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... persons are guilty of no falsehood who are in the habit of saying that a proprietor who is well housed comes all the ... person who had one built at Misenum ; but he erected it with such a degree of that artistic skill which he had dis ...
... persons are guilty of no falsehood who are in the habit of saying that a proprietor who is well housed comes all the ... person who had one built at Misenum ; but he erected it with such a degree of that artistic skill which he had dis ...
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... persons who are dieted upon fermented bread are stronger in body . Among the ancients , too , it was generally thought that the heavier wheat is , the more wholesome it is . CHAP . 27.- 22 -THE METHOD OF MAKING BREAD : ORIGIN OF THE ART ...
... persons who are dieted upon fermented bread are stronger in body . Among the ancients , too , it was generally thought that the heavier wheat is , the more wholesome it is . CHAP . 27.- 22 -THE METHOD OF MAKING BREAD : ORIGIN OF THE ART ...
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... persons of affluence , while the name of " pistor was only given to the person who pounded , or " pisebat , " the spelt . In those times , they had no cooks in the number of their slaves , but used to hire them for the occasion from the ...
... persons of affluence , while the name of " pistor was only given to the person who pounded , or " pisebat , " the spelt . In those times , they had no cooks in the number of their slaves , but used to hire them for the occasion from the ...
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... persons for its medicinal qualities ; and if we are to trust to the advertisements in the newspapers , it is rising rapidly in esteem . See B. xxii . c . 73 . From Columella , B. ii . c . 11 . Trigonella fionum Græcum of Linnæus . 9 ...
... persons for its medicinal qualities ; and if we are to trust to the advertisements in the newspapers , it is rising rapidly in esteem . See B. xxii . c . 73 . From Columella , B. ii . c . 11 . Trigonella fionum Græcum of Linnæus . 9 ...
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... persons , however , take no notice of the celestial phenomena , and only regulate their movements by the months . In spring they put in flax , the oat , and the poppy , up to the feast of the Quinquatria , 7 as we find done at the ...
... persons , however , take no notice of the celestial phenomena , and only regulate their movements by the months . In spring they put in flax , the oat , and the poppy , up to the feast of the Quinquatria , 7 as we find done at the ...
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