of creaming foam is pro- duced . There are some persons who recommend that neither ulpicum nor garlic should be sown on level ground , but say that they should be ...
... beaten up with oil and vinegar , it is quite surprising what a quantity of creaming foam is pro- duced . There are some persons who recommend that neither ulpicum nor garlic should be sown on level ground , but say that they should be ...
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